Chennai’s late night time scene is now not relegated to the meals streets of Anna Nagar alone. On October 11, the Alliance Française of Madras brings again the third version of La Nuit Blanche (The White Night), an all-night cultural fete, with a efficiency slate that features an interweaving of French and Tamil artistes and their traditions — suppose cabaret, gaana, historic Tamil devices, hip-hop, and style — fusing French and Indian cultures with the pomp of theatre.
This yr, the festival is modelled on Moulin Rouge!, the musical set in the bohemian mecca of Montmartre in Paris, France, on the flip of the twentieth Century. Patricia Théry Hart, director, Alliance Française of Madras, says that internet hosting an all-night cultural occasion in Chennai brings with it, a thrill like no different. “Local talent and French decor come together at this event. Last year, when the fashion show happened at the event, it felt like a couture runway. Let’s just pray it does not rain this year though,” she says.
At The White Night, anticipate to see performances of the French can can, a fast-paced dance type by Sabitha Srinath ranging from 5pm. This is apart from a screening of Moulin Rouge, a present by Wild Wild Women Rappers, a Tamil and hip-hop street-style collaboration, Bommallatam, a puppet present, by TS Murugan and his crew, and Office Gaana, the band.
The Red Dream (Le Rêve Rouge), a visible expertise by Cursorama, a media artist and designer working with generative artwork and immersive installations, shall be working with Roy Dipankar of Omnivoid Labs on establishing an exhibit with visuals from Moulin Rouge. The visuals will react to sounds by artistes from bands like No Latency and The Objects apart from two artistes together with Kushboo and Raj Kanwar Sodi. Expect to listen to jazz riffs with low guitar sounds, dub step, drum and bass, dub techno, apart from electronica, ambient and clever dance music. The present begins at 5pm and will go on until 2am. Roy says that they hope individuals will work together with their audio-reactive dice that brings forth completely different sorts of sounds and completely different textures. Their present begins at 5pm.
Contemporary dancer Preethi Athreya
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“Cabaret in the 1980s was a mix of espionage and a story told through strong characters who would not back down. Helen, for instance, is one,” says Preethi Athreya, modern dancer. After a yr of analysis into the sector of Indian cabaret at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, Preethi is ready to convey her present Rubber Girl to the viewers from her hometown at 8pm. “Cabaret asks many questions. You know whose bodies you are selling? What attitudes are you selling? There are many interesting aspects of capitalism versus democracy versus colonialism versus post colonialism that are discussed here,” she says.
Patricia, the director, says that for the reason that fusion of French and Indian, notably Tamil tradition is an necessary side of the occasion, performances of villupaatu, bommalattam, Carnatic fusion and a live performance of historic Tamil devices shall be organised. Thanganila Palsuvai Kalikuzhu shall be bringing karagattam, thappattam and poikkal kuthirai performances to the venue.
Artist Si Su, a part of Uru Pannar, says that their present, can have historic Tamil devices courting again to the 4th Century being performed. One such instrument is the yaal, reconstructed by Tharun Sekar, a musician and instrument-maker. Much of their eight-piece band will play sounds and hope to revive the music from the Sangam ages. “But we do not play music that is an ancient, unrelatable language. It is music with a modern twist,” Si Su says. Their present begins at 9.15pm.
For particulars in regards to the occasion at Alliance Française of Madras, Nungambakkam, go to @afmadras on Instagram.
