The movements were unrelated to the Baroque music in Emanuel Gat’s “Hark!” Photo:Agathe Poupeney/Opéra National de Paris Hark!, the headliner of a triple bill of modern-dance pieces at the Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris (at the Palais Garnier through … Read More
Dreams of Hollywood stardom drive the action inthis modern-day version of Don Quixote. Photo: Pascal François Transforming a classic like Don Quixote into a fresh, modern work for the theater is an ambitious task, but the Compagnie Irina Brook has … Read More
Nero (Jean-Christophe Laurier) starts off shirtless and tousled, but later takes to power dressing. Photo: Photo Lot Jean Racine’s Britannicus wasn’t my favorite A-level French literature text – although, to be fair, it had the rather impossible task of replicating … Read More
Valérie Parisot and Frédéric Gray are locked in a game of love in “Jean et Béatrice.” A woman with long black hair is swinging around the stage as the audience crowds into the Folie Théâtre for Canadian playwright Carole Fréchette’s … Read More
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Behind That Face Lies A Veritable Database She’s not only more fun to look at than I am, she’s also, according to one set of criteria, smarter. Photo of Flora Coquerel, Miss France 2014, by Georges Biard. Readers, I have … Read More
At Least They Still Speak French Here… This stately edifice on the Left Bank of the Seine is the HQ of the Académie Française. If you listen closely on a quiet day, you can hear the ghost of Balzac groaning, … Read More
Princely Comforts at Parisian Dream Palace The recently redecorated restaurant Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée. © Pierre Monetta Favorite
Dancing Through Bacon’s Bleakness Dorothée Gilbert and Adrien Couvez. Photo: Agathe Poupeney/Opéra National de Paris If the video of Ukrainian ballet star Sergei Polunin dancing to Hozier’s Take Me To Church has been on your YouTube account’s most-played list for … Read More
