Jean Marc Dumontet, producer of shows, was the guest of Europe 1 Friday to take stock of the state of the performing arts at a time when everything is closed due to the re-containment.
For him, it is important to be positive: no, "the theater is not going to die", he insists.
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While the consumption of films or music is done more than ever online at the time of reconfinement, Jean-Marc Dumontet, producer of shows, defends live shows on Friday on Europe 1 and wants to be reassuring.
For him, it is important to be positive: "No, the theater is not going to die," he insists, despite the difficulties facing the entire cultural sector.
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"Room for everyone"
"There are several types of consumption and culture habits. Live shows are unique moments, of osmosis, of sharing between an artist and spectators. Moments that cannot be found elsewhere! So it has totally its strength, its place, its raison d'être! ", defends Jean-Marc Dumontet.
According to him, people are not going to adopt new consumption habits.
"These are different times, there is room for everyone".
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Stop "catastrophic remarks"
No question of "world after", therefore, in the middle of culture?
No, for the show producer.
"We know that we want to find the world before and that it works. It brought us a lot of happiness to be able to live and enjoy life, which is less the case today."
In response to certain artists, such as Jean-Michel Ribes or Laurent Garnier who told Roselyne Bachelot to be a "dead performing artist", Jean-Marc Dumontet assures that he does not believe "in these catastrophist remarks".
“There is tremendous resilience in humans,” he concludes.