french email written to a friend describing french fetival
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Festival international des jardins
Located in the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire site in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France, the Festival international des jardins brings together a variety of landscape creations that focus on a different theme each year, this year’s theme being “Jardins de la pensée”. These creations are considered prototypes for the gardens of tomorrow and are designed to come into bloom over a period of several months. They are open to the public from the end of April to mid-October, with nocturnal viewings possible during the months of July and August. The use of electroluminescent diodes to light up these horticultural creations allows viewings that play with light and shadow, color and form.
Festival d’Avignon
The Festival d’Avignon is an annual arts festival held in the city of Avignon, located in the south-eastern part of France on the Rhône river. Its focus is contemporary performing arts, consisting mainly of theater and dance, but also including music and visual art. The city itself, with its rich architectural heritage, serves as the backdrop for performances that run throughout the month of July. At the heart of the wide variety of performances is the Cour d’honneur, the main courtyard of the Palais des papes, which seats 2,000 and held the audience of the founding performance of Shakespeare’s La Tragédie du roi Richard II, directed by Jean Vilar in 1947. There are also shows geared toward younger audiences, as well as theater groups that focus on performing in schools and on arts in education.