Famous thanks to the Moulin Rouge, the Cabaret and the Cancan will benefit from an injection of funds thanks to new measures from the French Ministry of Culture.
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The French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, has unveiled projects aimed at recognizing and protecting the cabaret as a significant form of entertainment.
The announced measures designate the cabaret as an art form which embodies “French culture and freedom”. Ms. Dati has exhibited her ideas from the Moulin Rouge, the famous Parisian cabaret known to be the cradle of Cancan dance.
The proposals, in the amount of 475,000 euros, will make it possible to “support creation”, to “strengthen the visibility of the cabaret” and to give it the “recognition it deserves,” said Dati.
According to the ministry, France has 200 cabaretswhich represents 5,000 jobs, including 1,600 artists. Each year, they welcome approximately 2.7 million spectators And generate an annual turnover of 225 million euros.
The cabaret being a private sector, it is exempt from the tax credit for the performing arts in France. Ms. Dati said that she supported the campaign led by the sector to benefit from this tax advantage.
-On the half-million euros added to the financing of cabarets in France, 150,000 euros will be used as “support funds for the development of ‘characters’ or numbers” and 75,000 euros will be allocated to “cabarets residences”.
200,000 euros were allocated to the financing of events, shows and a podcast for the next cabaret season, while 50,000 euros are intended for research and publications on this art form.
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In addition, Rachida Dati supports a request for registration from the Cancan, This emblematic danceto the national inventory of intangible cultural heritage of France.
Last year, the Moulin Rouge celebrated the 135th anniversary of its creation in 1889. Having become a tourist site, this Parisian cabaret saw the greatest dancers in the world during the 20th century.
Jean-Victor ClericoDirector general of the Moulin Rouge, said that this project was “above all a recognition“. He added that he”will help strengthen the place of the cabaret in the French cultural landscape“.
Although the Moulin Rouge is the most famous cabaret, the Ministry of Culture noted that the majority of French cabarets are scattered in the rural communities of the country, offering artistic journals to the inhabitants and constituting precious outlets for artists ” open to the LGBT+cause “.
