“I forgot how to dress, we wear shoes that we haven’t worn for a year, we only put on sports or walking shoes, so it’s exciting!”, says Caroline Baron, just before attending her first show since the pandemic began in New York, over a year ago.
his professional filmmaker, accompanied by his companion and his teenage son, entered with a big smile on Friday evening the “Shed”, an artistic center in West Manhattan, which offered a concert by artist Kelsey Lu The 150 spectators were all provided with either proof of vaccination against Covid or a negative PCR test less than six hours old.
Some hoped that Friday marks the grand reopening of venues in the American cultural capital of New York, which had been closed since March 2020. But the Shed was one of the few major venues to benefit from the authorization given by the governor. New York City to reopen from April 2. With a capacity limited to 33%, or 150 people maximum.
This place, brand new since it opened in 2019, has advantages that old theaters do not have: it is non-profit, equipped with an ultra-modern ventilation system and its space is completely flexible, which made it possible to set up a program adapted to the pandemic, told AFP its artistic director, Alex Poots.
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