DISCOFOOT?

What the hell kinda football game is this...?

OK, so, recently four of us went to Sunday Brunch. It was good to get out early on a Sunday, and as we made our way back home we passed through Place de la Comédie, the main plaza of Montpellier. And, quite unexpectedly, we came upon a temporary a football pitch (a soccer field) set up there. Banners hung around it announced the "44e Festival Montpellier Danse." And that this was DISCOFOOT.

We stayed around for another 15 minutes until the activity got under way. And I'm glad we did! It seems that in DISCOFOOT the primary rule is Keep On Dancing. The teams—dancers from the Ballet de Lorraine—were scored on esthetics of their dancing as well as the goals they made.

Sounds strange? Well, yes! Here's a video to give an idea...

We watched this, stunned! I laughed so hard I almost dropped the camera...

While we had not heard of this event before, we clearly a lot of effort went in to it. We were given a pamphlet explaining that this was the Centre Chorégraphique National (CCN) - Ballet de Lorraine, under the direction of Petter Jacobsson & Thomas Caley (to give credit where credit is very much due!).

So, big tip o' the hat to Mr. Jacobsson and the Ballet de Lorraine!

End of this week we will be off on our summer vacation, escaping the heat, to Brittany. We'll be gone about six weeks, and will no doubt be publishing some blogs from Vannes, where we'll be staying.

Stay tuned!

And we thought this fellow, playing traditional music from Occitaine (this region of France) would be the highlight of our day!