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Monday, November 30 @ 7pm : Monstrous Autobiography: The Case of Frankenstein | Talk by Arden Hegele

30.10.2015 , Conferences

In this talk, Arden Hegele (Ph.D. Candidate, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University) investigates the relationship between lifewriting and the medical case study by considering their intersection in the 19th-century genre of the 'pathography' –the autobiographical narrative of illness. She argues that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein...

November 28 and 29 : Bluegrass and Old-Time Workshop with the Sawmill Sessions

28.10.2015 , Workshops

In the continuity of the monthly jams, the Sawmill Sessions are a weekend of workshops on November 28th and 29th at the Fondation des Etats-Unis with Banjo (Cyril Petit), Chant (Claire Nivard), Dobro (Paolo Conti), Fiddle (Marius Pibarot), Guitar (Jimmy Josse) and Harmonica (David Chalumeau)...

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November 27 – 29 : DbD Workshop #2

28.10.2015 , Workshops

The DbD Experience (Doing by Doing) is a 23-hour intensive weekend created by renowned interdisciplinary performance artist Rachel Rosenthal in Los Angeles. Nathalie Broizat has worked with Rachel Rosenthal for 5 years, and she is the first former member of the Rachel Rosenthal Company authorized...

Sunday, November 8 at 5 pm: Rendez-vous Musical #3

26.10.2015 , Concerts

The Program J.S. Bach (1685-1750): Suite No. 1 in G major for solo cello Movement 1: Prelude Sarah Favinger, double bass *** Alexis Bacon (b.1975): Cradle (2005) Wilson Poffenburger, alto saxophone *** Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Ballade in D minor, op. 10 no. 1 John Kamfonas, piano *** Improvisation John Kamfonas, piano *** J.S. Bach (1685-1750): Suite No. 6...

Tuesday 24 November at 8 pm: Workshop of historical dances

24.10.2015 , Dance, Workshops

DANCE HISTORY! Come and try the elegant dances of the European repertoire from the 16th to the 20th century to elegiac or dynamic music and in a joyful and friendly atmosphere! These free workshops are organized for residents of the Cité internationale and external students upon presentation...

Sunday, October 25 at 5 pm: Rendez-vous Musical #2

12.10.2015 , Concerts

Following the success of the first Rendez-vous Musical of the season, Harriet Hale Woolley Fellows and FEU resident musicians are preparing for the next concert on Sunday, October 25th at 5pm. On the program : Stefano Scodanibbio (1956-2012): Sei Studi, 4th movement Sarah Favinger, Double bass Giacinto Scelsi...

Wednesday, November 11 at 7pm: Ivan Ilic plays « For Bunita Marcus » by Morton Feldman | Concert preceded by a lecture by Rudolphe Bruneau-Boulmier

11.10.2015 , Alumni, Concerts, Conferences

Ivan Ilić's "Morton Feldman Trilogy" is the culmination of three years of research into Feldman's life and work. The third and last part is the new recording of Ilić by For Bunita Marcus (1985), a masterpiece by Feldman, which will be released by Paraty/Harmonia Mundi...

Thursday, November 5 at 7 pm: The Art of Dreaming and Making Dreams in a Hospital Department | Medical Cultures Conference #2

05.10.2015 , Conferences

What place should be given to Art Therapy in the care of hospitalized children and adolescents? In the child and adolescent psychiatry department of the Pitié-Salpêtrière, patients are offered access to Plastic Arts practices. External speakers, in connection with the artistic field, are integrated into their...

Wednesday 4 November at 2:30pm : Screening of « Ghosts of Amistad : In the Footsteps of the Rebels » in the presence of Marcus Rediker

04.10.2015 , Film

The Cultural Service of the Embassy of the United States of America and the Fondation des Etats Unis are pleased to invite you to the preview of the documentary The Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels, in the presence of its author...

Sunday 18 October at 8 pm: Melting Jazz

18.09.2015 , Concerts, Festivals

As part of the Jazz à la Cité festival, the Fondation des États-Unis offers a concert combining classics, improvisation and compositions. Yaëlle Tordjman is an alumnus of the American School of Modern Music where the members of the LEGG Quartet are studying, and it is...

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