100 Dessus Dessous December 10 - 21th, 2007 - 8th edition at La Villette

WE [CAN] CHANGE THE WORLD

Now in its’ 8th edition, 100 Dessus Dessous is aimed at all those who believe:
– that we can still have inventive, pointless and emancipating collective adventures, without being retrograde hippies,
– that appearing on a TV set at peak hour to give one’s opinion cannot be taken as a sure sign of success,
– that we can talk about theatre without quoting authors every second sentence,
– that ending your sentences with the word "motherfucker" doesn’t make you a contemporary poet,
– that the world is not just a Western world and that there are lots of people in other places too,
– that not everything can be explained or measured, which leaves a lot of play room for all types of interpretations, even the most absurd,
– that there are still some healthy utopias remaining, and not just futile angers.

In brief, an event dedicated to all of you who just want to take a little break, and let yourselves go to all sorts of things surprising, excessive, insignificant and a bit derisory. A snapshot of the current state of the world. Frédéric Mazelly

Soirée-parcours n°1
At 07:00 pm at the Maison de la Villette | Monday, December 10th | Tuesday, December 11th
Gob Squad / Super Night Shot
Vincent Dupont / Incantus

Soirée-parcours n°2
At 07:00 pm at the Maison de la Villette | Wednesday, December 12th | Thursday, December 13th
Anne Hirth / Wait here for further instructions
Yves-Noël Genod / Hamlet
Miss Marion / Dressing Room

Soirée-parcours n°3
At 07:00 pm at the Maison de la Villette | Friday, December 14th | Saturday, December 15th
andcompany&Co. / little red (play) :"herstory"
Berlin / Bonanza

Soirée-parcours n°4
At 07:00 pm at the Maison de la Villette | Monday, December 17th | Tuesday, December 18th
Carole Perdereau / Micro Music
Ivana Müller / While We Were Holding It Together
Pieter Ampe & Guilherme Garrido / Still difficult duet

Soirée-parcours n°5
At 07:00 pm at the Maison de la Villette | Wednesday, December 19th | Thursday, December 20th
Alain Michard / CouaC
Edit Kaldor / Point Blank
Clémence Coconnier / Vertige

Soirée-parcours n°6
At 07:00 pm at the Maison de la Villette | Friday, December 21th
Soirée spéciale Essais / Ecole supérieure du Centre national de danse contemporaine Angers/Direction Emmanuelle Huynh

Festival Villette 100 Dessus Dessous
http://www.100dd.fr

Etablissement Public du Parc et de la Grande Halle de la Villette
www.villette.com
211 avenue Jean Jaurès
75019 Paris

Evennings start at pm 7:00 at La Maison de la Villette except on December 16th (off).
Free schuttles buses will take people from the starting point to the performance venues.
Accessibility : Maison de la Villette : M° Porte de Pantin (line 5) or Porte de la Villette (line 7).

Reservation : ++ 33 (0)1 40 03 75 75
Press and Trade : ++ 33 (0)1 40 03 78 49 or s.tarillon@villette.com

Box office Parc de la Villette :
Rates : 10 € "soirée-parcours" ticket

Folie Information (exit Porte de Pantin) :
every days from am 11:00 to pm 6:30

Maison de la Villette : from December 10th to 21th (except sunday 16th) from pm 6:30
on line www.villette.com

Piaf, une vie en rose (and black) at the Cirque d'Hiver until January 5th

A new musical explores the life of one of France's most emblematic singers.


Edith Piaf, born Édith Giovanna Gassion, may have died nearly 45 years ago, but her instantly recognisable voice and trademark songs are still played on the radio today, and following the film "La Vie En Rose" (see trailer below) which tells her tumultuous life story, there is now a new stage show called La Vie et Rose Et Noir.

For foreign visitors especially, Piaf represents a certain image of France, the war, optimism in the face of adversity... For example, you may not know that she gave birth to a daughter when only 17, only to lose the baby to meningitis two years later, that she met the love of her life - a professional boxer - in New York, and that he died in a plane crash whilst coming to see her in Paris, that Marlene Dietrich was a witness at one of her later marriages, that she went into detox (for morphine) in 1953, that Charles Aznavour was her driver and secretary, that at age 47 she married a man over 20 years younger than herself...

Quite a life!

The new musical now tells her story at the Cirque d'Hiver - itself a magnificent building, filled with red velvet, often used as an indoor circus. If you fancy a night of French nostalgia in a beautiful setting during your stay in Paris, this could be the show for you!

Une Vie En Rose Et Noir
18th December 2007-5th January 2008

Cirque d'Hiver
www.cirquedhiver.com
110 rue Amelot
75011 Paris
Métro: Filles du Calvaire (line 8)

Tickets 24-45 euros