The Minister of Culture Rachida Dati went behind the scenes of the Moulin Rouge, a famous Parisian cabaret, on Tuesday.
A plan of 475,000 euros has been unveiled to support the sector.
This represents 5,000 jobs in France.
“An art that embodies French culture and freedom.“This is how the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati described cabaret on Tuesday, a sector that the Minister of Culture is preparing to support: 475,000 euros will be released to help this art and its establishments. First of all, the Moulin Rouge.
It is also within the famous Parisian cabaret that the minister revealed her plan. From the cancan temple, Rachida Dati – who visited the different workshops – felt that it was necessary to give it “a truly deserved recognition.”
Cancan soon become intangible cultural heritage?
These measures aim to “to show support for the creation” et “strengthen the visibility of the cabaret“, declared the Minister of Culture at the Moulin Rouge. The mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris goes elsewhere “support the process” registration of the cancan, the emblematic dance of cabaret, to “the national inventory of intangible cultural heritage“, via a mission entrusted to the Moulin Rouge. In this inventory already appears, for example, the French school of mime.
According to the ministry, the sector has some 200 cabarets, 2.7 million spectators, 5,000 jobs (including 1,600 artists from dance, singing, burlesque circus, magic, etc.) and 225 million euros in revenue. turnover. He experienced a “rapid recovery in attendance after the Covid crisis“, noted a report from the ministry published in July. An insufficient improvement, believes the sector, essentially private. It has been demanding for several years to be able to benefit from the live performance tax credit (CISV), from which it is excluded.
Tuesday, Rachida Dati announced that she supported the approach of the Ekhoscenes union to obtain this extension from the Bercy services. This should “allow smaller structures to strengthen their creative efforts (choreographies, music, costumes, sets), but also to broadcast shows“, according to the ministry.
-A “fund to support the development of ‘characters’ or numbers”
Ce “plan cabaret” also provides for the creation of a “fund to support the development of ‘characters’ or numbers” (150,000 euros) or financial support from “cabaret residences“in multidisciplinary places or art centers (75,000 euros). A “the focus would be cabaret” (200,000 euros) will finance events, shows and a podcast during the 2025-2026 season. Research and publications (50,000 euros) will also be encouraged. Cabaret crafts (costumes, shoemakers, featherwork , embroidery, etc.) will be promoted among young people and young creators.
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For Jean-Victor Clérico, boss of the Moulin Rouge, this plan “is first of all (a) recognition“. During a speech, he greeted “a work dynamic which (…) will contribute to strengthening the place of cabaret in the French cultural landscape”.
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