Saturday, April 16, 2016 (11)

Apr 16, 2016
March 10, 2016
Thursday
  • MARGUERITE

  • Mar 10, 2016 to May 27, 2016
  • Location: Paris Theatre and Angelika Film Center
  • Description:

    Cohen Media Group is proud to announce the release of MARGUERITE, writer-director Xavier Giannoli’s satirical tragicomedy set in France in the 1920s, starring Catherine Frot (The Dinner Game, Family Resemblances) as Marguerite Dumont, an eccentric and exceedingly wealthy would-be Opera diva.  Nominated for 11 César Awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress, the film was selected for the Venice and Telluride Fim Festivald, and is scheduled to open in New York at The Paris Theater and the Angelika Film Center on Friday, March 11 with a national roll-out to follow.

    Not far outside Paris, at the beginning of the Roaring 20s, Marguerite lives in a sumptuous mansion, spending much of her time singing famous opera arias dressed in elaborate theatrical costumes. Marguerite sings whole-heartedly, bearing her soul, but is also terribly, and comically, out of tune. When a young, provocative journalist writes a rave review of her latest private recital, Marguerite’s delusion that s

  • Created by: Aimee Morris
March 26, 2016
Saturday
  • Camus: A Stranger in the city

  • Mar 26, 2016 at 2:00pm to Apr 19, 2016 at 3:00pm
  • Location: New York City
  • Description:

    This spring marks the 70th anniversary of Camus’s one and only trip to the United States. From March to May 1946, he delivered lectures at universities, spoke of the French resistance to Nazi occupation, and acted as a critical observer of American society. Outside of intellectual and literary circles, the young author was scarcely known when he arrived. But he would be. During the course of his visit, his novel The Stranger was published in English for the first time. The New Yorker interviewed him, and the New York Herald Tribune proclaimed him the “boldest writer in France today.”

    Fifty-six years after his tragic death in a car crash, Albert Camus remains a major intellectual figure in the world. His reflections on absurdism and revolt, his constant battle for life, freedom and justice against nihilism, terror and ideologies, continue to stimulate discussion and provoke debate. His writings not only inspire artists in music, theater, and cinema; they also help their readers to live.

  • Created by: Alix de Cazotte
March 31, 2016
Thursday
  • STANDING TALL

  • Mar 31, 2016 to May 13, 2016
  • Location: Lincoln Plaza Cinema
  • Description:

    Cohen Media Group is proud to announce the release of STANDING TALL, writer-director Emmanuelle Bercot’s urgent and sympathetic drama about a teenage delinquent and the tireless efforts of the juvenile judge (Catherine Deneuve,) and counselor (Benoit Magimel) assigned to his case, to save him. The Opening Night selection of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, STANDING TALL won 2 César Awards for Best Newcomer (Rod Paradot) and Best Supporting Actor (Benoit Magimel) and will open in New York on Friday, April 1 at Lincoln Plaza Cinema with a national roll out to follow.

    Sixteen-year-old Malony (Rod Paradot) is surrounded by adults both callous and supportive. On the latter side is a warm-hearted court judge Florence Blaque (Catherine Deneuve) and a devoted social worker Yann (Benoît Magimel, The Piano Teacher); on the other side stand most other authority figures. Clearly a victim of circumstances and poor parenting from his basket case of a mother (Sara Forestier, The Names of Love), he’s als

  • Created by: Aimee Morris
 
  • Painting Exhibition Twitter art exhibit

  • Mar 31, 2016 at 2:00pm to Apr 21, 2016 at 3:00pm
  • Location: Trygve Lie Gallery
  • Description:

    Twitter Art Exhibit: NYC is an international exhibition of original postcard art benefiting Foster Pride’s “Handmade” Program, in which young women in foster care learn to create and market a unique line of goods. The entire exhibition is carried out by an unpaid, volunteer corps of organizers and artists.

  • Created by: laurence de Valmy
April 1, 2016
Friday
  • Contemporary digital artist from Nice Edmonde Bizelli to Exhibit in NYC Art Show

  • Apr 1, 2016 at 7:00am to Apr 21, 2016 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Agora Gallery
  • Description:

    NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Contemporary digital artist from Nice Edmonde Bizelli in Forms and Formalities.

    Edmonde Bizelli makes digital art that combines the sharpness and clarity of computer imagery with a softness and range of textures more commonly seen in traditional painting. Having worked as a graphic designer, Bizelli has developed an instinctive feel for the flexibility of digital technology and employs it to striking effect. “I don’t know any artist yet that works with my techniques,” she notes, and that sense of adventurousness is fully communicated in her work. Creating her images mainly on an iPad, she transfers them onto such materials as plexiglass and canvas, giving each work a strong physical presence.

     

    Image: Edmonde Bizelli, Waiting for Someone, Mixed Media on Plexiglass, 40 x 40

  • Created by: Lee Eagle
April 4, 2016
Monday
  • Vivre avec (Dealing with It)

  • Apr 4, 2016 at 6:00am to Apr 29, 2016 at 1:00pm
  • Location: La Maison Française of NYU
  • Description:

    This series of photographs by JEAN-ROBERT DANTOU documents a decade of ethnographic research in order to understand how people with disabilities across the life course and throughout France are able to manage using different circles of support, ranging from relatives to professionals, nursing homes to associations of all sorts.


    Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    The Maison Française gallery is occasionally closed for daytime events; please call (212) 998-8750 to verify access.

  • Created by: La Maison Française of NYU
April 6, 2016
Wednesday
  • Painting Exhibition Laurence de Valmy O'Cabanon

  • Apr 6, 2016 at 7:00am to Jun 6, 2016 at 8:00am
  • Location: 245 W 29th Street (bet 7th & 8th av),
  • Description:

    New York, New York – Laurence de Valmy is pleased to announce an exhibition “Colors & reflections” of recent paintings at the French restaurant O Cabanon in Chelsea, NY. The exhibition will open on April 6 and will remain on view through June 6, 2016.

     

    Laurence de Valmy is a French painter who fell in love with the American movements of Contemporary Realism and Photorealism, to the point of becoming a realist painter herself. She believes that what we see influences our mood. Therefore she chooses to paint colorful and bright paintings to create happy and peaceful moments in time. 

     

    For this exhibition, curated by Emilie Boix, Manager at OCabanon, Laurence will present a body of work around the study of the light and its impact on colors and reflections. “It’s fascinating to notice how light transforms the colors or how reflections are playful. I’m very pleased of this collaboration with the team of OCabanon. The atmosphere of the restaurant is welcoming and is all about spending a good

  • Created by: laurence de Valmy
April 12, 2016
Tuesday
  • Vase Casting Call Seeking for talents

  • Apr 12, 2016 to Apr 20, 2016
  • Location: NYC
  • Description:

    Casting "Vase," an advanced senior thesis film for NYU. Synopsis: Three French exchange students notice they are being followed by two Chinese men in Chinatown one day. As the students try to escape, they break a store owner's antique vase, creating a moment of confusion that allows the characters to finally understand each other.

    Male, ages 12-17, Caucasian, Ethnically Ambiguous / Mixed Race

    ROLE DESCRIPTION

    Eddie: (Lead) a popular YouTuber from Paris; visits New York on a high school trip; while wandering around Chinatown with his friends Mary and Cécile, he suspects two Chinese men are following and trying to rob him. Must speak French fluently.

    Female, ages 12-17, Caucasian, Ethnically Ambiguous / Mixed Race

    ROLE DESCRIPTION

    Mary: (Lead) a quiet girl from Paris who keeps to herself; on a school trip to New York, she makes friends with classmates Eddie and Cécile and wanders around Chinatown with them; notices two Chinese men following them, but hesitates to point them out to her friends.

  • Created by: Nuer Taqa
 
  • Le Français Oui, But Why?

  • Apr 16, 2016 from 6:00am to 12:00pm
  • Location: Lycée Français de New York
  • Description:

    Please join us at the Cultural Center of the Lycée Français de New York on Saturday, April 16 for two roundtables where first class intellectuals and professionals will discuss what makes French cultural identity different and unique. Our partners, all acting to spread French-speaking cultures in New York, will present their activities during the first French-speaking cultures fair in New York. Children can attend workshops organized by the Galli Theater, Kiddy French Wink and DifFRactions. 

    Visit our website ouibutwhy.com to see the schedule and to get further information. 

  • Created by: Grossard Manon
 
  • Carmen Suite - Face to Face Series

  • Apr 16, 2016 at 2:30pm to Apr 23, 2016 at 3:30pm
  • Location: Alvin Ailey Joan Weill Center for Dance Studios
  • Description:

    Ajkun Ballet Theatre's Carmen Suite - Face to Face Series....An addictive fire of passion, love triangle and tragedy.

    on Saturday, April 16 and Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 6:30pm

    at Alvin Ailey Joan Weill Center for Dance Studios

    Tickets: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=car86D

    Chiara Ajkun's internationally acclaimed choreography performed as part of our Face to Face series, which affords the audience a close-up to the performers in the intimacy of our studios.   Unmatched for passion, jealousy, and a love triangle turned into crime of passion, Carmen is set to Bizet’s stirring music, blazed by the dramatic voice of “La Divina” Maria Callas, and groundbreaking in its realism.
    Chiara Ajkun’s choreography portrays Carmen as a leader of change for women’s free choices. Set apart by her taunting beauty, Carmen lays eyes on Don Josè. Explosive sparks follow, and the ultimate romance of love and passion keeps the audience on the edge of their seats.
    “[Ajkun’s] Carmen is superb…an outsta

  • Created by: Ajkun BalletTheatre