Events

Thursday, November 17, 2011 (7)

Nov 17, 2011
September 27, 2011
Tuesday

  • Atelier Francophone

  • Sep 27, 2011 at 3:00pm to Dec 6, 2011 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Midtown West
  • Description: L'atelier Francophone est un cours de théâtre proposant des exercices sur l'imagination, le corps et la voix afin d’élaborerun jeu créatif et "réel". Nourrir ce jeu, c’est mettre à contribution la vie intérieure de l'acteur, explorer la richesse et le potentiel de sa propre individualité, et découvrir le lien harmonique qui l’unit à son partenaire.  

    Le cours intègre des méthodes diverses d'apprentissage du jeu (Meisner, Stanislavski, Chekhov, etc.) pour que l'acteur puisse découvrir les outils les plus utiles à son répertoire.

    L'accent est mis sur le travail en groupe. L'intérêt est de créer une troupe d'acteurs composée d’individus qui apprécient et essaient tout autant de nourrir le travail de la compagnie entière que d’enrichir leur propre savoir-faire.  

    Ce semestre, nous travaillerons sur des scènes diverses écrites par des auteurs contemporains francophones.
  • Created by: Manisha Snoyer - Actress/Teacher
November 10, 2011
Thursday

  • THE CONQUEST/LA CONQUETE

  • Nov 10, 2011 to Dec 2, 2011
  • Location: Lincoln Plaza and Angelika Film Center
  • Description: The day is May 6, 2007, France’s run-up to the presidential elections. As the French people are getting ready to go to the polls to elect their new president, presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy has shut himself away in his home. Though Sarkozy soon knows he has won the election, he is alone, gloomy and despondent. For hours he has been trying to reach his wife, Cécilia but to no avail. The last five years start unfurling before our eyes, recounting Sarkozy’s unstoppable ascent, riddled with in-party backstabbing, media manipulation, riots, sarcastic confrontations and extra-marital affairs.

    THE CONQUEST chronicles the volatile right-leaning Sarkozy’s startling rise to become President of France and the emotional and psychological stakes involving the conquest of power.  On the day the diminutive Sarkozy conquered his ultimate ambition, his wife, who for twenty years had struggled to pull the man she loved from the shadow into the light, walked out on him for another man.
  • Created by: Aimee Morris
 

  • Exhibition: Clergue in America

  • Nov 10, 2011 at 6:00am to Dec 21, 2011 at 1:00pm
  • Location: FIAF Gallery
  • Description:

    Free and Open to the Public.

     

    Clergue in America showcases French photographer Lucien Clergue’s powerful depictions of the United States in an exhibition that spans the White Sands desert in New Mexico, the highways of Santa Fe, the expansive deserts of California, and the streets of New York.

    Through his use of light, textures, and form, Clergue captures both the impressive sights of the United States and the raw beauty of the human form, often juxtaposing natural and manmade wonders.

    A catalogue of Lucien Clergue’s work will be available to visitors, and, for the first time, an edition of the catalogue will also be accessible as a free iPad app.

  • Created by: FIAF
November 15, 2011
Tuesday

  • TOMBOY

  • Nov 15, 2011 to Dec 9, 2011
  • Location: Film Forum
  • Description:

    A French family with two daughters, 10-year-old Laure and 6-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighborhood during the summer holidays. With her Jean Seberg haircut and tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Michael. Filmmaker Sciamma brings a light and charming touch to this drama of childhood gender confusion. Zoé Heran as Laure/Michael and Malonn Lévanna as Jeanne are nothing less than brilliant. “Heran gets it just right. Not only is she/he piercingly photogenic, but she affects the self-conscious swagger of a boy with striking authenticity. Levana is another natural, oozing wit and wisdom beyond her six years.” — Mike Goodridge, Screen Daily. This is a relationship movie: relationships between children, and the even more complicated one between one’s heart and body.

    Ms. Sciamma’s first feature, “Water Lilies,” a coming of age story about two young girls’ burgeoning sexuality, catapulted her as one of France’s most notable wome

  • Created by: Aimee Morris
 

  • Le Hussard sur le toit (The Horseman on the Roof)

  • Nov 17, 2011 from 2:30pm to 5:00pm
  • Location: Buell Hall, East Gallery at Columbia University
  • Description:

    Movies are usually screened on Thursdays in the East Gallery, followed by a moderated discussion in French. Attendance is free for members and CUID holders, $7 for non-members. Unless indicated otherwise, films are in French with English subtitles.

     

    Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1995,135 min.


    In 1832, cholera ravages Provence. After several misadventures, Angelo, a young Italian officer hunted by the Austrian secret police, meets Pauline de Theus. Soon both start out on a search for Pauline's husband.  

  • Created by: Columbia Maison Francaise
 

  • Who Are You New York?: The Songs of Rufus Wainwright

  • Nov 17, 2011 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm
  • Location: Rose Theater at Lincoln Center
  • Description:

    Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male vocalists, songwriters, and composers of his generation, carving out his own singular sound in the worlds of rock, opera, theater, dance, and film. 

    To celebrate the U.S. premiere of his first opera Prima Donna, this dynamic artist offers a unique glimpse into his eclectic songbook for one incredible night only. A talented line-up of opera singers will interpret his song cycle All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu, followed by an intimate performance by the songwriter of compositions from his catalogue as well as other songs he has performed throughout his illustrious career.

    Thursday, November 17 at 8:00pm
    Rose Theater
    Broadway at 60th Street

  • Created by: Rose Germano