Performing Arts
Monteverdi’s Madrigals, Book VI in Venice
Paul Agnew’s monumental project to perform all eight books of Monteverdi’s madrigals in just four years seems as ambitious as performing the complete works of Bach! A bold challenge, like the work itself. Contained within these eight Books are the foundations of modern music, from the end of the Ren...
Monteverdi’s Madrigals, Book VII
Paul Agnew’s monumental project to perform all eight books of Monteverdi’s madrigals in just four years seems as ambitious as performing the complete works of Bach! A bold challenge, like the work itself. Contained within these eight Books are the foundations of modern music, from the end of the Ren...
Mozart, concertos for violin N°1, N°2, N°3, N°4, N°5
Passionate about freedom and sharing and eschewing conservatism, Les Dissonances brings the freshness back to Mozart’s five violin concertos. Led by David Grimal's Stradivarius, the twenty-six-piece ensemble reveals the luminosity and virtuosity of these works.
Composed in his youth, the violin conc...
Ought at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris
Canadian band Ought plays tense, nervy, decisive rock. Music to dance to nonetheless, thanks to a devilishly effective supple bass and an incredible singer, Tim Darcy, whose offhand manner, reminiscent of Talking Heads’ David Byrne, gives this classy rock its spice.
Perfect Pussy at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris
Punk of the kind they don’t make any more! Perfect Pussy concerts are superfast and super-energetic! Songs lasting 2 minutes apiece, strung together without a break, like a stream of uppercuts dealt by Meredith Graves, who leaps, rants, lashes out and leaves everyone stunned and blown away!
Schubert, string quartet N° 15 in G Major D.887, op. 161
This string Quartet, written by Franz Schubert in ten days in June 1826, is the fifth and final composed for this kind of ensemble. This quartet is characterized by its polyphonic extent, its contrasts and structural complexity. It includes four movements : Allegro molto moderato, Andante un poco mo...
Snow Beard and the 7 Little Sleeping Pigs
Choreographer Laura Scozzi rewrites the stories of our childhood. A subversive and jubilant fable at the crossroads of dance, mime and theatre orchestrated by 8 hip-hop dancers.
Do humans rule the world? What if animals could have their say? What would happen if the Sleeping Beauty didn’t wake up?...
Son Lux at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris
Listening to his intimate records, seeing his slender form hunched over his piano, it’s hard to imagine the insane force of Son Lux concerts. But thanks to a drummer and guitarist of breathtaking precision and presence, we get to experience the full extent of their power.
The 22nd 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 ABC of Hip-Hop
A dip into the incredible world of Hip-Hop at the Suresnes Cités Danse Festival.
A documentary that takes us behind the scenes of the festival - with a twist: the artists we meet all define their universe by choosing 26 words emblematic of hip-hop, one for each letter of the alphabet.
Compiled wit...