The restoration entrusted to the Blond et Roux agency, and initially designed by Gérard Violette, historical director of the theater at the turn of the 2000s, turned into a nightmare. City Theater
After seven years of epic work, the emblematic venue for dance and performing arts in the capital is once again opening its doors. And hopes to finally be able to dialogue with the Châtelet, its neighbor opposite.
From the top of a yellow basket this Wednesday, we hang the letters of Sarah Bernhardt Theater at the pediment of the Théâtre de la Ville. “We must send the photographer immediately! It is our responsibility to document this historic moment!” Emmanuel Demarcy Mota is on the job. Seven years that the director and director waited for the reopening of his theater. He is here and everywhere at the same time. In the room, in the offices, in the corridors, on the telephone. And on the square. “This is where you have to stand to understand the project”he said, leading us to the edge of the fountain erected on the square between Châtelet and Théâtre de la Ville.
Entrance hall of the new Sarah Bernhardt Theater. Nadège Lezec
End of February, Anne Hidalgo charged him with a mission: to analyze the link between the two theaters which “since their creation“have never carried the ambition of a joint work which could energize the two establishments as well as the place which separates them”. And to wish “the creation of an ociation whose mission will be to ensure the establishment of a coherent space…
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