Last time we went to Paris we went to two unusual (inhabituel) shows:
A play (pièce de théâtre), African stories inspired by Shakespeare in Polish with over titles in French! And it lasted 5h15 with two entr'actes!
In fact we enjoyed it, we didn't see anything African and sometimes it was difficult to find Shakespeare, but it was an excellent experience. Some spectators had their sandwiches and drinks, it was really an unusual evening out (en ville).
Another unusual evening was musical this time:
It was at the jazz club 'Sunset', The musicians were two flutists - three flutes each -, a double bass and a drummer. The lady playing was Nicole Mitchell who was Eddie Murphy's wife and mother of his four children!
You can listen to her on Youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuL2CNYXyMc
She certainly is different.
Paris
Wednesday, April 4 2012
PARISIAN SHOWS
By carolweb on Wednesday, April 4 2012,
Wednesday, March 28 2012
SUNSET IN PARIS - coucher de soleil
By carolweb on Wednesday, March 28 2012,
This was taken from the top of the Centre Pompidou coming out of the Matisse exhibition. I had bought a ticket on Internet but when we arrived at about 3.30pm (a very bad time) the queue for the exhibition was so long! We visited the permanent exhibitions and at 6 pm there was no queue. We were disappointed at the Matisse exhibition, there were not many paintings and we were out in 40 minutes - luckily: I was in time to take a photo of the beautiful sunset behind the Eiffel Tower.
This is a reconstruction of a room in the Elysée palace which was commissioned by Pompidou, who with his wife, loved modern art. It is by Yaacov Agam (b. 1928) an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist best known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art - amazing!