2011
The publication by Éditions Albin Michel of “Pour ne pas disparaître. Pourquoi la sagesse ancestrale nous est précieuse“, the translation of The “Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in a Modern World” by Wade Davis. A Harvard graduate with degrees in...
2011
The festival L’Humour en Capitales once again invites its friend from the Festival Grand Rire de Québec to take part in the Humour du Monde gala at the Théâtre Dejazet in Paris on June 6, 2011. A slew of talented...
2011
Organized by Beaune Échanges Internationaux, the first edition of the Acadian and Cajun music festival will take place in Beaune (Burgundy) from May 31 to June 2. The program includes a concert of the band “Heureuz Zazar” and dancing evenings. ...
2011
Celebrating their fortieth anniversary this year, Éditions du Noroît is organizing a poetry reading, which will take place on the podium of the Marché de la Poésie de Paris, Place Saint-Sulpice, Saturday, May 28, 2011, 3:30 pm. Several Canadian poets,...
2011
The actress Chantal Lavallée presents “Autour de Liszt” (1811–1886) in the company of the soprano Susanne Burstein, the pianist Sylvain Combaluzier and the clarinettist and flutist Lionel Milin. The show is an exploration in music and words of the life...
2011
The Espace Culturel Inuit invites you to a lecture by Christiane Moinet. An actress and director, she has specialized in historical and cultural events for over twenty years, sharing her knowledge on polar cruise and cargo ships. Founded in Vienna...
2011
Le Théâtre de la Ville presents Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde ! by Dave St-Pierre A crazy show. Raw, unabashed choreographic language. Poetry. An artistic sensibility. Humour
2011
Spiritus Chamber Choir, founded in Calgary in 1995 and led by artistic director Timothy Shantz, will be playing a series of concerts in France in May. Spiritus Chamber Choir performs music from repertoires from around the world and takes part...
2011
The Quebec director Denis Marleau presents Agamemnon by Seneca at the Comédie Française on July 21–23, 2011. The cast features Michel Favory, Cécile Brune, Françoise Gillard, Michel Vuillermoz, Elsa Lepoivre, Julie Sicard, Hervé Pierre. For many years, Denis Marleau has directed...
2011
As part of the Jeudis musicaux de la Chapelle royale, harpsichordist Martin Robidoux conducts the Ensemble Les Différents in Messe pour le Port-Royal by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704) to the Chapelle royale, Château de Versailles. A graduate with high honours of...
2011
Décalages Horaires is a new project whose aim is to set up temporarily in a location and explore a set of themes through many forms and media. More than a simple concert or an isolated installation, it the combination of...
2011
La Nuit européenne des Musées 2011 At the Canadian Cultural Centre, May 14, 2011, from 5 p.m. The Canadian Cultural Centre joins forces with La Nuit des Musées 2011. The exhibition Diana Thorneycroft’s Extraordinary Stories: Caustic Landscapes of the Canadian...
2011
Ciné 104 à Pantin Five films by four contemporary Canadian directors, and produced by National Film Board of Canada, introduce us to worlds that are sombre, darkly humorous or funny, each in its way undermining modern living. Les Ramoneurs cérébraux,...
2011
Vancouver choreographer-dancer Alvin Erasga Tolentino is back in France with PARADIS/Paradise, a cross-continental dance project in collaboration with French musician-composer Emmanuel de St Aubin and Vancouver media artist Donna Szoke. In exploring the relationship and breath of dance through live...
2011
From May 11, the Canadian Cultural Centre will be presenting the photographic exhibition “Diana Thorneycroft’s Extraordinary Stories. Caustic Landscapes of Canadian Imaginary”, curator Catherine Bédard, based on the photographic series of The Canadiana Martyrdom Series and Group of Seven Awkward...
2011
At 7:30 p.m. at Ciné 104, Pantin Live animation performance followed by a discussion with the artist Recorded images are quickly erased and continuously replaced by new drawings, produced as the performance develops. Simultaneously, three superimposed animated films are altered...
2011
The Canadian singer Ndidi O, of Nigerian origin, is back with a new album, The Escape. On it, she plays guitar and piano; she also did the arrangements, and wrote the lyrics and music. “When I was writing this, I...
2011
Works by the sculptor Eric Cameron are on show at the Musée Rodin as part of L’Invention de l’œuvre, Rodin et les ambassadeurs. This exhibition examines how Rodin’s work was received and aims to show its evolution and past and...
2011
The 2011 edition of the Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis gives Canadian contemporary dance its due. Jolie, solo, choreography by Ula Sickle, performed by Jolie Ngemi, a young dancer from Kinshasa. An ode to the creativity and determination of Congolese...
2011
In collaboration with Jean Jauvin and Laurent Meslé Théâtre de la Bastille
2011
One of the main contemporary puppetry events in France and Europe, organized by the Théâtre de la Marionnette in Paris since 2001, it showcases some of the biggest names on the international puppetry scene: the brand new creations of these...
2011
In partnership with the Biennale internationale des arts de la marionette and in collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada and the Espace Culturel Inuit, the Canadian Cultural Centre presents three programmes of animated films allow you to discover or...
2011
The association Mai en Cambresis presents the group exhibition Artistes du Québec in Busigny, Cambrai and Caudry, May 1–22, 2011. The exhibition features works by the artists Martin Bruneau, Raymonde Godin, Michel Madore, Jean Noël, Philippe Scrive, Françoise Staar, Bernard...
2011
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine After its public and critical success in Paris, the play Jean et Béatrice by Carole Fréchette will be performed at the Théâtre Story Boat in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine and then tour France.
2011
Written and directed by Robert Lepage. With Yves Jacques Historical and intimate, this play gives star billing to two brothers shaken by the death of their mother and moved by the Russian cosmonaut Leonov’s first steps in space. Yves Jacques...
2011
The two Canadian tenors David Curry and Pascal Charbonneau are part of the cast of the musical thriller Sweeny Todd presented at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris. A story of revenge, Stephen Sondheim’s musical, staged for the first time...
2011
Compagnie la Naïve presents the Jean-Rock Gaudreaults play Mathieu trop court, François trop long, the success of the Festival Off at the last Festival dAvignon. The story of a friendship between two boys that should never have existed if life...
2011
Subtly and simply, the storyteller and actress Nathalie Krajcik invites us to discover the territories and peoples of Quebec, the Far North and Europe, and to explore our own personal landscapes, in search of our own identities. Wednesday, April 13,...
2011
The group plays electronic music with instrumentation that is sometimes rock and sometimes jazz, but always makes you want to dance. Thanks to the originality of its music, impassioned concerts and breathtaking visuals, Misteur Valaire means to continue on its...
2011
The group Who Are You presents its new album, «Breizh». The indie folk-rock trio will be touring France until May 2, 2011. April 12, 2011, 8:30 p.m., LÉpicerie Moderne, Feyzin April 13, 2011, 8:30 p.m., LArt Ti Cho, Grenoble April...
2011
The exhibition Regards d’artiste Martin Bruneau, organized by Les Chemins du Patrimoine en Finistère, is taking place at the Château de Kerjean in Saint-Vougay from April 9 to November 6, 2011. For many years, the paintings of Martin Bruneau have...
2011
Boxes by Jill Culiner The capital of naive art, the city of Laval pursues its policy of welcoming remarkable artists. Jill Culiner, a self-taught Canadian visual artist, writer and photographer, regularly exhibits in France and abroad. She presents sarcastic and...