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French Spring festival

Aside from spring forthcoming, the first swallows symbolize the warmth of positive changes. The French Spring is different year after year. With heathen light it haloes everything around with its “Fire Show” (2007), soars like a gentle breeze with the “Catcher of the Moon” (2008) and makes the real “Eccentricity on Water” (2009) and amazing street performance “The Square of Angels” (2010).

Spring is the most favorable time for positive changes. Therefore, UkrSibbank BNP Paribas Group – the biggest French investment in Ukraine – represents not only European financial traditions, but also the European cultural values.

We can hardly imagine spring in Ukraine without such an event as the French Spring festival. It gives anyone a chance to be at the very center of French culture without crossing any borders. Last year the French Spring festival held in Ukraine managed to attract over 100,000 spectators.

«Fire Show»

Rousing rhythms, innovative music and a spectacular pyrotechnics show were the final presents of the French Spring 2011 in Ukraine. Six drummers pulled almost 40,000 spectators to Spivoche Pole (Singing Field) for a memorable goodbye party.

The show was put on by the Drumming Troopers, an international street show company. For over 15 years the group has been touring around the globe, demonstrating their riveting art, a refreshing blend of rhythms, music and jaw-dropping pyrotechnic effects.

The show was dedicated to Chornobyl disaster. Rimon Grabriel, director of the show, says the idea behind this performance is as follows: “Chornobyl, or how to switch from memories of the absurd catastrophe to the anthem of life, which is made of shrieks, drums, sparks and explosives”.

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“The Square of Angels”
This spring, the festival of cultural events was full of surprises and sure to satisfy the tastes of connoisseurs with its eventfulness and unique performance. The opening of French Spring festival took place on April 9 on St. Sophia Square in Kyiv and amazed the audience with an astonishing street performance – “The Square of Angels”.

The program of the French Spring festival featured many various events amongst which there are: the prerelease show festival, the night of short films, the modern dance performance “Our Golden Nets” and modern circus show “Ivre d'équilibre”.

The French Spring was given a special flavor by the retrospective show of films starring Juliette Binoche and opening of exhibition devoted to this famous cinema actress.

“Eccentricity on Water”

“Catcher of the Moon”

“Fire Show”