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Learning with Artists like Aurélien Bory

BNP Paribas Hong Kong and the foundation created a three-year sponsorship called The Artists-in-Residence Project 2011-13. Organised by the Hong Kong Arts Festival, this multi-disciplinary arts education programme aims to enhance the appreciation of performing arts among secondary school pupils, particularly those living in remote area of the city. [...]

BlogTV : An online archive for dance

Imagine an online platform that brings together video materials for dance across the world, a massive inventory and classification of performances, documentaries, original creations…everything related to dance that has been captured on video over the past 30 years!
This lofty goal has been accomplished by one Charles Picq, a lover and connoisseur of dance and commissioned [...]

Epicyle, the latest creation of the CirkVOST company

CirkVOST, a company made up mostly of trapeze artists and acrobats formerly a part of the Arts des Sauts company, presents an original production called “Epicycle”. As you can see from the clip, they have created poetic universe with its set of 2 parallel frames 13 meters high through which the acrobats move, ignoring gravity [...]

The Final Stage: Artists-in-Residence Project

The 38 students involved in the Artists-in-Residence project held their final public show on 20 February at the foyer of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. [...]

A night of cultural diversity in Lyon

A meeting between two artistic worlds—song and hip-hop dance—took place at the beginning of January to mark this year’s Swearing-in ceremony for the lawyers of the Lyon Bar. [...]

Numéridanse, the first online portal for contemporary dance

Using the video archives of the Maison de la Danse de Lyon et du CND, Numéridanse aims to create a digital database of video footage related to the dance world, and to make these videos available to educational professionals and the general public alike… [...]

Artists-in-Residence Project continued

How did the Artists-in-Residence Project auditions go in Hong Kong? Here’s the latest: after the Introductory Talk and Audition, 38 students from three secondary schools in the New Territories were selected to join the Project.
They took nine master classes with local artists and members of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. A 40-minute long piece was presented [...]

A Preview of Avignon 2010

Every year in July, theatre fans flock to Avignon for the performing arts festival with an outstanding reputation on the international culture scene. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, the mission of the Avignon Festival is a bold one: to assemble the most diverse possible audience in one place for cutting edge, artistically demanding performances.
For two [...]

“A World in Itself” by Abou Lagraa

Patron and sponsor engaged with contemporary dance, the BNP Paribas Foundation extends a partnership forged in 2006 with the choreographer Abou Lagraa and his company, La Baraka, accompanying their latest creation: “Un Monde en Soi” (A World in Itself).

The show, currently touring throughout France, confirms the fluid and dazzling danse style of Abou Lagraa. A [...]