As part of an In Situ residency instigated by the department of Seine-Saint-Denis (93), the par Terre Dance Company conducted a project with 3 classes of 6th and 5th grade students at Collège La Courtille in Saint-Denis, a Paris suburb. The project culminated in a hip-hop and Afro dance battle organized together with the students in their own school. From September 2021 to June 2022, the students participated in workshops organized with members of the par Terre Dance Company on dance, stage presence and self-assertion, but also on communicating around the event, greeting the public, and taking care of logistics. During the year, they saw dancers from the show Heracles on his head (of which rehearsals took place inside the school) performing In Situ and went to the theater to see the par Terre Dance Company’s shows Underdogs and Hip-Hop Nakupenda, where they had discussions with the artistic teams. The students also prepared and performed dance sets inside other classes at the school. The project culminated in an event organized by the students inside their own gymnasium, where parents and other students were invited: Battle La Courtille, or Battle of Battles!