A project by Régine Chopinot in collaboration with Sandrine Bouillard and Géraldine Di Mascio
With the fourth-grade students of Saint-Louis Elementary School
With the TERM 08 high school students of Bonaparte High School
Photography by Véra Nekhaichuk - photographer
With Bekaye Diaby and Grégoire Vazzoler

"Par cœur, par corps" is an intergenerational project conceived and implemented by Régine Chopinot during the 2026–2027 school year. With the indispensable support of Sandrine Bouillard, philosophy teacher for the TERM 08 class, and Géraldine Di Mascio, teacher for the CM1 class, Régine Chopinot led five workshops combining movement, rhythm, and poetry at both schools.
During these workshops, students from both classes came together and formed groups where older and younger students teamed up to create groups bursting with energy, eager to run, jump, dance, sing, rehearse, and recite various poems.

An exhibition of 29 photographs by Véra Nekhaichuk will be on display at Lycée Bonaparte starting June 2, then at École Saint-Louis starting June 11, and at Port des Créateurs the week of June 15. How the gaze reveals the beauty and mystery that each of us carries within.

“Turn a fall into a dance step, turn fear into a staircase.” —
, Fernando Pessoa

“I have stretched ropes from bell tower to bell tower,
Garlands from window to window,
Golden chains from star to star,
And I dance.”
Arthur Rimbaud

With the students of Saint-Louis Elementary School:
, Nesrine BARKALLAH, Tidanké BAYO, Younes BEN DHIFALLAH, Adam BEN FEGUIRA, Mélina BOUZELLIFA, Andrei CERCEA, Amadou DIALLO, Eva DUBOIS, Adden Iradj DIATOUNGALAZA, Nour HAFSI, Youssef HAMILA, Mohamed Badr JBOUHA, Alya MANSOURI, Iyed MZOUGHI, Isra SAÏDI, Ayet SEBBAGH, Orihau TEIPOARII, and Yassmin ZAHIR.

With students from Bonaparte High School:
, Youssef AIT KAJAOUD, Shérine AZROU-ISGUI, Hinde BAGHDADI, Liya BALLAIS, Nahla BEN ALOUI, Lyna BOUACHIR, Youssef BOUDHINA, Aicha BOUDOUAH, Sheraz BOUKOUM, Pauline BRISSI MAURICE, Maelys CROCQ, Noah DEGOUL-SIGALAS, Manon DEMISSY, Alexandre GARELLY, Yesmine GHALLEB, Nour HASSEN, Emmy LABOUESSE, Adil LAKKI, Ylan LE GALL, Alexia MARCONOT, Ahmed MEKRANTER, Ethan MESTDAGH, Sara MINANA, Gérard O’CONNOR, Naily Ines OUSSENI, Chiara PATRIGEON-SEVESTE, Anaïs PICOUT, Elliott PRAUD, and Elisa SORET.

Grégoire Vazzoler has put together a slideshow featuring excerpts from the testimonials of elementary and high school students.

"Par cœur, par corps" is part of "Art chorégraphique et société," a comprehensive initiative led by Régine Chopinot and her team over the past decade. This marks the fourth time that Sandrine Bouillard and Régine Chopinot have collaborated with the students in the senior class at Lycée Bonaparte.  We extend our warmest thanks to the administrations of Saint-Louis and Bonaparte for their trust and the quality of their support, which makes this kind of artistic and educational project possible.

This project is supported by the Cités Éducatives of the City of Toulon and Pass Culture.

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