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“Jour d’artistes”, accounts from 25 artists on the effects of the health crisis

On Saturday 28 November 2020 from 5pm to midnight, Télérama and Le Centquatre have teamed up, in partnership with the Institut français, to give the opportunity to twenty or so artists to speak. The event has been named “Jour d’artistes” (Artists Day), and will be relayed on this page.

Updated on 09/05/2022

Julien Villa

With Philip K. ou la fille aux cheveux noirs (a performance created in 2020), the performer and director Julien Villa continues his dive into American counter-culture that began with J'ai dans mon cœur un General Motors in 2016. This Kafkaesque tale, freely inspired by the work of the writer Philip...

Updated on 25/11/2020

When virtual reality meets live performance

For a few years, new artist forms come forth at the intersection of innovation and art. In the area of virtual reality, creators take hold of this medium and mix it with performance art, journalism, and visual art, to bring spectators new experiences. Artists, always pioneers, have anticipated the...

Updated on 30/11/2021

Online open-studios #2 – December 2020

The artists in residence through the programme of the Institut français at the Cité internationale des arts will be featured from December 7 to 10, on the Facebook and Instagram pages of the Institut français.

Updated on 09/05/2022

#COLONIE.S, an immersive show created by Frédéric Deslias and Norbert Merjagnan

A bewildering and immersive theatre experience, #COLONIE.S is a science-fiction tale that beckons us to wander through buildings transformed by augmented reality techniques.

Updated on 13/09/2021

Eli Commins

Author and director Eli Commins has just been named director of le Lieu unique, the Scène nationale de Nantes. His theatre explores non-linear textual forms and uses digital media.

Updated on 26/07/2021

Terre Ceinte, by Aristide Tarnagda

In Terre Ceinte, director Aristide Tarnagda adapts the novel by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr for the stage. With passionate dedication, he explores terrorist violence and its consequences for a town that dares to resist.

Updated on 10/09/2021

Online open-studios #4 – June 2021

For these online open studios, we invite you to visit the studios of the thirteen artists awarded a Institut français residency virtually at the Cité internationale des arts in the second quarter of 2021. From metal jewellery to fiction feature-length films, via documentary theatre, discover a...

Updated on 09/05/2022

Nathalie Béasse

A multi-disciplinary artist, Nathalie Béasse founded her company in 1999 in order to design her own shows blending theatre, dance, and visual arts. In advance of her next project, ceux-qui-vont-contre-le-vent (those who go against the wind), she recounts her creative process and its importance in...

Published on 02/07/2021

Festival OFF d'Avignon : La Manufacture, le Théâtre des Doms and le Théâtre du Train Bleu

Festival OFF d'Avignon 55th edition will be held from 7 to 31 July 2021. Discover in pictures La Manufacture, le Théâtre des Doms and le Théâtre du Train Bleu, three theatres renowned for their artistic excellence and their commitment to contemporary forms and writing, as well as some shows...

Updated on 19/07/2021

Autophagies, a show by Eva Doumbia

Autophagies, the new show by director and author Eva Doumbia, offers a hybrid experience centred around cooking and a reflection on the historical issues of food circulation.

Updated on 30/06/2021

French Culture Month in Cuba… visits Cubans at home

For the 5th edition of French Culture Month in Cuba organised from 18 to 31 May 2021, all the Cubans have to do is get comfortable in their living rooms to follow one of the unmissable events in their cultural calendar.

Updated on 09/05/2022

Pascal Keiser

Founder of the collective La Manufacture and President of “FXP Festival Expériences”, the Avignon Festival’s digital subsidiary, from the outset Pascal Keiser has worked towards democratising culture. He is particularly involved in promoting transversality between technology and the performing arts...

Updated on 05/07/2021

Denis Lafaurie

For almost thirty years, Denis Lafaurie has been the director of the Alès National Theatre. Like the Cratère Surfaces festival, whose twenty-second edition will be held this year from 29 June to 3 July, he has always foregrounded circus and street arts.

Updated on 25/06/2021

David Geselson

David Geselson is an actor, playwright and director. With the conviction that theatre can combat darkness, he creates humanist theatre that is in tune with the political and poetic issues of his time.

Published on 20/07/2021