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

50th anniversary of the West Side Story creation live in english from November 20th at the Théatre du Chatelet

West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics). The story is based loosely on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which was, in turn, based on a narrative poem by Arthur Brooke entitled The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (1562).


Set on Manhattan's Upper West Side, the musical explores the rivalry between two teenage gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The young protagonist, Anton ("Tony"), who belongs to the white gang, falls in love with Maria, the sister of the leader of the rival Puerto Rican gang. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theater. Bernstein's score for the musical has become extremely popular; it includes "Something's Coming", "Maria", "America," "Somewhere," "Tonight", "Jet Song", "I Feel Pretty", "One Hand, One Heart", and "Cool".


The original 1957 Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins and produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince, marked Stephen Sondheim's Broadway debut. It ran for 732 performances (a successful run for the time), before going on tour. The production garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Musical in 1957, but the award ultimately went to Meredith Willson's The Music Man. The show has enjoyed an even longer-running London production, a number of revivals and international success, and spawned an innovative, award-winning 1961 musical film of the same name.

From an original concept by Jerome Robbins
Mucic composed by Leonard Bernstein
Livret Arthur Laurents
Lyrics Stephen Sondheim
Original Choreography Jerome Robbins

Musical Direction Donald Chan
Director & Choreography by Joey McKneely

Decors Paul Gallis
Costumes Renate Schmitzer
Lights Peter Halbsgut
Sound Rick Clarke
Orchestra: The West Side Story Orchestra

Originally Produced in Broadway by Robert E. Griffith & Harold S. Prince in partnership with Roger L. Stevens

Coproduction with Michael Brenner for BB Promotion, in partnership with Paul Szilard & Sundance Productions, N.Y.

Show lenght : about 02 hours & 30 minutes

West Side Story
Bernstein /Robbins
From November 20th to January 1st,2008

Théâtre du Châtelet
www.chatelet-theatre.com
1, Place du Châtelet, 75001 Paris

Reservation : 01 40 28 28 40
Phone: +33 (0)1 40 28 28 00
Fax: +33 (0)1 40 28 29 01

Ticket prices:
- normal price: 23 €
- discount (under 26 and unemployed): 12€
- groups: 19 € (information and bookings: +33 (0)1 42 56 90 10)
- children: free entrance for children under 9 (except for Christmas Concerts). Infants (less than 3) are not allowed into the venue, except for concerts specifically aimed at them.

The Berbers Crazy Nights until December 29th at Le Cabaret Sauvage

The Berbers Crazy Nights are back at the Cabaret Sauvage. This is happening somewhere between Algiers and Marrakech, Parc de la Villette, the Parisian winter can't do without it, the most diverse public know how it breathes joy, surprise… and coriander soup ! It's called "The Berber Crazy Nights," and it's at the Cabaret Sauvage in November!

Karim Ziad, Hassan Idbasaid and Abdenour Djemai will be the Maestro of these Berbers Crazy Nights.
They're cooking a team of 8 for their toes, their rhythmic articulation and sensual flexibility, and there goes the fantasia!
They're coming from everywhere: acrobats, dancers from all latitudes, trapezist crazy loops... You'll suddenly discover that the dancer is that cashier you met just a moment ago and that your neighbor is making a quite convincing contortionist !

There is live music, eating, dancing, it is a real souk.
At night, try it Berber and crazy and if you ever come through, you'll come back for more.

Show from Thursdat to Saturday at 07:30pm
Admission: 22 € / 19 € Reduced (students, job seekers, child-12 years) outside rental fees
Diner-Show from 07:30pm :50 € (FNAC administration fee non included)

reservation : Fnac, Virgin and 01 42 09 01 09
Monday to Friday from 02pm to 06pm

Cabaret Sauvage
Parc de la Villette
211 avenue Jean Jaurès - 75019 Paris
tel administration : 01 42 09 03 09
fax : 01 42 09 11 17
e-mail : cabaret@cabaretsauvage.com

Accès piéton par le 59 bd Mac Donald

Métro : Porte de la Villette (Line 7)

Bus : Stop Porte de la Villette
PC2 Porte d’Italie / Porte de la Villette
PC3 Porte Maillot / Porte des Lilas
75 Pont Neuf
139 Saint-Ouen Place d’Armes
150 Pierrefitte / Stains
152 Le Blanc-Mesnil
249 Dugny Centre Ville
609 C Stalingrad / Aulnay sous Bois
Bus de nuit : Garges Sarcelles / Aubervilliers Pantin Quatre Chemins

Parking Villette Nord / Cité des Sciences
Entrance at 61 bd Mac Donald