A theme-based collection on the Comédie Française: its history, its administrators, its actors, directors and repertory from 1940 to 2006.
See Theme-based collectionThis multimedia collection looks at dance since the 1960s and includes the major French and foreign choreographers working in France, and the main movements and styles from neo-classical to modern dance, Hip Hop and Japanese Butoh.
See Theme-based collectionDom Juan, the legendary free-thinker and womaniser, inspired many authors and composers, including Tirso de Molina, Molière, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Odon von Hovart, Joseph Delteil, Mozart, and Richard Strauss. The character has also found its way into many other forms of expression, such as dance, song and comedy.
See Theme-based collectionThe Avignon Festival, France's leading drama festival, was founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar. The first performances were staged in the Cour d'Honneur in the Popes' Palace. Since then, the festival has spread to some 20 other venues and includes the Off festival.
See Theme-based collectionA presentation of the main French and foreign circuses, the history of the circus in France, marked in the 1980s by the opening of a number of circus schools, a policy to assist circuses in difficulty and the advent of a new form of circus that broke away from the traditional format.
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