Performing Arts
ROOM WITH A VIEW – Rone & La Horde
A post-apocalyptic vision rises from the boards of the Théâtre du Châtelet. The chaos and collapse are palpable. Within this devastated setting, 20 dancers protest and rebel, swept along by the music performed live by Rone on his machines.
Given free rein to devise a show by the Théâtre...
SAMARABALOUF
Created in 2000, Samarabalouf is an acoustic swing and gypsy jazz group from northern France.
The string trio works its wonders in the difficult genre of swing thanks to François PETIT, the composer and guiding light of this surprising group...
French world music - Tendance Manouche: the expre...
THE DAY DREAMS (Cie Jean-Claude Gallotta )
With this show, Jean-Claude Gallotta returns to Bethune Street in Manhattan, where, in the early 1980s, his dreams as an apprentice choreographer were reflected in the picture windows of Merce Cunningham's studio.
Composed of three twenty-minute "events" interspersed with two solos by t...
THE FRENCH BASTARDS
Following in the modern tradition of jazz mixed with contemporary music (Neil Cowley, GoGo Penguins…), THE FRENCH BASTARDS play percussive and intriguing fusion, bubbling with cinematographic references.
This group dons the formal mantle of jazz the better to burst its seams! It sometimes sounds ...
To be returned to Mr. Morgenstern upon demand
"Lyon. January 2018. I open a black hard-cardboard box that belonged to my
grandfather, who was a printer in Lyon during the last war. In amongst a mass of documents, I find a perfectly preserved grey file, with this note written in pencil:
“Documents belonging to Mr. Morgenstern, deposited in...
Tribute concert to MANITAS DE PLATA
A unique concert, recorded at the Théâtre de la Mer in Sète on August 7, 2021.
Ricardo Baliardo, known as "Manitas de Plata" (literally "little hands of silver") was one of the most prolific French musicians of the last century. He is the flamenco artist who has sold the most albums in ...
VIDALA : Cantando Al Sol
The musicians of VIDALA are united around their common love of South American music, its poets and particularly “Nueva Canción”, from which they glean new treasures every day.
VIDALA takes its name from a musical and poetic form derived from Argentinean folklore, and its inspiration from its popu...
WHISPERS (s’assurer de ses propres murmures)
Juggling and drums go well together...
This show is structured like an album or a traditional circus performance, made up of musical numbers or acts. But it's actually a long dance. Pulsation, phrasing, accents, the feeling of passing time, different elements of rhythm that bring juggling and mus...
GILBERTO GIL: A God in his Garden
With his world tour cancelled due to COVID, Gilberto Gil invites us to an acoustic concert in the garden of his residence in Araras, where he and his family are spending lockdown. He is accompanied by his two sons, Bem and Jose, his daughter Nara and her 11-year-old granddaughter Flor, whose big voi...
