Sébastien Lagrange, Quentin Millet and Jean-Pascal Pin bring Gallica Trio’s Morvan dance repertoire to Neuvy. Their tunes come from collections of older musicians and from more recent traditional players, with pieces from other regions also included. Musicians from La Jimbr’tée open the ball before the trio takes over for the dancers.
Tag: folk-music
The Celtic Social Club + Nótt
The Celtic Social Club mixes traditional Celtic sounds with rock, folk and touches of electronic music. Violin, bagpipes and guitar combine with a modern groove in the headline performance. Chambéry duo Nótt opens the concert with indie folk-rock that moves between gentle passages and a more intense sound.
Bal de la Conf’ in Chadrac
The Conf’ and ADEAR bring farmers and the wider public together for a seasonal gathering in Chadrac. A documentary and debate open discussion of agricultural life as part of AlimenTerre. A shared meal leads into the traditional ball. CLUME supplies percussive singing, while ELVEN brings songs and dances from Ireland and Scotland to the evening’s programme.
Ateliers des Arts: Bal de Noël
The Ateliers des Arts Bal de Noël brings the conservatoire’s traditional music and dance students before a public audience. Their performances present the work developed in the department as part of the institution’s winter festivities. The ball is organised with CDMDT43, and admission to the celebration is free.
Montluçon Traditional Dance Ball
Montluçon’s MJC organises a traditional ball with live accompaniment from three traditional music ensembles. Hurdy-gurdies and bagpipes feature in the conservatory group’s contribution. Divertiment’Trad from Montluçon and Tradi’Adi from Évaux-les-Bains also play for the dancers, and admission to the ball is free.
Bal Trad: dance from Berry in Pellevoisin
Bal Trad gathers CHNUT, the compagnie Nepeta and the Relais des Pas Sages for a Berry dance celebration. The workshops teach bourrées and introduce the branles d’Écueillé. A Berry jam welcomes everyone, while Feules, Babek, the duo Jolivet-Langlois and a violin ensemble provide music for dancing. The menu includes goat-cheese croques and potato galettes.
L’âme musicale de George Sand in Bourges
George Sand’s writings on music become a concert-reading with the Paris Mozart Orchestra. Suliane Brahim narrates alongside mezzo-soprano Margaux Poguet. The programme joins Beethoven and Pauline Viardot with Reflets du Berry by Philippe Macé. Cornemuse and vielle à roue bring the Berry’s traditional sound into the orchestra, while FLORE’s photographs accompany the readings.
Les Maîtres Sonneurs: illustrated musical reading
Les Maîtres Sonneurs becomes an illustrated musical reading at Théâtre Maurice Sand in La Châtre. Géraldine Gallois adapts George Sand’s novel and composes its music. Olivier Chéné supplies the illustrations, while Manu Tourny plays Centre-France bagpipes. Tiennet, Joseph and Brulette inhabit a peasant world shaped by work and popular dances. The production pays tribute to Sand and traditional music.
Amaury Babault : stage de bourrées et bal du Berry
Amaury Babault opens the day with a workshop on bourrées and other little-known dances of the Berry region. The ball that follows brings Grégory Jolivet in a solo set, then the Marivole duo playing alongside friends. The dancers learn the steps in the afternoon and put them to work the same night. A potluck supper sits between the two halves, with a bar open, in the village of Ménétréol-sous-Sancerre.
Foire aux Rillons au Liège, escale irlandaise
The O’Liège association has dressed its traditional Foire aux Rillons in green and orange for this edition. The champ de foire fills with a brocante and a market of craftspeople and producers. The Irish band The Ghilie’s plays, and the ChoréOceltic dance group performs before opening a session to anyone willing to try. The sit-down meal keeps the fair’s own menu of charcuterie, rillons-frites, cheese and dessert, with a tombola running all day.