les BOREALES

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Créé en 1992, le festival Les Boréales, qui se déroule chaque année au mois de novembre, propose une plateforme ouverte sur la création artistique des cinq pays nordiques. Tout d’abord élaboré comme un événement littéraire, le festival a rapidement évolué pour assumer aujourd’hui un caractère pluridisciplinaire et participatif. Outre le pôle littéraire, naturellement accompagné et complété par des événements comme des pièces de théâtre ou des scènes de lectures, le festival présente de nombreuses manifestations ; ainsi danse, cinéma et vidéo, expositions, concerts, cirque et spectacles vivants se succèdent à Caen et en Normandie. Renseignements au 02 31 15 36 40.
The festival of Nordic art and literature, Les Boréales de Normandie, was created in 1992 on Eric Eydoux’s and Lena Christensen’s initiative, with the collaboration of the OFNEC and the department of Nordic studies in Caen. The festival could consequently use the teachers, translators and Nordic specialists’ experience to advise on the programme. The festival first used to only be dedicated to Nordic literature, but shortly opened up to the other artistic areas, presenting authors, musicians, photographers, choreographers, actors and artists from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden or directly linked to them. Since 1999 and henceforth, the festival is organised by the Centre régional des Lettres de Basse-Normandie, with the support of its usual different French and Nordic partners. The festival mainly takes place in Caen in Normandy, yearly in November, inviting the French audience to discover the Nordic culture. During one or two weeks, it presents exhibitions, concerts, films, dance and theatre shows, and invites around 40 Nordic and French authors. The latter takes part in debates, dialogues, cross-readings or performances during a literary weekend in Caen and some of them can also meet the audience in other towns and places (library, school, bookshop…).