Pool Party 

Marine Colard's "Pool Party" show is scheduled as part of the Jogging Festival, outside the venue, on Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

With "Pool Party," Marine Colard continues her exploration of metamorphosis and the aquatic world, forming a diptych. The first part, "Âmes Coming" (Souls Coming), explores the myth of the mermaid on the theatrical stage through a dance and song duet. This time, the artist anchors her approach in a very real space of municipal life: the swimming pool, a place of encounters and mingling where social diversity is spontaneously created. The aim is no longer to invite the public to a performance, but to bring the performance into the heart of everyday life. As the performance unfolds, the audience crosses paths, observes one another, exchanges ideas, mingles, and then dances together in the shallow end.

Like the popular aquatic pantomimes of the late 19th century, this contemporary Pool Party takes over the spaces of the municipal swimming pool and the water itself as central elements of staging and performance. It presents choreographic miniatures (solos, duets, trios) and collective pieces blending professional and amateur performers, local mermaids and mermen, to explore the bodily and vocal metamorphoses of today.

These aquatic fantasies, designed for close interaction with the audience, aim to forge connections between spectators. Water transforms the dance movement, making it softer, freer, and more enjoyable: the submerged body floats, feels lighter, and is liberated. Emerging from the pool in a different state than when one entered embodies a true metamorphosis, while the playful and exhilarating aspect of aquatic dance rekindles the joys and sensations of childhood.

This project invites the public to a physical and metaphysical immersion, based on the idea that swimming improves mood disorders. Composed of 70% water, we find a profound connection there, in joy as well as in solitude: we can cry, we can shout. Pool Party thus takes participants into a regenerative space, where they emerge together transformed.

How do I get to the swimming pool?
Saint-Merri Swimming Pool / Marie-Marvingt
16 rue du Renard 75004 Paris

What is the dress code?
The show takes place around and in a municipal swimming pool. Remember to bring your best swimsuit, towel, bathrobe, snorkel, swimming goggles, swimming cap…
Access to the pool(s) is permitted to users wearing appropriate swimwear, namely a swimsuit and swim cap. Shorts, Bermuda shorts, cycling shorts, boxer shorts, t-shirts, and wetsuits are prohibited. Fabrics and other materials covering the face, legs, or even the entire body of the swimmer are prohibited. (See the regulations for Parisian municipal swimming pools.)

Date: Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Location: Saint-Merri/Marie-Marvingt Swimming Pool - 16 rue du Renard 75004 Paris
Prices: Show €6 to €12
Duration: 3 hours

Translated automatically - see original description in French