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While the coronavirus epidemic is experiencing a certain rebound in France, the director of the Rond-Point theater, in Paris, was on Europe 1, Saturday, to explain how he saw the return to his sector and while he must meet the Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot on Wednesday. "I hope it will stay close to people from the cultural sector," said Jean-Michel Ribes in particular.
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"We absolutely have to think together," said the director and director, who would like the collective conscience to regain some consideration for culture. The cultural sector brings together more people than the automotive sector in France, for example, and "the 90 million tourists who come to France each year come for its cultural influence," says the director.
"More people in the theater than in football stadiums"
"There are more people who go to theaters and theater festivals", insists Jean-Michel Ribes, "than in football stadiums". So what solution? "We must not stigmatize theaters as future centers of infection," warns the director. That there are masks in theaters? "Why not", replies the director of the Rond-Point theater.
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For him, it would be better to reflect on the level of distancing. "Below 70% attendance in theaters, it is not economically viable." And then there are also the quick fixes, sometimes far-fetched. The Rond-Point has an exterior, a sufficient parameter for its director, who decided to install trestles to be able to play outside.