Mathilde Caillard, a young 25 year-old, French, self proclaimed techno-activist, and a part of the Alternatiba Paris collective, committed to fighting against and advocating for the climate struggle is doing so through the use of dance. She has gone viral for her dances at protests which has drawn the public's attention to important issues and causes. Dance paired with the far reaching abilitiess of the internet and social media create a powerful tool that she uses to gain attention to French and worldwide issues, this is a powerful form of cyber-activism.
Today she still works with the Alternatiba Paris collective, an activist collective that she has been a part of since 2019. This group composes songs as well as creates dances and puts them on the internet and social media to draw attention to important issues facing France as well as the world.
A more recent accomplishment that Mathilde Caillard has achieved was a viral video of her dancing that drew attention worldwide. Last year France had been in lots of turmoil over the passing of a pension reform, this raises the age of retierment from 62 to 64. Since the passing of this reform France has erupted into protests, and Caillard has been a leading voice in this period of chaos and protest. Of the many people protesting Caillard caught the world's attention with her unique style of cyber-activism.
Caillard's unique technique of cyber-activism via dance and Tiktok has a powerful impact on the issues that she fights for because her videos draw international attention to important causes, which can greatly impact the outcome of the next cause that she fights for.
This is a video of her dancing to advocate for the pension reform.