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“Il n’est pas encore minuit” (it is not midnight yet)
by Compagnie XY
Discovery Green Conservancy, located in Houston, Texas, will present “Il n’est pas encore minuit” (it is not midnight yet) by the contemporary circus ensemble known as Compagnie XY on June 2-3, 2017. The two free public performances in Houston by Compagnie XY are part of a larger North America tour that includes Spoleto USA Festival, Charleston, SC, and Lincoln Center Festival, New York, as well as stops in Canada, and in Mexico. It will be the first performance of a French contemporary circus company in Houston.
Compagnie XY is widely regarded as one of the leading contemporary circus companies in the world.
With their unique voice, and 22 highly skilled acrobats, XY continue to push boundaries in the creation of poetic and jaw-defying spectacle.
www.discoverygreen.com
https://vimeo.com/154179095
“While I was Waiting”
By Omar Abusaada, Text: Mohammad Al Attar
Lincoln Center Festival 2017 will present 4 performances (July 19-22) of “While I Was Waiting” directed by Omar Abusaada and written by Mohammad Al Attar. It features a cast of actors from Syria. Six of the traveling artists are Syrian refugees residing in France and Germany. The play offers a chilling reflection on the aftermath of political upheaval in the Syrian capital through the eyes of the family of Taim, a young man who fell into a coma after between beaten by unknown attackers in Damascus.
“While I Was Waiting” exemplifies Lincoln Center’s commitment to partnering with cultural organizations from around the world-in particular from France-to present exceptional works of theater. “While I was Waiting” is a co-production with Festival d'Avignon, Pôle Arts de la scène – Friche La Belle de Mai (Marseille), Les Bancs publics - Festival Les Rencontres à l'échelle (Marseille), and Festival d'Automne Paris, among other European presenters. It is presented in partnership with RFI, France 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya.
www.lincolncenter.org/lc-festival/
video: https://www.theatre-video.net/video/Omar-Abusaada-Alors-que-j-attendais-Extrait-70e-Festival-d-Avignon
U.S. TOUR
Tour of “Unwanted”
By Dorothée Munyaneza
Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA) and Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) partnered to present “Unwanted” a new work by the Rwandese artist Dorothée Munyaneza.
After Munyaneza’s residency time in Portland (2016) and in New York (2017), the performances of “Unwanted” will be presented at PICA, part of Time Based Art Festival, then at BAC, New York, in September 2017?
Munyaneza’s “Unwanted” is a transcendent, cross-disciplinary theater piece that combines theater, singing, dance, text, percussion and story-telling to address the hundreds of thousands of rapes that were part of the 1994 Rwandan genocide––and the children born from them.
It is performed by Munyaneza along with Portland-based music artist Holland Andrews and French musician Alain Mahé. The work will also premiere at the Avignon Festival this July.
www.pica.org/programs/tba-festival
www.bacnyc.org
U.S. TOUR
Tour of “Le petit chaperon rouge”
By Joël Pommerat
French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York, and Theatre Raymond Kabbaz, Los Angeles, partnered to present “Le petit chaperon rouge” (Little Red Riding Hood) by author-director Joël Pommerat whose work has been rarely seen in the United States.
“Le petit chaperon rouge” is a re-telling by Pommerat of the famous folktale. With his own reimagining, Pommerat has stripped down the characters to their utmost simplicity and truthfulness by exposing their basic emotions such as Little Red’s eagerness and innocence, The Wolf’s carnality and manipulation... The production will be presented in March 2018 in French with English surtitles first at FIAF, part of Kids Tilt Festival, and, then, at Theatre Raymond Kabbaz.
www.fiaf.org
www.theatreraymondkabbaz.com
“Au Coeur” (To The Heart)
By Thierry Thieû Niang
The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, New York, has invited the director Thierry Thieu Niang to develop “Au Coeur” (To The Heart) in Spring 2018.
Conceived in 2016 in France for a cast of twenty performers aged 7 to 17, “Au Coeur” is a response to the images of refugee children’s bodies lying on the ground, images of rest and quiet, but also images of terror. The production was successfully developed in Avignon, then in Paris, and many other locations in France each time with a different cast of local children and teenagers.
For the New York version, Thierry Thieû Niang will collaborate with the musician and composer Laurie Anderson and twenty children from all five boroughs of New York City. The children will share the stage with Laurie Anderson, who will give the performance its tempo. Other collaborators include the author Linda Lê and the visual artist Claude Lévêque for the set.
www.theinvisibledog.org
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"Harlem Quartet"
By Elise Vigier with Saul Williams
Maison des Arts et de la Culture de Creteil (MAC Creteil) in partnership with Theatre des lucioles (Elise Vigier) invite the poet/slammer/musician/performer Saul Williams for the creation of “Harlem Quartet”, directed Elise Vigier, a play adapted from James Baldwin’s novel “Just above my head” developed to shed light on Baldwin’s free, complex, lucid and intelligent views, which provide answers to contemporary questions.
American slam-poet, writer, musician and actor, Saul Williams is a specialist of James Baldwin’s work, gospel and Black American’s history. He constantly seeks new forms of expression for his art.
The residence will allow him to work directly with Elise Vigier, the director, Kevin Keiss, the dramaturg, the cast and the musicians on stage. Williams’ residency will take place in September 2017 and “Harlem Quartet” will premiere in November 2017 in Creteil and, then will tour France.
www.maccreteil.com
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New York, NY
Le Clan des Songes - Marina Montefusco (Puppetry)
May 11-22, 2016
new42.org
The New 42nd Street Studio / The New Victory Theater will present 20 performances of the children’s production Cité by the French puppetry company, Le Clan des Songes, in May 2016. Previously invited by The New Victory in 2013 to present their work Fragile, the company created Cité as a direct result of their stay in New York, a vibrant, poetic performance for the very young. To a soundtrack of whimsical original music, a small man chases the sun as it darts between the tops of towers, and a city comes alive in fun and surprising ways. Inspired by the contemporary art of New York-based painter Evsa Model, this wordless work is an enthralling exploration of shape, color and shadow puppetry.
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New York, NY
Yoann Bourgeois
October 5-8, 2016
bam.org
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), as part of the 2016 Next Wave Festival, will present the U.S. debut of the acrobat Yoann Bourgeois with his circus-inspired theater piece, Minuit, in October 2016. Minuit is composed of several short pieces: Fugue/Trampoline, Fugue/Table, La Balance de Lévité (Levitating Scales), and Mobile, punctuated by Les Paroles Impossibles (Impossible Speech) set to original music played live by Laure Brisa. Dance, juggling, acrobatics, and live music converge to explore the concept of what it all means through a variety of theatrical elements and games. Minuit is being presented as part of BAM’s Brooklyn-Paris Artist Exchange with Théâtre de la Ville, Paris.
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Princeton University
Princeton, NY
With Roland Auzet, Mohammed El Khatib, Anne Alvaro, Audrey Bonnet, Noé Soulier, David Lescot, Maelle Poesy, Kevin Keiss, Caroline Guiela Nguyen, et le Jeune Théâtre National
arts.princeton.edu
Sept 24-October 9, 2016
The fifth edition of the Princeton French Theater Festival Seuls en scène will present a number of diverse productions with emerging directors such Caroline Guiela Nguyen and Maelle Poesy, the latter with her recent rendition of Candide. Author and director Mohammed El Khatib will present mourir en beauté, a hit of the 2015 Avignon Festival Off. Roland Auzet, in collaboration with La muse en circuit will bring to the Princeton campus Bernard-Marie Koltès’s Solitude dans les champs de coton, with actresses Audrey Bonnet and Anne Alvaro; in this original production, each member of the audience will discover the text through headphones. Author-director David Lescot will show his moving production of Ceux qui restent.
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Valencia, CA
A French-American theatre project
Arnaud Meunier, Director, Comédie de St. Etienne
Alexandra Badea, Playwright; Aleshea Harris, Playwright; Charlotte Lagrange; Dramaturg.
October 2016 - April 2017
calarts.edu
CalArts, Valencia, CA, in collaboration with Comédie de St-Etienne, under the leadership of the director Arnaud Meunier, will develop the French-American theater project The Gap in collaboration with professionals actors from the two institutions, and with the participation of French-Romanian author Alexandra Badea, the American playwright Aleshea Harris, and the dramatist Charlotte Le Grange in fall 2016 and spring 2017.
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Vivarium Studio – Philippe Quesne
The Kitchen (DBA Haleakala)
New York, NY
Jan 10-14, 2017
thekitchen.org
The Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN
Jan 26-28, 2017
walkerart.org
Wexner Cetner for the Arts -
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Jan 19-22, 2017
wexarts.org
The Kitchen, New York, in collaboration with Under The Radar Festival, the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, will join efforts to present the acclaimed production of La mélancolie des Dragons by Philippe Quesne in January 2017.
With an ingenious hand for reinventing the conventions of theater, Philippe Quesne smartly constructs La mélancolie des dragons into a work that celebrates the absurd and explores the profound joy of friendship. Although the production has previously toured internationally and the along the west coast of the United States, it will be the first time that Quesne’s large production comes to New York, Columbus and Minneapolis.
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Stereoptik - Romain Bermond and Jean-Baptiste Maillet
HERE Art Center - Dream Music Program
New York, NY
May 15-21, 2017
here.org
San Francisco International Festival of the Arts
San Francisco, CA
May 25-June 11, 2017
sfiaf.org
Two organizations, San Francisco International Festival for the Arts and HERE Art Center in New York, will present the U.S. debut of Company Stereoptik in performances of their latest production, Dark Circus, in May 2017.
Here Art Center will be hosting the company as part of its series, Dream Music Puppetry.
Dark Circus is a collaboration between Pef, renowned French author and illustrator of numerous children’s books, and Romain Bermond and Jean-Baptiste Maillet, both composers and visual artists with Company Stereoptik. In this sad circus, catastrophes pile up one after another. The aerialist crashes to the ground, the animal trainer is devoured by his lion, the human cannonball never returns from outer space. Luckily there’s a clumsy juggler to breathe a little color into the proceedings. If the circus is dark, the tone is light. Music and images accompany the action and the story is laced with poetic moments and a healthy dose of irony.
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Spoleto USA Festival
Charleston, SC
Compagnie XY
June 4-11, 2017
spoletousa.org
The Spoleto USA Festival will present the mesmerizing production Il n’est pas encore Minuit by the new circus group Company XY, renowned for their fierce and daredevil flying acrobats, as well as their ensemble work based on friendship and trust. These performances are part of a large tour in North America that will include several cities in the United States and Canada.
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French Institute Allilance Francaise (FIAF)
Joris Lacoste
Suite No. 1 'ABC'
fiaf.org
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Philadelphia Fringe Festival DBA FringeArts
Joris Lacoste
Suite No. 1 'ABC'
fringearts.com
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Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Philippe Quesne
La Mélancolie des Dragons
pica.org
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Culture Mill
Company Lasko, Isabelle Elizéon, Frédéric Rebiére, and Sophie D’Orgeval
Residency
culturemill.org
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Gisèle Vienne and Dennis Cooper
The Ventriloquists Convention
lacma.org
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Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)
Gisèle Vienne and Dennis Cooper
The Ventriloquists Convention
2.mcachicago.org
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The Public Theater / Under the Radar Festival
Antoine Defoort and Halory Goerger
Germinal
publictheater.org
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Walker Art Center
Antoine Defoort and Halory Goerger
Germinal
walkerart.org
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New York Live Arts, Inc.
Winter Family
(Ruth Rosenthal and Xavier Klaine)
Jerusalem Cast Lead
newyorklivearts.org
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NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
Camille Boitel
L'immédiat
nyuskirball.org
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Begat Theater
Dion Doulis, Karin Holmström, and Erika Latta
La Disparition - version 2.0
begat.org
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Association Théâtre du Bout du Monde
Miguel Borras
From the Bronx to the Seine and Three Beggars and a Rich Man
by Louis Calaferte
compagnie-tbm.blogspot.fr
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www.princeton.edu
Festival Seuls en scène
Benjamin Lazar, Clément Hervieu-Leger, Loic Corbery, Audrey Bonnet, Daniel San Pedro, Arthur Nauzyciel, Xavier Gallais, Nicolas Bouchaud, Judith Henry, Nicolas Truong, Guillaume Ravoire.
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Tour in the US: San Francisco; Ann Arbor; New York; Chicago
www.theatredelaville-paris.com
Six Characters in Search of an Author by Pirandello, on tour in the U.S.: Cal Performances, CA; University of Musical Society (UMS), Ann Arbor, MI; Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY; and Ionesco Suite, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, IL
Emmanuel Demarcy Mota (Director)
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(Etablissement Public du Parc et de la Grande Halle de la Villette)
www.villette.com
The Record
600 Highwaymen - Michael Silverstone and Abigail Browde
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American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, CA
Project “Rendez vous de l’Infra Ordinaire” by Marion Aubert, playwright, Marion Guerrero, director, and Capucine Ducastelle, actress, in fall 2013
www.act-sf.org
Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Ann Arbor, MI
Presentation of “Mobile Homme” by Transe Express at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. in 2014.
www.a2sf.org
Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, NY
Project “Phèdre les oiseaux” by Frédéric Boyer, playwright, Jean-Baptiste Sastre, director, Ellen Hammer, dramaturg, and Hiam Abbass, lead actor, on May 21-29, 2013
www.bacnyc.org
French Institute Alliance Française, New York, NY
Project “Hot From Paris” with the presentation of “La Loi du marcheur” by Nicolas Bouchaud, “22H13” by Pierrick Sorin, and “Molly Bloom” by Anouk Grinberg in the 2013/2014 season
www.fiaf.org
Lincoln Center Theater / The Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc., New York, NY
Participation of the French playwright, Lancelot Hamelin, and the French director, Philippe Calvario, at the 2013 Directors Lab
http://www.lct.org/directorsLabMain.htm
New York Live Arts, Inc., New York, NY
Project “Disabled Theatre” by Jérôme Bel which will take place in November 2013
www.newyorklivearts.org
New York Theatre Workshop, New York, NY
Project “Je Tremble (3)” by Joël Pommerat which will take place in April – May 2014
www.nytw.org
Performa, New York, NY
Project “Bivouac” by Philippe Quesne which will take place on November 1-24, 2013
www.performa-arts.org
Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Project “Des Voix… Found In Translation: Deux” that will present three of the following six finalists: Gustave Akapko, Julien Mabiala Bissila, Frederic Sontag, Christophe Honoré, Lucie Depauw, and Pauline Sales, on March 21-23, 2014
www.playwrightsfoundation.org
www.desvoixfestival.com
Ecole de la Comédie de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
Project “Waiting for the Flood,” a residency of Carey Perloff at the Ecole de la Comédie de Saint-Etienne in November 2013
www.lacomedie.fr/ecole
EPCC Arts 276, Festival Automne en Normandie, Rouen
Presentation of “In the Pony Palace / Football” and “Seagull (Thinking of you)” by Tina Satter from November 13 to 22, 2013
www.automne-en-normandie.com/en
Le Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg, Scène Européenne, Strasbourg
Project “New York Express in Strasbourg,” with the presentation of three productions: "Seagull (Thinking of you)" by Tina Satter, "Vision Disturbance" by Christina Masciotti / Richard Maxwell, and "Bronx Gothic" by Okwui Okpokwasili, in April 2014
www.maillon.eu
www.festivalpremieres.eu
Maison Antoine Vitez – Centre international de la traduction Théâtrale, Paris
Project “Des Voix… Found In Translation / The French Act” that will present the works of three American playwrights: Liz Duffy Adams, Marcus Gardely, and Rajiv Joseph in Paris in the 2013 / 2014 season
www.maisonantoinevitez.com
Nouveau théâtre de Montreuil / Centre dramatique national, Montreuil
Presentation of “Life and Times Episodes 1-2-3-4” by the Nature Theater of Oklahoma on November 6-9, 2013
www.nouveau-theatre-montreuil.com
T2G – National Dramatic Center for Contemporary Creation, Gennevilliers
Project “New York Express in Gennevilliers,” with the presentation of three productions: "Seagull (Thinking of you)" by Tina Satter, "Vision Disturbance" by Christina Masciotti / Richard Maxwell, and "Bronx Gothic" by Okwui Okpokwasili, in Spring 2014
www.theatre2gennevilliers.com
Théâtre Garonne, Toulouse
Project “New York Express in Toulouse,” with the presentation of three productions: "Seagull (Thinking of you)" by Tina Satter, "Vision Disturbance" by Christina Masciotti / Richard Maxwell, and "Bronx Gothic" by Okwui Okpokwasili, in Spring 2014
www.theatregaronne.com
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Teatro de la comedia
San Juan, PR
July 1st - September 30th, 2012
"Le projet H.L.A." by Nicolas Fretel (Author), Rafael Acevedo (Director).
Venue: Theatre Victoria Espinosa, SJ
www.fretel.net
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New York Theater Workshop
New York, NY
August 2012
"Je Tremble 3" (temporary title) by Joel Pommerat at New York Theater Workshop and Darmouth College.
www.nytw.org
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French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)
New York, NY
August 9-19 (res) ; October 1-9 (res) October 10-14, 2012 (Perf.)
Crossing the line festival 2012
"Closing of Love" (Clôture de l'Amour) by Pascal Rambert (author and director); Kate Moran (actress and translator).
Venue: Performing Garage or Baryshnikov Arts Center (TBC).
www.fiaf.org
www.pascalrambert.com
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National Jewish Theater Foundation, Coral Gables
Coral Gables, FL
September 10-23, 2012
"Toujours l'Orage" (Storms Still) by Enzo Cormann (Author), Arnold Mittelman (Director), Guila Clara Kessous (translator) . Venue: Lark Play Development Center, New York.
www.nationaljewishtheater.com
www.cie111.com
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Brooklyn Academy of Music
New York, NY
November 9-10, 2012
"Sans Objet" by Aurélien Bory-Company 111. Venue: BAM Opera House.
www.bam.org
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Wax Factory
New York, NY
May 2-4, 2013
"Hidden Stories / Histoires cachées" by Begat Theater and Wax Factory,
part of the mars2bklyn Festival.
www.waxfactory.org
www.begat.org
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