After three years of absence, Student Night is back.
Highlight of the Spectacurieux festival, launched by the University of Angers, the Crous Nantes Pays de la Loire and the Museums of Angers, the evening will take place on Thursday April 7 from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Many student shows, uniting music, dance, theatre, cinema and plastic arts will then take place within the Museum of Fine Arts of Angers, in the middle of the exhibited works, in order to highlight the talent of the students of the region. .
2000 visitors are expected.
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“It's an evening by and for the students
, explains Anne Esnault, the director of the museums of the city of Angers.
The town now has nearly 43,000 students, we wanted to imagine an evening dedicated to them and in which they could be real actors.
Theatre, music, dance... This year's Student Night will be based on the theme of games, a red thread
"chosen from the start of the school year in consultation with all the players".
Among the activities offered, collaborative drawing workshops, arcade terminals, Twister will alternate with numerous student performances.
As an illustration, students from the Center National de Danse Contemporaine perform a choreography during a previous Student Night at the Beaux-Arts in Angers.
Museums of Angers, David Riou
On more than 3000 square meters and designed as a route, visitors will be able to wander through all the rooms of the museum, in order to discover it through the eyes of the students.
The night will also be an opportunity to see the Zygomatik's troupe and their theatrical improvisations that bring the exhibited works to life.
The street theater will take over the courtyard of the Museum of Fine Arts with the Télécampus group.
Visitors will also be able to attend several concerts, including the musician Bass Tong specializing in acoustic techno, or contemporary music with the artist Tom Leclerc, accompanied by his modular synthesizer and a piano.
All in
“a setting in sound and visual atmosphere with lights in all spaces”
, specifies Anne Esnault.
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"The programming is therefore entirely provided by the students"
, explains the director, in the presence of the 45 members of the museum in order to ensure the organization and reception.
The evening is organized in concert with the University of Angers,
“but also with students from ESA and Polytech since we wanted all sectors to be represented.
Not only those of history and art history
, ”she said.
The University of Angers remains one of the main partners of the evening alongside the CROUS Nantes Pays de la Loire.
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The Student Night is therefore one of the highlights of the Spectacurieux festival organized by the university, since it closes all the events.
"For twenty years, there has been a tradition around the theater at the University of Angers since it is made up of many theatrical associations such as that of the Tréteaux de l'université"
, explains to
Figaro
Dimitri Perraudeau, of the service university culture.
“But we realized fairly quickly that the association was struggling to organize major events, which is why the university naturally took over seven years ago by creating this festival”
, explained the co - organizer of the evening.
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"At the very beginning, the festival exclusively concerned amateur theatre, French and international, since with university partnerships, students from Quebec, Mexico, Germany or England came to play in Angers"
, he recalls. -he.
But for four years, the event has been keen to broaden its proposals:
"Then the festival wanted to give more space to student creation in general, this is why we find today music, dance, videos, cinema and plastic arts.
It allows both to enhance the skills of the students and at the same time the educational content related to them.
, he continued, explaining that the interest of the festival is also to create links with other universities in the great West, such as those of Le Mans, Nantes and even Avignon.
