Editing Nantes (section)

===Events and festivals===
[[File:Les Nefs et les Machines de lîle de Nantes (7724255850).jpg|thumb|alt=Spacious hall, with plants and natural lighting|Main hall at the [[Machines of the Isle of Nantes]]]]
The [[Royal de Luxe]] [[street theatre]] company moved to Nantes in 1989, and has produced a number of shows in the city. The company is noted for its large [[marionette]]s (including a giraffe, the Little Giant and the Sultan's Elephant), and has also performed in [[Lisbon]], [[Berlin]], [[London]] and [[Santiago]].{{sfn|Royal de Luxe}} Former Royal de Luxe machine designer [[François Delarozière]] created the Machines of the Isle of Nantes and its large walking elephant in 2007. The Machines sponsor theatre, dance, concerts, ice-sculpting shows and performances for children in the spring and fall and at [[Christmas]]time.{{sfn|Programmation culturelle}}

''[[Estuaire (biennale)|Estuaire]]'' contemporary-art exhibitions were held along the Loire estuary in 2007, 2009 and 2012.{{sfn|Estuaire}} They left several permanent works of art in Nantes and inspired the [[Voyage à Nantes]], a series of contemporary-art exhibitions across the city which has been held every summer since 2012. A route (a green line painted on the pavement) helps visitors make the ''voyage'' between the exhibitions and the city's major landmarks. Some works of art are permanent, and others are used for a summer.{{sfn|Voyage à Nantes}} Permanent sculptures include [[Daniel Buren]]'s ''Anneaux'' (a series of 18 rings along the Loire reminiscent of [[Atlantic slave trade]] shackles) and works by [[François Morellet]] and [[Dan Graham]].{{sfn|Dictionnaire de Nantes|2013|p=56}}

''[[La Folle Journée]]'' (''The Mad Day'', an alternate title of [[Pierre Beaumarchais]]' play ''[[The Marriage of Figaro (play)|The Marriage of Figaro]]'') is a [[classical music]] festival held each winter. The original one-day festival now lasts for five days. Its programme has a main theme (past themes have included exile, nature, Russia and [[Frédéric Chopin]]), mixing classics with lesser-known and -performed works. The concept has been exported to [[Bilbao]], [[Tokyo]] and [[Warsaw]], and the festival sold a record 154,000 tickets in 2015.{{sfn|Record de fréquentation|2015}} The September Rendez-vous de l'Erdre couples a jazz festival with a pleasure-boating show on the Erdre,{{sfn|Dictionnaire de Nantes|2013|p=422}} exposing the public to a musical genre considered elitist; all concerts are free. Annual attendance is about 150,000.{{sfn|Aurélien Tiercin|2016}} The [[Three Continents Festival]] is an annual film festival dedicated to [[Asia]], [[Africa]] and [[South America]], with a Mongolfière d'or (Golden Hot-air Balloon) awarded to the best film. Nantes also hosts ''Univerciné'' (festivals dedicated to films in [[English language|English]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[German language|German]]) and a smaller Spanish film festival. The [[Scopitone]] festival is dedicated to [[digital art]], and ''[[Utopiales]]'' is an international [[science fiction]] festival.{{sfn|Dictionnaire de Nantes|2013|p=423}}