While the reopening of the Théâtre de la Ville is announced for September 2023, work is beginning in Chaillot.
The Jean Vilar room, 1200 seats, will be redone from top to bottom.
It was time.
Didier Deschamps, former director of the only national theater dedicated to dance, fought like a titan for this.
Niermans' large auditorium, demolished from its Italian-style format by order from Jack Lang to Fabre and Perrottet, the Michelangelo of modern theater in front, was showing signs of weakness.
The structure threatened to collapse, the ventilation shafts no longer ventilated.
Asbestos radiated from paintings, walls, everywhere.
The heating came from a large boiler which was not connected to the network.
The threat of a decree of peril was constantly brandished.
“The ecological challenge and the global energy crisis only reinforce our decision
,” says Rachid Ouramdane, current director of Chaillot, who announces that the room will be closed for three years.
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