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The escape of dreams

Project title

L’échappée des rêves

Description of initiative

L'échappée des rêves is a multidisciplinary artistic project that collects dreams, and presents them in the form of theatrical, choreographic, musical or visual performances. For the past three years, the artists of the Compagnie du Rêvoir have been collecting dream stories from patients in the Pneumology-Allergology Department of the Larrey Hospital, and then using this material to create escapes from the bedtime and present them into the original theatrical performances to the general public, combining words, music and dance.

Further information on the initiative

Themes: Culture and...

Individual well-being
Quality of social relations
Work and workplace well-being

Keywords

chronic disease, dreams, theatre, culture, health, escape

Target group

Not targeted to a specific group

Cultural field

Music | Other | Theatre, opera

Timeframe

2017 - 2021

Sources of funding

Culture, Santé, Handicap and Dependance Funding Programme

Results, benefits, impact and lessons learnt

This project had several positive benefits on the patients:
- breaking their care routine with their engagement in dreams sharing
- opening them towards a better communication on the hospitalisation
- they became more calm and comfortable in the hospital
- it built a more confident relationship between the patients and the health care providers

Organizer(s)

CHU Toulouse
France
Public / State | Health