This Week in Paris – December 31, 2005
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Arts & Museums
Event: Charlotte Perriand
Location: Centre Pompidou
Places Georges Pompidou
75004
Tel : 01 44 78 12 33
Website: www.centrepompidou.fr
December 7 2005 – March 27 2006
11h00 – 21h00
This exhibit highlights the life and works of Charlotte Perriand. Charlotte Perriand was a designer as well as an interior architect. This is an excellent chance to experience her creative works up close and personal.
Event: Masks and fabrics of Egypt
Location: Musée Rodin
77, rue de Varenne
75007
Tel : 01 44 18 61 10
Website: www.musee-rodin.fr
Until January 29th 2006
Masks and fabrics of Egypt, the collection of antiques of Rodin
September 27, 2005 to January 29, 2006
Come and see this wonderful exhibit of Greco-roman funeral masks. The museum has a unique and beautiful exhibit of more than 20 masks from this era of history. There are also some fabric remnants that were discovered in excavation sites. This is an exhibit worth seeing.
Event: Reopening of Petit Palais
Location: Petit Palais, avenue Winston Churchill, 75008 (+33 (0)1 53 43 40 00/
Métro Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau. 10am-6pm Tue-Sun (closed Dec 25 and Jan 1). Free.
Website: www.petitpalais.paris.fr
What a big event! The Petit Palais has been renovated and it is open and ready to thrill, delight and bring culture to the resident and visitors of Paris. See beautiful works by Courbet, social comment by Pelez, sculpture by Dalou and Carpeaux, paintings by Sisley, Cézanne and Bonnard. This is a awe-inspiring exhibition of artists and sculptors. This is an exhibit that should definitely not be missed.
Event: Rouge
Location: Palais Garnier – Opéra National de Paris
1, place de l’Opéra
75009
Tel : 01 40 01 80 52
Website: www.opera-de-paris.fr
Until January 15
Christian Lacroix, the renowned couturier, shows that he is able to take his talent beyond the fashion world to other areas. This exhibit shows him redesigning French stage costumes of the past into creations based on collections from the French National Library, the Paris Opera, the Comédie-Française and the Brussels Théâtre Royal de la Monnie. Don’t miss this imaginative and innovative collection.
Concerts, Dance, Theatre
Event: Sara Baras Ballet Flamenco
Sara Baras is Spain’s most famous contemporary flamenco star. This talented woman is world famous for her beautiful dance interpretations. Come and see the incredible grace and passionate intensity she creates. This is a wonderful performance you will be glad you found the time for. Location: Théâtre des Champs Elysée
15, avenue Montaigne
75008
Tel : 01 49 52 50 00
Until January 8th 2006
Website: www.theatrechampselysees.fr
Event: New Years Gala
Style: Opera
Location: Palais Garnier – Opéra National de Paris
1, place de l’Opéra
75009
Tel : 01 40 01 80 52
Booking : 0 892 89 90 90
Website: www.operadeparis.fr
December 31
For the serious Opera lover this is the best way to bring in the New Year. This is a festive end of the year concert presented by the Opera Garnier. The initial part of the concert will feature the dean of French conductors, Robert Prêtre. He will be conducting works from operas by composers such as Thomas, Bizet and Offenbach. Then tenor Roberto Alagna will treat Opera fans with his interpretation and performance of French national repertory pieces. Champagne will also be served.
Event: Jaques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris
MUSIC – POP, ROCK AND JAZZ
Location: 55, quai de la Tournelle
75005 Paris
Tel: 06 26 18 45 83
www.paris-brel.com
Until January 16
This is a French adaptation of the smash hit musical about the famed Belgian singer Jaques Brel. It is performed on the showboat ‘La Balle au Bond’. Brel songs that are adapted into English by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman are featured and performed by Bill Dunn and Lorin Milano.
Event: Trisha Brown Dance Company : "Winterreise
Style: Contemporary dance
Location: OPERA OF PARIS – PALATE GARNIER
8, street Scribe
75009 PARIS
Tel.. 01 43 43 96 96
http://www.operadeparis.fr/
Of The 07/01/2006 To The 09/01/2006:
from 20:00 to 22:00 saturdays.
Tariffs of entry: 63 €, Category 7 (full fare): 6 €.
from 19:30 to 21:30 Monday.
Tariffs of entry: Category 1 (full fare): 63 €, Category 7 (full fare): 6 €.
Winterreise
Music: Franz Schubert
Choreography: Trisha Brown
Costumes: Elizabeth Cannon
Lights: Jennifer Tipton
Simon Keenlyside: baritone
Pedja Muzijevic: piano
Trisha Brown is a wonderful dancer that incorporates her creativity and richness into all of her movements. She is fluent in a multitude of styles and you will be delighted with this performance. If you are able make sure that you visit the Opera de Paris to experience this inventive display
Film and Photography
Event: Three humanistic photographers"
Photographs of Frederic Barzilay, Lucien Herve and Willy Ronis
Location: MUSEE CARNAVALET
23, street of Sévigné
75003 PARIS
Tel.. 01 44 59 58 58
http://paris.fr/musees/musee_carnavalet/default.htm
21/09/2005 To The 15/01/2006:
from 10:00 to 18:00 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Tariffs of entry: Any public: free.
Sights of Paris, the years 1930 to 1960.
The Carnavalet museum presents an exhibit of the photographs Frederic Barzilay, Lucien Herve and Willy Ronis.
These photographs are depictions of Paris as it was in the 1930’s to the 1960’s, as captured by these three photographers.
Event: Sebastião Salgado, territories and lives"
Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF FRANCE (RICHELIEU)
58, street of Richelieu
75002 PARIS
Tel.. 01 53 79 59 59
Website: http://www.bnf.fr
29/09/2005 To The 15/01/2006:
from 10:00 to 19:00 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Tariffs of entry: Full fare: 7 €, reduced Tariff: 5 €.
from 12:00 to 19:00 Sunday.
Tariffs of entry: Full fare: 7 €, reduced Tariff: 5 €.
Sebastião Salgado chose to devote himself to the art of photography. Born in Brazil Mr. Salgado have captured the beauty of his native country. There are also photographs that he has taken of other parts of the world as he made his travels.
Shopping
Louvre des Antiquaires
2 pl du Palais-Royal, 1st (01.42.97.27.27 / www.louvre-antiquaires.com). M° Palais Royal Musée du Louvre.
Open 11am-7pm Tue-Sun. Closed Sun July-Aug.
Credit varies.
For the shopper looking for wonderful old finds. This antique center has 250 antique dealers so there is a wealth of treasures to choose from.
Le Village St-Paul
rue St-Paul, rue Charlemagne and quai des Célestins, 4th. M° St-Paul.
Open 10am-7pm Mon-Sat.
No credit cards.
This is a plethora of antique dealers and traders. If you are a treasure seeker this is a good place to visit.
Didier Ludot
19, 20 23, 24 galerie de Montpensier, 1st (01.42. 96.06.56 / www.didierludot.com). Little black dress: 125 galerie de Valois, 1st (01.40.15.01.04). M° Palais Royal Musée du Louvre.
Open 11am-7pm Mon-Sat.
Credit AmEx, DC, V.
Didier Ludot’s clothes have become so popular that he can now be found at Printemps, Harrods and Barneys New York. He has also come out with his own line of little black dresses and a book and perfume. As you know, a little black dress a “must have” for every woman’s closet!
Special Events
Jours de Fêtes au Grand Palais
Grand Palais, avenue Winston-Churchill, 75008 (+33 (0)1 40 03 77 33/www.culture.fr). Métro Champs-Elysées-Clemenceau. 2-11pm (2-8pm on Dec 24 and Dec 31). Entrance €5; ferris wheels and circus show free, other attractions €1-€5. Cash only. Date Until Jan 2.
If you are looking for a place that has a variety of fun, well you have found it. This is a wonderful Holiday fair of fun. It has rides, a haunted house, specialty foods and more. There is all of this plus two shows a day (5.30pm and 9pm, reserve at the entrance; 3pm and 7pm on Dec 24 and 31) of juggling, trapeze and acrobatics. This is performed by students from the Ecole Nationale de Cirque.
Paris Parade Festival
On The first day of the New Year you must attend the Grande Parade de Paris. The Parade is returning from Chantilly, back to its natural home, Montmartre. The streets of Paris will be filled with musicians, bands, cheerleaders, floats, balloons and variety acts. This is going to be a huge event so don’t miss it. January 1.
Montmartre, 75018
Tel: 08 92 68 30 00
www.parisparade.com