The last time we heard a concert at La Vapeur was at the end of October, before the second confinement. A seated concert, already, respecting the barrier gestures then in force. Since ? Nothing. So when Yann Rivoal, its director, hears Emmanuel Macron say that he may be able to reopen in mid-May, he is cautious: too many snakes swallowed in a year.
We wait and we will build when we have more indications
“We have learned to be careful. I have the impression that even in the government, they do not know it, we have had a lot of announcements that have not necessarily been followed up. A date does not does not mean much, what we have been asking from the start are more distant but realistic deadlines, on which we are working with real protocols. “
The horizon for Yann Rivoal, a very gradual reopening this summer: “We hope that we will end up resuming a bit like before, with colleagues across France we will campaign to resume standing concerts, probably wearing a mask for a while, but it will already be the beginning of a back to something more classic. “
Until then, the Steam will prepare, while not preparing much: the idea is to be flexible, reactive. “Instead of building something and undoing it, we wait and we will build when we have a little more guidance, knowing that we see that the tours of the fall are already shifting towards 2022. We have a lot of things in the bag, we are preparing to be reactive, but with a rather open schedule. “
Indoor concerts in September?
The future will also pass, Yann Rivoal asserts, through joint projects with other music players in Dijon, the Péniche Cancale or the Dijon Opera: “everyone do things and that’s okay, but you have to try not to do everything on the same day. For example, we imagine weekends with itinerant outdoor concerts, small forms so as not to create large gatherings. Perhaps take advantage of the Vapor Square again for meetings, and then we hope for a more classic indoor program from September, but depending on the conditions to which we will be subjected, we will adapt, so we wait. to know on which format we will be able to start. ”
And if it has to go through seated concerts, the interested party answers why not, but under acceptable conditions: “the latest discussions at the government level reported 35% of the seated gauge, it does not make a lot of places, in these conditions it seems complicated to us to do it. In any case it can be profitable. As soon as’ we can we will, but there are all the same minimum conditions below which we will not be able to do. ”
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