The 19th « Festival de Marseille » under the sign of Diversity.

The Festival of Marseille, the must-see event of June, returns in 2014 with a rich line-up that underlines the Diversity. This multidisciplinary festival of dance, theater, cinema and workshops, will take place in several places of Marseille from 19 June to 12 July.

 

Mayor of Marseille, Jean- Claude Gaudin expressed his support (Ed. The city provides the largest grant with the amount of 1, 3 million euro), reminding the success of the Capital of Culture 2013 and the success of the Festival de Marseille’s last edition with its excellent fill rate (91%).

The festival focuses on Diversity and other various committed topics: the Apartheid in South Africa is the main theme of the show Ubu and the Truth Commission; as well as the condition of African-Americans in the United States with Pavement held by Kyle Abraham, the 2013 winner of the MacArthur prize. Moreover, for the first time in France, the festival will host a Palestinian company that will perform the show Badke.

Disability is one of the major concerns in the festival, and accessibility for the disabled is a workhorse. In addition to programs in Braille and readable by all, the public can attend an amazing show: Attention Fragile, performed by the dance company Danse en l’R, where physical disability becomes « overcapacity » for the dancers. The presence of the Ballet National de Marseille will delight the local audience with a unique creation that will produce a leitmotif of « primitive energy tornado ».

Dance is the major art during the festival of Marseille, but also theater with Raymond, a play telling the story of the famous Belgian football coach Raymond Goethals. Film sessions will also be organized at the Alcazar, at the « Cité Radieuse » with a focus on the choreographer Robyn Orlin and at the Alhambra with an evening dedicated to William Kentridge.

Lucas Foucart

 

Practical information: www.festivaldemarseille.com

From June 19 to July 12, 2014

Price: from 10 to 31 euro

Places: The hall « Silo », the theater Joliette-Minoterie, the Ballet National de Marseille, Lacydon’s theater, La maison pour la Danse KLAP, the Alcazar, the Alhambra and the Cité Radieuse.