Lucinda Childs and Caitlin Scranton
04 January, 2014 at 19:00 - 22:00 on 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Lucinda Childs is one of the most important dancers and choregraphers of the 20th century and founder of the Lucinda Childs Dance Company. She choreographed and performed in Robert Wilson and Philip Glass’s iconic opera Einstein on the Beach. Her seminal work Dance, with music by Philip Glass and a film/decor by Sol LeWitt, continues […]
Stefan Kurt
16 December, 2013 at 19:00 - 22:00 on 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
The great Swiss-born actor Stefan Kurt, who has starred in the Berliner Ensemble’s The Black Rider and The Three Penny Opera and made over 50 films, plays Captain Hook in Robert Wilson’s Peter Pan, which opens at Paris’s Théâtre de la Ville on December 12. Declared by Wilson as “my favorite actor in the whole […]
The Arts Arena Curtis Institute of Music Award Concert
04 December, 2013 at 19:30 - 22:00 on 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Mona Bismarck American Center for arts and culture, 34 avenue de New York, Paris 16e The Arts Arena is proud to present the second annual Arts Arena Curtis Institute of Music Award for a graduating or recently-graduated artist selected by the celebrated faculty of this leading conservatory. Among its legends, Curtis counts Leonard Bernstein, Samuel […]
Robert Wilson (r), Mikhail Baryshnikov (l), Willem Dafoe (c)
16 November, 2013 at 15:00 - 17:00 on 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Through his signature use of light, his investigations into the structure of a simple movement, and the classical rigor of his scenic and furniture design, Robert Wilson has created productions that have decisively shaped the look of theater and opera since the 1960s and earned him recognition as one of the world’s major and most […]
Georges Helft: Pourquoi Duchamp
04 November, 2013 at 19:30 - 22:00 on 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
ArtsArenaPLUS members are invited to hear Georges Helft speak about this provocative artist at the home of Arts Arena director Margery Arent Safir, followed by a cocktail dînatoire. Marcel Duchamp, French and American, was one of the giants who revolutionized 20th-century art, questioning even what constitutes a work of art. Yet no solo exhibition of […]
United Nations Association Film Festival and Traveling Film Festival
24 October, 2013 at 18:00 - 21:00 on 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
A special re-screening of three of the UNAFF-TFF documentaries presented at the Arts Arena in May 2013. All deal with an offense to or defense of human dignity: Not My Life, 32 minutes, Director and Producer, Robert Bilheimer. Subject: modern slavery Brother Outsider: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin, 84 minutes. Director and Producer, […]
Dan Jemmett
15 October, 2013 at 19:00 - 22:00 on 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
British theater director Dan Jemmett has directed at some of Europe’s most highly regarded theaters, including, in Paris, Théâtre National du Chaillot, Théâtre de la Ville, Théâtre National de l’Opéra Comique, Théâtre Marigny, and Peter Brook’s celebrated Théâtre Bouffes du Nord; and elsewhere, The Lyric Hammersmith and Almeida Opera in London, Deutsche Oper am Rhein […]
Midnight Champagne at the Comédie-Française
13 October, 2013 at 23:30 - 02:00 on 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
On the eve of British director Dan Jemmett’s October 15 talk at the Arts Arena, ArtsArenaPLUS members are invited to join him for a coupe de champagne and conversation, immediately following the performance of his production of Hamlet at the Comédie-Française. Address details will be sent to members by email. Tickets to Hamlet: While the […]
Portrait of Wally
08 October, 2013 at 19:00 - 22:00 on 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
Andrew Shea’s Portrait of Wally is an award-winning documentary on the subject of restoration to the rightful owners of artwork confiscated by the Nazis. The artwork in question is the famous “Portrait of Wally” by the great Austrian artist Egon Schiele. Painted in 1912 as a depiction of his mistress, the portrait has been known […]
Festival Ecrivains du Monde
20 September, 2013 at 17:00 - 20:00 on 4, rue de Chevreuse, Paris
The Arts Arena is happy to share with you an exceptional literary event that will take place in Paris on Septbemer 20, 21, and 22 and in Lyon on September 23 and 24 under the auspices of Columbia University and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the inaugural Festival des Ecrivains du Monde. Organized by Paul […]