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Festival of Avignon : "Soon" by Marlene Monteiro Freitas, the Night She Lies

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Through a strange and fun show inspired by the "Mille et Une Nuits", Marlene Monteiro Freitas apparently moves away from the tale to find, thanks to a carnival radicality, primitive beauty.

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Through a strange and fun show inspired by the "Mille et Une Nuits", Marlene Monteiro Freitas apparently moves away from the tale to find, thanks to a carnival radicality, primitive beauty.

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This week, the Nîmes Festival is moving at a higher speed by presenting no less than five concerts in the arenas, from Polnareff's der' to Zaho de Sagazan, to DJ Snake, Ninho & Niska or Soprano... The Festival of Avignon, In and Off, started with Y'a de la joie or La Lettre, by Milo Rau. Unprescriptioned therapy Culture is a natural anti-depressant without any side effects, except, perhaps, happiness and ataraxis, a certain tranquillity of the s…

Very free and strong adaptation of the "Mille et une nuits", "Soon" launched Saturday the largest theatrical festival in Europe. Part of the audience booed, another greeted standing.

The latest creation of Cape Verdean choreographer Marlene Monteiro Freitas divided the audience, divided between enthusiasm and disappointment.

In the Cour d'honneur of the Palais des Papes, Marlene Monteiro Freitas imposes with "Nôt" an inventive and delirious vision of "A Thousand and One Nights". A proposal that disappoints, as it moves away from the mix of genres promised by the choreographer.

photo Stephanie Grape Because he was deceived, the Sultan swore to have executed every morning the woman whom he married the day before. Sheherazade volunteered to marry him and told him every night a tale which she interrupted the end of the morning, thus postponing his execution. In Les Mille et Un Nuits, masterpiece of Arab literature, Marlene Monteiro Freitas sees an exercise of survival. From the oral tradition, these tales have kept the en…

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