the essential
In his book “At the borders of the dense corners (Necessity of chance)”, the polymorphous talent of Germinal Le Dantec, a staple of local culture, is expressed through very surprising real-life stories.
The complete pagination of this newspaper would not be enough to contain the biography and the prestigious address book of this man of a thousand lives. After having traced his poetic path among the greatest in the Paname of artistic troublemakers, eager for new horizons, he will look elsewhere to see if he was there (notably in Latin America), before settling down, at the dawn of the years “70”, in Tarn-et-Garonne, according to the enchanting coincidences of life. Musician, singer, actor but above all poet, Germinal Le Dantec is made of a rare, romantic and precious wood. Although he left the capital, its left bank and famous peers half a century ago (too numerous to mention here), he remained faithful to this commitment to living creation and animation. socio-cultural, with the memory of the Musicalam festival, in Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave, at the beginning of the 80s; the first steps of “Radio d’oc”, in Moissac, or the programming and management of the now legendary Dali, in Montauban. He was also one of the linchpins of several associations (Brouillons de culture, Cultures du cœur 82, etc.) and a socio-educational facilitator for refugees from the Amar center. A wordsmith, Germinal also publishes his writings. After “Bris de mots”, published in 2013, he returned to L’Harmattan editions for “Aux confins des corners si denses (Necessity of chance)”, a jubilant collection of slices of a life, his own, also punctuated by coincidences each improbable and yet very real. Impromptu reunions, disturbing connections, premonitions that question… Beyond the metaphysical abundance aroused (are these mind-blowing coincidences the fruit of determinism or do they obey the laws of probabilities?), we discover a journey of bohemianism carried by magnificent encounters, beautiful love stories, but fractures too. The language is removed and achieves this feat of remaining light and airy in a very sustained register. We enjoy following Germinal’s wanderings, watching for the right word at every turn of the sentence. But the form does not eclipse the substance, and this collection of short stories also stands as a testimony: that of a troubadour who lived through this emancipatory era when we were able to believe in a better world.
The work has just been published and is available on the Internet. As for Germinal, we will find him in March, in Moissac, to lead a reading aloud workshop.
