Blending hip-hop, flamenco, contemporary dance and circus arts, the show pays tribute to French cultural diversity. The nine dancers and circus artists of Company Käfig create a space transformed into a playground driven by the joy of creation.

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“Meetings” brings together European ballet, Bharatanatyam, Kathak as well as North and South Indian classical music and European classical music. This dialogue establishes itself, respecting the identities, histories and aesthetics of each style.”

Isabelle Anna is one of the rare non-Indian dancers to be recognized by the Indian government as an ambassador of Kathak dance abroad. Along with her company Kaléïdans’Scop, she will present a performance in four acts going from the traditional expression towards the cutting edge of Kathak. “I speak Kathak” explores the visual and acoustic games of rhythms; “Toros” is a succession of 12 scenes on rituals and worship associated to the mythology of the Bull; “My Bolero” is a personal solo interpretation of the well-known Bolero by Ravel; “Trilogy” is a choreographic research on pure abstraction based on the music of the Italian composer Luigi Nono.

“Plan B”, created by Aurélien Bory was born out of the dialogue between the movement and the physical laws of gravity. “Plan B” brings alive – acrobats, jugglers, and actors who defy the forces of gravity through incredible imagery, skill and spectacular performances.

An extravagant street show brings alive – a monumental parade mixing opera, circus, burlesque along with gigantic giraffes and other circus characters.

Mayakkam Oxymore is an artistic and cultural merging of traditional art and new technologies of dance, painting and music from France and India. Each artist develops and validates his or her own craft, creating a show both visual and acoustic, where digital technologies become an extension of the performer, their movements and their gestures.

The Sharik Hasan Paris Trio is an Indo-French group of three young musicians from diverse backgrounds. They got together in Paris in 2008 searching for a common musical vision. Their unique compositions result from a combination of different influences such as classical, hip-hop, rock and jazz with much improvisation.

With musicians from France, America, Switzerland and Vietnam, Moriarty is a ramshackle old world acoustic outfit with a theatrical bent and a tendency to dress like 1930s prohibition outlaws who make a ‘mess’ of sound that takes in folk, country, blues, jazz and cabaret.

Marion Baglan is a soprano who turned to a solo career after her debut “I the Chorus of the Opera de Tours” in 1998. Marion has performed at the Petit Treavon, at the Palace of Versailles and in Lahore and Karachi in Pakistan. Here in India she is accompanied by pianist Francois Juskowiak and plays her roles with flair and panache.

Dobet Gnahoré, from the Ivory Coast has a warm extraordinary voice and mixes Mandingue melodies to Congolese Rumba, from Ivory CoastZiglibiti to Cameroon Bikoutsi, from Ghanian High-Life to Zulu choirs, to carry the compositions along with jazz-like sounds. Her music is funky yet delicate, forward looking yet mixed with traditional tunes and is irresistibly foot tapping.

An MTV host, singer, author, songwriter and producer, China is the quintessential eclectic artist who embodies the American idea of an entertainer. This trait was inherited from her mother, the award winning American soul singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.

Awek’s music is inspired by the classics; it finds its vibrant energy in Gospel music. With 6 albums and 13 years of experience behind them, the four Awek musicians have acquired a strength and maturity worthy of their peers on the other side of the Atlantic. Their blues charmed Memphis audiences during the International Blues Challenge in February 2008. Awek was elected band of the year at the Cognac Blues Passions festival.

Acclaimed in Canada, Quebec, South Africa and Europe, the band is known for its ability to enliven any street corner. The drum rolls on the Tambours Malbars answer to the flames and lightworks generated around the band.

Titi Robin built his personal musical universe by borrowing instinctively from various sources, including India and North Africa. His career spans 27 years, with over 200,000 records sold and more than1200 live performances throughout the world.

Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai: please check venue and dates on www.bonjour-india.com In the late seventies, Reunion Island poets and musicians revived the use of Creole language. Ziskakan was founded by Gilbert Pounia in 1979. Playing maloya music at kabary (meaning “assembly”), they developed a contemporary type of maloya infused with genuine Reunion Creole culture, mirroring the mix of its multi-cultural inhabitants. Ziskakan was awarded Best Group at Les Césaires de la Musique in 2007 for the album ‘Banjara’

Brigitte Chataignier is one of the rare artists to have devoted her life to Mohini Attam. She regularly performs on tour in France and in India.
In South-West India, Mohini Attam is a dance traditionally performed in temples which is elegant and regal. Mohini Attam is known for the fluidity of its movements, the sweetness of its curves and its gracious expression. The spellbinding beauty of the dance, the rhythm and the shear musical quality will make this performance a unique experience for the audience.

Mado, the widow in the shade tells us the story of women who are never the legal wives. They are the lovers, the mistresses or the concubines. These women live outside the rules of the society, and remain rejected. Valérie Berger is the artistic director of the Tétradanse Company, founded in 1992. The work of Valérie Berger raises the issue of the fate of women all around the world, and particularly in the countries around the Indian Ocean.