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Xianju, The way of balance

UPCOMING JUNE 2022 200 miles south of Shanghai lies the Xianju National Park. It is a pocket of great plant and animal biodiversity that also holds a treasure of ancestral culture and artisanal and agricultural traditions. It shows a now rare image of China. How can it be protected and developed without disfiguring it? Some strategies are emerging with the help of international partners. Accompanied of a slackline champion and a Tai Chi master, we travel to the "middle country" in search of an essential balance whose success hangs by a thread...

Opening concert for the 2018-2019 season - Sir Simon Rattle conducts Philip Cobb and Gavor Tarkovi

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Orchestra 16 September 2018 at the Barbican Hall – London Sir Simon RATTLE (UK) /  conductor Philip COBB (UK) / trumpet Gabor TARKOVI / trumpet Elisabeth WATTS / soprano Alice COOTE / mezzo Allan Clayton / tenor London Symphony Orchestra Chorus Childrens Chorus Program Harrison BIRTWISTLE - Fanfare 3’ Gustav HOLST - Egdon Heath 15’ Mark-Anthony TURNAGE - Dispelling the Fears (For two trumpets) 20’ Benjamin BRITTEN - Spring Symphony Op 44 45’

My everyday panic

How and to what extent Egypt & other developing countries have been affected by Climate changes, since it was transformed to be fact as the population of the weak areas in north of Egyptian Delta are suffering by the rapid raising of Mediterranean sea level, a farmers lost their agricultural land and fishermen were forced to stop sailing in addition to those who are planning for illegal immigration which makes global fear!

Monuments in motion - Duo

The Duo is the opportunity for Emanuel Gat to concentrate on a form that leads to a return to essentials. The limited possibilities for composition imposed by the restricted number of dancers requires a return to basics. The attention given to movement and the creation of a powerful context become even more crucial elements.

Monuments in motion - Preljocaj Montmajour

As dusk falls, the dancers of the Ballet Preliocai invite the abbey’s visitors to a sensorial experience through the building, creative dance and time. They present an intimist approach to the setting in which they reveal the full amplitude of Angelin Preliocai’s vocabulary – a blend of metaphor, state of grace and contemplation.

Monuments in Motion - Variations

Justine Berthillot and Frédéri Vernier run, embrace, lift each other and fall… In a creative outburst that is unrestrained yet in symbiosis. A blend of strength and weakness, of exploit and respite, Noos is a duo that is both natural and highly sensitive.

Monuments in Motion - In one Continuous Beat

In one continuous beat, at the Château de Pierrefonds

Monuments in Motion - Giotto Solo

GIOTTO SOLO by Carolyn Carlson, at the Panthéon

Monuments in motion - The great Ghosts by Yoann Bourgeois

The Great Ghosts by Yoann Bourgeois Adapted from “The Mechanics of History, an attempt to approach a point of suspension” A living exhibition at the Pantheon. Performers: Prologue: Yurié Tsugawa Inertia: Elise Legros & Jean-Yves Phuong Trajectory: Sonia Delbost-Henry Balance: Estelle Clément-Béalem & Raphaël Defour Energy: Yoann Bourgeois, Damien Droin, Emilien Janneteau, Lucas Struna Music: Franz Schubert

Miranda after William Shakespeare and Henry Purcell at the Opéra Comique

Miranda after William Shakespeare and Henry Purcell at the Opéra Comique Pygmalion choir and orchestra Musical Direction : Raphaël Pichon Staging : Katie Mitchell   Librettist : Cordelia Lynn Choreography : Joseph Alford  Artistic associate : Dan Ayling  Dramaturgy : Sam Pritchard  Sets : Chloé Lamford  Costumes : Sussie Juhlin-Wallen  Lighting: James Farncombe  Sound design: Max Pappenheim  Musical arrangement: Raphaël Pichon and Miguel Henry Cast Miranda: Kate Lindsey  Prospero : Henry Waddington  Anna : Katherine Watson  Ferdinand : Allan Clayton The Pastor: Marc Mauillon  Anthony : Aksel Rykkvin

Auguri by Oliver Dubois at the Théâtre National de Chaillot

The new hypnotic creation by Olivier Dubois at Chaillot Program: Choreography and Scenography: Olivier Dubois Musical Creation: François Caffenne Lighting: Patrick Riou Production:  Ballet du Nord Olivier Dubois / Centre chorégraphique national Roubaix Hauts De France Coproduction: Biennale de la danse de Lyon 2016, Kampnagel Hamburg (Germany), Théâtre National de Chaillot Paris, Opéra de Lille, Grand Théâtre de Provence Aix-en-Provence, Festival Torino Danza (Italy) When the race becomes an absolute vital necessity, a frantic quest for happiness. Twenty-two men and women on stage unleash themselves in an eruption of jubilation and anguish. AUGURI is a whip crack of joy. The latest creation by Olivier Dubois¾and the finale of the trilogy Etude critique pour un trompe-l’oeil¾creates a “mystic theorem”. After the long and sublime march of Tragédie, his previous piece, here we have man’s race towards an absolute… happiness. With the extravagance we know of him and twenty-two performers, AUGURI promises to be the latest explosion from the master of the subject. The man who enjoyed a dazzling and deserved rise is here trying to find the springboard, the takeoff point to break free from gravity. Not to forget the ensemble-being! In an irresistible quest for the sensation of… happiness. An activist for the “intelligence of sensation”, Olivier Dubois strives to inspire enchantment by seeking, through the paths of men, an unfolding destiny, a secret humanity that can be read like the auguries of ancient times. Currents, counter-currents, birds, shelters, winds, abduction and furies are the guides on a frantic quest.

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Christian Tetzlaff and the London Symphony Orchestra

September 14 2017 at the Barbican Hall, London Sir Simon Rattle’s first concert as Music Director of the LSO Sir Simon RATTLE / conductor Christian TETZLAFF/ violin Program: Helene GRIME Fanfare (commissioned by the LSO) ADES Asyla BIRTWISTLE Concerto for violin KNUSSEN Symphony No3 ELGAR Enigma Variations No3 Famed for the profound sincerity of his playing, his technical assurance and his convincing interpretations, Christian Tetzlaff is internationally recognized as one of the most important violinists on today’s musical stage. For this opening concert of the 2017-2018 season, entirely devoted to 20th century British composers, he will perform Birtwistle’s concerto for violin. After making his debut in the United States with the Cleveland Orchestra, conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi, he played with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel and Leonard Slatkin in 1997. Christian Tetzlaff was accompanied by the National Orchestra of France for the first time in 2000 in Arnold Schoenberg’s Concerto conducted by Jeffrey Tate and is a regular guest with the Vienna and Stockholm philharmonics and the Boston and Chicago orchestras as well as the London Symphony Orchestra.