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MONTREAL – The Montreal International Jazz Festival broke its silence Sunday over its decision to cancel a controversial show starring a white woman singing songs composed by black slaves, denying that the decision was an act of censorship. Dupont said that the decision to abruptly cancel SLAV along the way was made for "a mix of technical and human reasons," including safety concerns raised by the vitriolic escalation surrounding the show.
He also said that the star of the show, Betty Bonifbadi, broke her ankle and said she was no longer able to continue.
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"I would have liked the show to have continued, but the main artist said that she did not want to continue" We have had real security problems, "he said at the festival's closing press conference, adding that the decision was" not a gesture of censure. "
The esters were peaceful, the festival and the theater where the show was presented were concerned about the "aggression" of some protesters and the rising division and anger surrounding the show.
He said that Bonifbadi's decision was motivated by his injury and his critics.
Dupont said that the festival and the production company would absorb what he said would be hundreds of thousands of dollars of losses badociated with the cancellation of the show, including paying for them. performers
SLAV, one of the This year's hottest tickets. It has been described as "a theatrical odyssey based on slave songs" and a trip "through traditional African-American songs, from cotton fields."
Black activists denounced the show and its mostly white cast, and the American musician Moses Sumney
