Distorsions Urbaines: The background story
Urban Distortions: Dancing, live music, and architecture Urban Distortions is an interdisciplinary installation-performance through which dance, song and territory meet, triggering the public’s mobility in a spirit of proximity and intimacy with dancers and musicians who perform inside inflatable, transparent bubbles. Distorsions urbaines stemmed from an interest in the clash of territories, speeds and movement...
Small is More: OPENING NIGHT! Society. Strange Fruit & Frites
by Patricia & Marie-France Martin Tuesday, April 10 at 7pm (1hr 30min) In French. Performers, visual artists, lovers of language and of words, Patricia and Marie-France Martin’s off kilter performances never cease questioning our relationship with identity. Through an interactive dinner-performance, the two playwrights, actresses, and sisters will perform a piece centered around the questions...
Small is More: Snapshots of Belgian performing arts
When you think of Belgium, you think “small.” You catch a whiff of waffles, the taste of chocolate and the smell of fries. Belgium means the Northern Sea and mussel casserole. But to truly discover Belgium is to discover that being small doesn’t precondition restraint. Rather, to know Belgium is to mingle with audacity and...
Moving Forward, Time to Reengage
As we enter into a brand new year of linguistic and cultural sharing, there is no better time to get ourselves reinvested in the things that we enjoy…or thought we enjoyed. It is only too easy to let the goals we make - to enjoy ourselves more or engage in fun, cultural, interesting activities - become a...
La poésie en série: Santa Fe
As a compliment to the traditional grammatical exercises and pronunciation practice, some of our French 103 students got outside the box with a lesson in writing poetry in French. In addition to helping students learn to put together simple phrases, writing poetry in a new language can help inspire students to think of new vocabulary...
La poésie en série: Paris, un été chaud
As a compliment to the traditional grammatical exercises and pronunciation practice, some of our French 103 students got outside the box with a lesson in writing poetry in French. In addition to helping students learn to put together simple phrases, writing poetry in a new language can help inspire students to think of new vocabulary...
Delacroix: The Quintessential Romantic
At the CaixaForum Madrid, located in the heart of Spain’s capital, an impressive retrospective exhibit of Eugène Delacroix is currently on display. Considered one of the greatest French Romantic painters, Baudelaire once said of Delacroix: “Delacroix was passionately in love with passion, but coldly determined to express passion as clearly as possible.” And it is...
From a European Culture to a Europe of Culture
Despite political tribulations, we can’t deny that an economic community has emerged in Europe thanks to a common currency and the free circulation of goods and people between European Union members. Nonetheless, a European identity through which all individuals could relate to each other on the same cultural ideals has yet to appear. Endorsing a...
The Eternal Lure of French Fashion
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” - Coco Chanel In an increasingly globalized world that seems to revolve much faster than we can keep track, the task of identifying...
Toasting to the dwindling days of summer
With this year’s fall just around the corner, the last summer days in the District are calling for one last pool session or simply an afternoon relaxing at an open-air restaurant. And what better accompaniment to those times of leisure than a drink à la française ? Here are simple recipes to three...
The (Dis)Covered Passages
For those of you who read my thoughts on Midnight in Paris, you may remember that I wanted to explore new neighborhoods here in Washington. I was inspired by that movie to revisit the walks that I took on Thursdays while I was living in Paris. Well, last Thursday, I took such a walk in...
D’être faite d’or….
I am good at French. I can say that with certainty. I took French, I excelled at it, and I was marvelous. I wanted to learn outside the classroom. I applied for a highly rigorous Full-Immersion French Academy the summer before my senior year, and I got it. I was accepted. This academy wanted my...
