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Ski Poudreuse 20 01 2023 Jonathan Cathala Ot Lgb 10 Copy 1Festival au bonheur des mômesAugust 20 to 24, 2023
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Le Grand-Bornand… what better stage for Europe’s premier event for live shows for young audiences? Imagine this daring venue, where it’s no longer surprising to come across a violin prodigy in a grand-century costume playing Ravel’s Bolero head over heels, and a half-princess, half-punk Cinderella riding a… mechanical cow!
The fruit of the love affair between Evian’s visionary Théâtre de la Toupine and the Haute-Savoie village – at a time, admittedly not so long ago, 1992, when the marriage of culture and… crops (in reference to the intense agricultural activity of the Bornandine region) was considered unnatural – Au Bonheur des Mômes has since seen companies from the four corners of the globe come together in the mountain pastures. It blends the spirit of the canaille with the poetry of the saltimbanques, always with the same impertinence, this openness to the performing arts according to this very healthy principle: “Above all, above all, don’t be too wise…! Au Bonheur des Mômes is the last great summer playtime before the start of the new school year for all children from 0 to… no age, of course!
Key figures / Practical info
90kfestival-goers
45 times the population of Le Grand Bornand
64companies
of which 20 international
60workshops and play areas
22show venues
300programmers
280volunteers
and 70 professionals
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True to its reputation as the enfant terrible of France’s major summer festivals, Au Bonheur des Mômes is sure to delight its tens of thousands of visitors with the very best in international live entertainment for young audiences. This year, in the current depressed climate, the emphasis is on laughter and humor, as Alain Benzoni, artistic director and talent scout, reviews the troupes.
Zoom “International New Circus Special
– Au Solaret: Machines de Cirque (Canada) – Robot Infidèle / Opopop (France) – De la Nécessité de la gravité / Ulik (Germany) – Salto Robotale / Barolosolo (France) – Plus haut
– At Chapitoto: Nando e Maila (Italy) – Sonata per Tubi / Vol’e Temps (Spain-Andalusia) – DistanS / Les Colporteurs (France) – Toyo !
– At La Grenette: Sur Mesure – Barrières
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Belgerie” in the Alps
A breath of scathing humor, unfiltered insolence and the intense creativity of the Belgian artistic scene will take over Le Grand-Bornand for the duration of the festival. No fewer than 12 Belgian companies will be on hand to make festival-goers laugh, think, reflect and dream.
The Orange Sanguine company will be on hand with Le four à bois, la caravane passe: in a language reminiscent of the world of silent cinema, this profoundly funny show, featuring a host of circus performances based around an authentic travelling bread oven, holds up a grotesque mirror to human relations at work.
In Room Service, a buffoonish play on mother-baby relations in which a “puppet” baby with an absurdly comical human head and hand suffers the incoherent whims of an exhausted mother, the Ô quel dommage company sets out to divert the stereotypes associated with motherhood.
Le Tof Théâtre returns to Grand-Bornand with l’Échappée Vieille… or when the residents of a retirement home run amok to taste the flavors of life once again.
We’ll also be talking about gloomy current affairs, cleverly diverted with Lady Cocktail and her show To bee Queen. A “royalist” fable set against a backdrop of social revolt, featuring a queen bee prey to the revolt of her workers (the audience).
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Addon Starter Image 2Known as a source of transmission, but also of knowledge and creation, La Source will for the first time take on the role of artistic residency as part of the festival.
In conjunction with the Premières Pages operation organized by Savoie Biblio, the venue will host La Fabrique des Petites Utopies from July 3 to 7. Inspired by the Bornandin setting, the Isère-based company was asked to create a show adapted from the album Une toute petite goutte de pluie, by Galia Tapiero and Marion Brand, published by Éditions Kilowatt.
The show, Gouttes de Pluie (Raindrops), is aimed at the very young, and will be performed in small local structures such as crèches, libraries and nursery schools.
An invitation to contemplate nature, coupled with an introduction to the water cycle.
Performances Monday August 21 to Thursday August 24 at 9.45am, 11.45am, 4pm / Salle du Prince.
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