“Festivals du sud” reunite, every summer, during the months of July and August, roughly about ten folkloric groups and national ballets of all continents around the world. These ballets are under the responsibility of “Festivals du sud”, and participate mainly in the principal French and Spanish festivals of arts and popular traditions. The large international dimension of the folkloric groups / artistic troops welcomed, the formalities undertaken by the authorities of the countries of origin, the cost of transportation, of medical aid, of insurance/ assistance drove the main French and Spanish festivals to regroup in an organisation in order to facilitate the administrative and diplomatic formalities and to share the programming costs of the amateur artists concerned.
- The objectives :
The organisation "Festivals du sud", while taking into account the needs of its adherents, elaborates every year a program of the folkloric groups, coming from all continents, so that the set of the groups is welcomed without discontinuity by the different festivals, from the arrival in Europe to the departure of Europe, or to other destinations, according to a negotiated suitability with the concerned artists. He must ensue a coherent circuit permitting to receive the concerned troops during his festival program. Led solely without lucrative goal by constituted teams of volunteers, this organization wants to be extremely professional and respectful of the ballets that it receives in France and in Spain. The organisation "Festivals du sud" seduces especially by the quality of the groups that it gathers, the sincerity of the meetings, and the festival spirit that it generates.
- The organisation :
The choice of the groups is achieved and is confirmed at least one year before the date of the beginning of the "Festivals du sud". The groups, that would be interested to be involved, can make contact with us by electronic mail. Each group must have a complete show of a minimal length of ninety minutes and also accept to participate in music parades, and street animations, also to present, if necessary, a shorter program without loosing any of the vivacity or artistic quality. The retained groups must have a live orchestra and must not use pre recorded music. The group must have minimum twenty five artists and maximum forty. When the groups contact us, they are not necessarily sure to be booked. "Festivals du sud" has several sources of recruitment : the cultural office of the French Embassies, the French Alliance Offices, and the personal contacts that we can have from all over the world with the main folklore festivals. The group which solicits its involvement must address a complete file of presentation, including a recorded video, colour photos of the group in costumes, a text with a quick
