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Move closer to the cultures and protect the tradition
Bringing cultures closer together and safeguarding traditions: these are the cultural aims of the RFI. To please the invited groups and to offer to spectators, some original, unusual, delightful and, above all, high quality shows: this is the popular side of the RFI’s objectives. The RFI vintage 2010 will present itself under the sign of diversity. In fact, the invited countries have seldom been so representative of the world-wide cultural diversity. We shall have the opportunity to welcome in Fribourg nine groups hailing from North-, Central- and South America, Eastern- and Central Europe , Near- and Middle East, Oceania and, last but not least, Africa. Therefore, do not miss the chance to discover new cultures and beautiful traditions during this 36th edition.
Stéphane Renz, artistic director
Edition 2010 – The Groups
Easter Island
TUMU HENAU
Easter Island is lost in the middle of the Pacific. The nearest land is 4000 km. away. Unknown for centuries, surrounded only by waves and clouds, it has succeeded to create a unique and original culture: the RAPANUI culture. Founded in 1989, the Tumu Henau group has managed with the passing years, thanks to a relentless effort, to keep alive and diffuse the culture of this mysterious and majestic island. The songs and dances of the Tumu Henau group guarantee a feeling of strangeness and reveries.
Godfather of the group :
Canada
REEL & MACADAM
Reel & Macadam is a dance and music company from Quebec, from the heart of Montreal. Its repertory has always been developed in accordance with traditions and its cultural heritage. The choreographies of the group respect the dances and the music of its ancestors while being adapted to the stage. The aim of Reel & Macadam is simply to enchant and surprise the public by conveying joy in life and the pleasure of dancing.
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La veillée chez Morin
Godfather of the group :
Bolivia
CONADANZ
The National Dance Company Conadanz was founded in 1993 in La Paz. It is one of the best dance groups of Bolivia accompanied by an orchestra of 12 musicians. With 8 different costumes and music representing the Andean High Plateau through the Altiplano and including the Amazonian region, this group will reveal to us the still living traditions of Bolivia.
Godfather of the group :
France
LA BOURREE GANNATOISE
The little city of Ganna, a veritable land of transition two steps away from the Chaîne des Volcans, is situated between the gentle landscapes of the Bourbonnais region and the plains of the Limagne. It is there that the La Bourrée Gannatoise was founded in 1965. The group makes the best of the great cultural diversity of the two main provinces, the Bourbonnais in the North and the Auvergne in the South, to present a rich and varied folklore. The very rhythmical music and finely worked choreographies will let you discover the cultural richness of Auvergne.
Mexico
SINALOENSE folk-dance company
Created in 1983, this company intends to present the important values of the Mexican culture. Those values are widely influenced by the interbreeding and union of different races. This innovative and dynamic group will present the folklore of all the Mexican regions, combining the authenticity and the originality of their traditions.
Warmth, romanticism and emotion will be present!
Godfather of the group :
India
SHIVAM NRUTYA CULTURAL ACADEMY
The academy is located in the state of Gujarat, in the North-West of India, neighbouring the state of Pakistan and the Rajasthan. Since twenty years it is busy preserving the traditional Indian culture by teaching dance and music to more than 200 students every year. The group of about fifteen artists will make us discover all the sophistication and the grace of carefully worked out dances, as well as the harmony of the Indian traditional dances.
Godfather of the group :
Romania
TRADITII
The Traditii dance group comes from the city of Cluj, the biggest city of Transylvania. The group is connected to the famous University of Cluj and consists exclusively of students who dance ever since their early childhood. No doubt the beauty of authentic handmade costumes and the quality of the dances will dazzle every spectator!
Godfather of the group :
Republic of Niger
AOURINDE
The group Aourinde presents a very colourful show. Thanks to its originality and its force of expression, along with simple movements of great elegance and sophistication, nobody will be unconcerned. Beauty of the make-up, song in unison and polyphony, graceful gestures, traditional costumes, all of them are expressions that harmoniously mix into a show that is pleasing to senses and spirit.
Godfather of the group :
Georgia
NATIONAL GROUP “GEORGIAN FOLKLORE”
The “Georgian Folklore” national group offers a popular show that is inspired by the major events of life. Music and songs accompany a colourful show, the artistic precision and the technical rigour of which are just exceptional. Created in 1984, this group received, in 1994, the National Folk Group label as a reward for its numerous successes abroad.
Godfather of the group :
Edition 2010 – The shows :
Sunday, August 15th, 2010:
Pre-opening Show (8:00 p.m. – Room Podium – Guin)
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010:
Opening Show (8:00 p.m. – Room Ste-Croix – Fribourg)
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010:
Children Show (4:30 p.m. – Hall of the University – Fribourg)
Thursday, August 19th, 2010:
Official Reception (8:00 p.m. – Hall of the University – Fribourg)
Friday, August 20th, 2010:
Official Reception (8:00 p.m. – Room CO2 – Bulle - La Tour-de-Trême)
Saturday, August 21st, 2010:
All groups (Village of the Nations – Place Georges-Python – Fribourg)
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010:
Closing Show (4:00 p.m. – Room Ste-Croix – Fribourg)
