Contemplation is a full length show that presents 5 pieces, all very different in style and atmosphere. This set of multiple pieces introduces the different ways of looking at the living world. How much importance do you give to each little detail that makes life what it is? How much...
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Since 2016, the FEU has started organizing an informal lunchtime concert on July 4th. This short concert (approximately 30 minutes) provides a lovely opportunity to bring together our audience, residents and staff from the Cité internationale before the summer break. This year, the concert will...
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Pianists Nicky Purser, former resident and Harriet Hale Woolley Scholar (2010-2011), and Emiri Komura combine their talents for a program that explores how composers drew inspiration from the dance genre while pushing the bounds of musical form and expression. Ranging from folk dance and Parisian...
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Terrazzo is a very common coating material at the Fondation des Etats-Unis, which is not surprising since its use was common in Art Deco architecture. The 1920s and 1930s were a golden age for terrazzo, especially for floors and stairs, but its use dates back...
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The Fondation des Etats-Unis is delighted to welcome back pianist Clare Logendyke, former resident and Harriet Hale Woolley Scholar (2009-2010), and the violinist Pauline Kempf for a unique concert of piano and violin sonatas. 1943: The tide is turning for Allied forces in World War II ; future music legends...
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For this year's Fête de la Cité, the resident musicians will present as their final Rendez-Vous Musical a program featuring the Notre Dame Cathedral. Musical selections will be paired with readings that highlight significance of the building. Free entry. Follow the Facebook page! Program Eric Whitacre (1970-), Lux...
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Althea Dance Company will be in Paris for a 7-day annual workshop at the Fondation des Etats-Unis over the summer 2019. The company will offer contemporary technique classes taught by the members of the company and by a guest teacher, repertory classes, improvisation sessions and...
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Mocha Jean Herrup brings a filmmaker’s eye and a queer deconstructive lens to an exhibit of photographs that redefines the frame of Israel/Palestine. “Act of Seeing” is about seeing (not seeing) Israel/Palestine, how vision itself works to normalize race, boundary demarcations, land use, and whose “bodies...
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The Fête de la Cité will be the final opportunity to see the end of year exhibition by the artists in residence at FEU and discover their paintings, sculptures and drawings. Marcel Abadia, sculptor Marius Buet, illustrator Fatima Cadet-Diaby, painter Julian Demontelle, painter Laura Francese, illustrator Maximilien Gremaud, painter and sculptor Timothée Lambert, illustrator Exhibition Opening...
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For this year's Fête de la Cité, the Fondation des Etats-Unis and KrumpFest present an event involving krump dancers, painters, and musicians playing live instruments against powerful krump drum patterns. These different art-forms will harmonize and become one! Free entry on a first come, first served...
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