Performing Arts
Omar Sosa & Jacques Schwarz-Bart: CrÉole Spirit
Omar Sosa and Jacques Schwarz-Bart have been separately flying the flag of Afro-Caribbean jazz high around the world for the last 10 years.
Today, the pianist Omar Sosa is the undisputed leader of a Cuban jazz inspired by the spiritual traditions of Santeria, the African belief system dating back t...
Orfeo, Monteverdi
L’Orfeo, a musical fable written by Claudio Monteverdi in 1607, often considered the first real opera in history, is a musically intense work with a libretto directly inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The richness of the orchestration, the virtuosity of the choral pages and the precise characterisat...
Pierre Henry: Continuo or vision of the futur
The acoustic universe of Pierre Henry is in perpetual evolution. He accepted to create an evening which 'makes a temporal link between yesterday, now and tomorrow'.
Linking man and nature, past and present, at 87 years old, the pioneer of electronic music is still writing, surrounded by his many mac...
Royal Southern Brotherhood
“Amplified soul for a new generation”... It may sound pretentious, but the Royal Southern Brotherhood lives up to its claim with a tribal beat, a heady groove that hits the mark and a certain laid-back attitude characteristic of the humidity of the American Deep South. A meeting of the swaying rhyth...
SAVAGES live at La Cigale, Paris
Savages make no concessions. On March 1st, 2016, the 4-piece all-female band gave an intense, energetic and emotionally charged concert at La Cigale in Paris featuring the incantations of Jehnny Beth and the razor-sharp riffs of Gemma Thompson. This film faithfully translates the group’s powerful st...
Sirba Octet : Tanz !
This remarkable ensemble, mid-way between classical and Klezmer music, revives the musical traditions of Eastern Europe by rearranging it according to the rules of classical music. Unique arrangements for eight exceptional musicians from the Orchestre de Paris, who play with dazzling interpretive fr...
The 24th International Circus Festival of Massy
The International Circus Festival of Massy is known to mix traditional and modern acts and attracts artists from all over the world, who perform before an international Jury composed of circus professionals.
Bears, tigers, panthers, leopards, dogs, monkeys, horses, miming clowns, acrobats, dancers, ...
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
Inspired by Bruegel the Elder’s painting, the choreographer Olivia Grandville has created a piece for 10 dancers. Wearing headphones, they all follow her instructions.
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent... Who doesn’t know this busy scene by Pieter Bruegel, which depicts the meeting between absti...
