(recommended by Jane Robert)

Biography:
Mary McAuliffe received her Ph.D. in history from the University of Maryland, has taught at several universities, and has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution. She has traveled extensively in France and was a regular contributor to Paris Notes for more than a decade. She has published Paris Discovered: Explorations in the City of Light (Princeton Book Co., 2006), and has recently published Dawn of the Belle Époque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011).

Title and Description of Lecture/Program:
An Evening with Mary McAuliffe

Historian Mary McAuliffe, a longtime contributor to Paris Notes and author of Paris Discovered: Explorations in the City of Light, will talk about the people, places, and stories of long-ago and not-so-long-ago Paris. She also will read from and [if requested by the chapter] sign copies of her latest book, Dawn of the Belle Époque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends.

Mimi Gregory, President of the Federation of Alliances Françaises, says of Dawn of the Belle Époque: “The Federation of Alliances Françaises is pleased to suggest Mary McAuliffe’s wonderful new book. Once again this historic period comes to life. A great read for your book clubs.“

Mark Eversman, editor of Paris Notes says; “Mary goes where no American writer has gone before. With historical precision and boundless passion, she reveals a Paris we never knew existed. Out of hundreds, this is simply the most enjoyable Paris book I have ever read.“

Jane Roberts, President of Renaissance Française - USA and former President, Federation of Alliances Françaises, says: “I love Dawn of the Belle Époque. I truly savored every insight. It gave me a whole new layer of Paris to appreciate.“

And Jeffrey H.Jackson, author of Paris Under Water: How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910, says of Dawn of the Belle Époque: “Mary McAuliffe takes us on an engaging tour of Paris at a turbulent moment in its history. Her beautiful storytelling reveals the triumphs, challenges, and scandals of an age that brought one century to an end and launched another. Anyone who loves Paris will enjoy this delightful book.“

Honorarium:
None; but McAuliffe requests that the hosting Alliance Française cover reasonable expenses

Technical Requirements:
Microphone

Contact:
E-mail: msmparis@earthlink.net

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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Biography:
Founder and director of the New York Arts Exchange, an arts education service, Dr. Gersh-Nesic offers tours, lectures and workshops in various venues, including museums, galleries, artists' studios and arts organizations.

She also teaches art history at Purchase College, and has taught at New York University, Simmons College, Rhode Island College and Hartwick College. She occasionally offers a seminar on translation from French to English at Manhattanville College.

Dr. Gersh-Nesic contributes to the About.com: Art History (a member of the New York Times Company). Other publications include books and articles on Picasso, Cubism and AndrÉ Salmon, the poet/critic who was an intimate friend of Picasso’s. She also translates Salmon's art criticism and memoirs in collaboration with Jacqueline Gojard, Professor Emeritus, University of Paris (Sorbonne III) and executor of AndrÉ Salmon's literary estate. Their website for AndrÉ Salmon is http://www.andresalmon.org


Lecture Topics:

• Picasso and Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
• The Story of Cubism
• Picasso’s Guitar, 1912-14: The Birth of Synthetic Cubism
• La Bande à Picasso: Max Jacob, André Salmon and Guillaume Apollinaire
• The Story of Impressionism
• Gustave Courbet
• Edouard Manet
• Claude Monet: Impressioniste Extraordinaire
• Camille Pissarro: The Father-Figure of Impressionism
• The Impressionist Women Artists: Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Marie Braquemond and Eva Gonzalez
• Vincent van Gogh: Tragic Genius
• Cézanne and Cézannisme
• Modigliani and the School of Paris
• Henri Matisse and the Fauves

Art Tours:
Dr. Gersh-Nesic offers private tours of French art in New York and Paris

Dates Available:
Please contact directly

Honorarium:
$300 per lecture/tour group, plus travel and accommodation expenses

Technical Requirements:
35 mm projector and slides provided; Powerpoint only with projector at the venue.

Contact:
Beth S. Gersh-Nesic
E-mail: nyarts.exchange@verizon.net
Websites: www.nyarts-exchange.com and www.andresalmon.org
Facebook: New York Arts Exchange

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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(Recommended by Catherine Hamelin)

Biography:
B.A. (With Honors and Distinction) University of Kansas 1966
M.A. Brown University 1968
Ph.D., Brown University 1971
NDEA Fellow - Brown University 1966-68
Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellow - Brown University 1969-70

Areas of Publication and Research:
Medieval French Farce
History of printing, literacy, and popular vernacular literature - 16th century
Contemporary French Politics
Contemporary popular literature and song from Brassens to Cabu; from Astérix to le Petit Nicolas
Stereotypes of the French
The French banlieue and the Magrebian presence in France
The 2004 veil law and the 2010 law banning the burqua

Honors, Editorial positions, and Boards:
Managing Editor of the French Review (1996-98)
Editor in Chief, French Review (1998-2010)
Executive Council of the American Association of Teachers of French (1998-2010)
Board of Directors of the Federation of Alliances Françaises USA, Inc. (2005-2009)
Chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes Académiques (1995)
Officier dans l’ordre des Palmes Académiques (2010)
Professor Emeritus of French, Montana State University, Bozeman (2010)

Proposed topics:
Dr. Pinet, Professor Emeritus of French at Montana State University in Bozeman and former Editor in Chief of the French Review can speak on the following topics:

1) The French Riots of November 2005:

• Why did they happen and what has happened since?
• What was the immediate response of the French government?
• What were the politics of the riots?
• What programs were proposed to deal with the crisis and its causes?
• What was the role of M. Azouz Begag as Minister of Equal Opportunity?
• How were the demonstrations and strikes of the spring of 2006 related to the riots?
• What happened during the second year and how did the candidates for the French presidency in 2007 respond to the questions raised by the riots?

2) The Burqua law of 2010: Genesis and Aftermath

3) Dealing with the French“: Bashing, Boycotts or Good Business before and after the Commencement of the Iraq War?

4) French Non-verbal Communication: An Interactive Presentation on the Differences between French and American non-verbal Communication (with hand-outs)

Dates Available:
By mutual agreement

Honorarium:
$200 and reimburse expenses

Contact:
Christopher Paul Pinet
409 Morrow Street
Bozeman, MT 59715
Tel: 406.587.0847
Fax: 406.994.6199
E-mail: umlcp@montana.edu

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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(recommended by: Renee Amory Ketcham)

Education:
Bachelor of Arts with Honours in French
University of New South Wales (Newcastle University College)

Master of Arts with Honours in French
University of Melbourne 1962-1963

Doctorat -es- letters
University of Geneva, Switzerland: 1969
Thesis: “Poesie et meditation ched Jean de La Ceppede“
Director: Professor Jean- Rousset

Employment:
Has taught at the University of Pennsylvania (Department of Romance Languages) since 1969 where he is now a Professor of French

Publications:
Poesie et meditation chez Jean de La Ceppede, Droz, Geneva, 1969

Love’s Fatal Glance: a study of eye imagery in the poetry of the Ecole Lyonnaise, Romance Monographs, University of Missippippi, 1980

100 Great French Books: From the Middle Ages to the Present, Blue Bridge Books, NY, March 2010 (Reviewed in Wall Street Journal, April 1, 2010; France Magazine, Summer 2010, Library Journal, April 2010

Professor Lance Donaldson-Evans is Chevalier de l’ordre des palmes academiques.

Proposed Topics:
“CHOOSING 100 GREAT FRENCH BOOKS FOR AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING AUDIENCE“

Lance Donaldson- Evans talks about his book - 100 Great French Books from the Middle Ages to the present, telling why he wrote it, what were the challenges involved and how it can be used to promote French Culture. This book does not present 100 GREATEST French books, but rather 100 great books that will appeal to contemporary readers who like to read a variety of texts, from comic books (bandes dessinees) and detective novels to medieval epics and modern prize-winning novels.

Renee Ketcham , President of the Alliance Francaise says about Donaldson-Evans book:

“Lance spent an evening at the Alliance encouraging Francophiles and francophones to further explore “la richesse“ of French literature. An engaging speaker, Professor Donaldson- Evans presented an excellent overview of some of the best of French literature. This conference is a great way to encourage all AFs to read French books even if they do not speak French. All of the books that Professor Donaldson-Evans discussed are available in English translations.

Honorarium:
To be determined by AF

Technical Requirements:
None

Contact:
LANCE K. DONALDSON-EVANS
425 West Rose Tree Road
Media, PA 19063-2014

Office:
LANCE K. DONALDSON-EVANS
Department of Romance Languages
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
Telephone (home): 610-565-6305
Telephone (office): 215-898-5128
E-mail : ldevans@sas.upenn.edu

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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(recommended by Renee Ketchum)

Biography:
Doni Belau is the founder and CEO of the website Girls’ Guide to Paris, which is a travel guide to Paris on the web, for ladies, girls and those who love them. http://www.girlsguidetoparis.com Written by herself and over 10 other writers in the city of light, GG2P covers everything from hotels, to shopping to French chocolate to restaurant reviews to spas and hammams. Our insiders cover the latest museum shows and nearly every interesting and current cultural happening in Paris. Doni is a contributor to the soon to be published book on the great cities of the world by National Geographic and is in the process of writing the Girls’ Guide to Paris to be published in 2011/12.

Proposed Topics:
Doni can speak on Paris and/or the Bordeaux region (where she owns a home). As you’ll see from her website her voice is girlfriend to girlfriend and is fun, informative and natural and most definitely not professorial.

Recent topics that she has spoken on include:

• The secrets of Paris, an insider’s look on what’s happening in the city of light
• Pastry, chocolate & shoe shopping in Paris
• The food revolution in Paris, from gastro-bistros to natural wine bars
• Fetes and festivals in Paris, picking the best
• Paris with the kids or your teenage daughter/son
• Making Paris affordable
• Buying an apartment in Paris: the pitfalls, the best deals and navigating the rental market
• The undiscovered arrondissements

Dates Available:
By arrangement

Honorarium:
$250 plus travel expenses (if out of state)

Doni can supply a small French gourmet tasting and will often giveaway one of her famous DIY walking tours of Paris to attendees.

Contact:
Doni Belau
369 Croton Lake Road
Bedford Corners, NY 10549
Telephone: 917-921-2487
E-mail : dbelau@earthlink.net or doni@girlsguidetoparis.com

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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(recommended by Marie-Laure Arnaud)

Biography:
François Adrien hails from a family of sailors and travelers. Born in Paris, he obtained a scientific degree, and later completed his education in studying military strategy. His engineering profession, his passion for the sea, and the appeal of foreign cultures have led him and his wife, with their three daughters, to live in various countries on several continents.

François is a graduate of École Polytechnique, École des Eaux et Forêts and of IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Études de DÉfense Nationale).
He is currently working on a new novel on the maritime aspects of the American Civil War, specifically concerning the CSS Hunley in Charleston and CSS Alabama in Cherbourg.

Proposed Topics:
L’Ombre de Ném&e;sis, a novel recounting the adventures of a French sailor in the Spanish-American War.

On a quiet night in 1898, the French three-master Némésis sails off Havana to collect a cargo of raw sugar, when the sudden explosion of USS Maine plunges her young captain, Louis AurÉlien, into the violence of the Spanish-American War.

After his first years of discovering life, love and the sea, Louis sails the Caribbean and lands in Cuba, only to abruptly discover the bloody war for independence and the horror of the first concentration camps in history. The United States then declares war on Spain and the Marines land in Guantánamo. Flirting with illegal action out of love for a young Cuban, Gabriela, Louis eventually witnesses the armies and the fleets clashing, and unwillingly participates in the last great conflict of the 19th century.

The novel’s protagonists are based on real individuals, including the French captain (the author’s own grandfather), the Cuban heroine who breaks out of prison, and the cynical reporter who covers the war for the tabloids.

L’Ombre de Némésis received the “Écume de Mer“ and the “Académie de Lutèce“ awards in June 2011.

More information on http://www.lanemesis.com

Dates Available:
By arrangement.
March, 2012 would allow to share travel expenses

Honorarium:
Direct expenses (to be shared between several Alliances if dates allow)

Technical Requirements:
Podium with microphone
Projector for laptop computer


Contact:
François Adrien
32, rue Falguière
75015 Paris
France
Tel : +33 6 87 85 14 89
E-mail : fmadrien@wanadoo.fr

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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Biography:
Jeffrey H. Jackson has researched in Parisian archives since 1997, publishing books and articles widely acknowledged for their innovation. In recognition of his outstanding reputation, in 2007 the History News Network named Jackson a “Top Young Historian“ in the U.S.

Jackson received an extremely prestigious international fellowship to spend the fall 2007 semester in residence at the Columbia University Institute for Scholars at Reid Hall in Paris. There he deepened the archival research, inspired by hurricane Katrina, which he began on Paris Under Water in 2005.

Jackson has also received national recognition for his previous research, winning highly competitive grants from the National Endowment for the humanities and the American Historical Association. One of his articles won the inaugural prize from the New York State Association of European Historians in 2002.

Jackson is Associate Professor of history and Director of the Environmental Studies Program at Rhodes College, regularly hailed as one of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges. In 2011, Jackson won the prestigious Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Research from Rhodes College, the institution’s highest honor for faculty.

Paris Under Water has received extremely favorable reviews and discussions in the New York Times, Washington Post, Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, The Guardian, Financial Times, and elsewhere.

Jackson has become a sought-after expert in the history of Parisian culture and the turn of the twentieth century. Following the release of Paris Under Water, he was invited to speak at University College London, the American University of Paris, the Bibliotheque Historique de la Ville de Paris, NYU’s Institute for French Studies, Vanderbilt University, UNC-Chapel Hill, the Alliance Francaise gala in New Orleans, and elsewhere. He has also done numerous media interview, including for the BBC.

Jackson received his B.S. in history summa cum laude with High Honors from Vanderbilt University in 1993 and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Rochester in 1999. At Rhodes College, he teaches courses in modern European history, cultural history, French history, and interdisciplinary humanities.

Proposed Topics:
“Paris Under Water: How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910“

At the turn of the twentieth century, Parisians believed they lived in the greatest city in the world. But Paris came to a halt in January 1910 when the river that provided much of the city’s life quickly became an instrument of destruction. Following weeks of torrential rainfall, the Seine overflowed its banks flooding thousands of homes and sending hundreds of thousands of people fleeing for safety and higher ground. This most modern of cities seemed to have lost its battle with the elements.

But in the midst of the disaster, despite decades of political division, scandal, and deep tensions between social classes, Parisians rallied to help one another and rebuild. Leaders and people answered the call to action in the city’s hour of need. This newfound ability to work together proved crucial just four years later when France was plunged into the depths of World War I. What emerged from the waters, and from the war, was the Paris we know today.

The lecture also includes dramatic photography of the 1910 flood presented through Powerpoint.

Dates available:
Please contact directly

Honorarium:
Negotiable, to be agreed upon with speaker

Technical Requirements:
Powerpoint and computer

Contact:
Jeffrey H. Jackson
Department of History
Rhodes College
2000 North Parkway
Memphis, TN 38112
Telephone: 901-843-3662
Email: jacksonj@rhodes.edu
Websites: www.jeffreyhjackson.blogspot.com and www.ParusUnderWater.com

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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Biography:
Laurence Raybois was born in Provence and moved to the US as a young adult. 12 years ago, she started sharing her time between the two countries and became interested in working as a relocation consultant for Americans moving to France. Since then, she has assisted hundreds of Americans in their quest to become successful expatriates to France, helping them make sense of the visa system and comply with (sometimes contradictory) administrative rules. Laurence offers consulting on all aspects of living in France, including housing (whether to buy or rent), working in France, and children's schooling, and is the author of Chez Moi: The Foreigner's Guide to Buying a Home in France. Excerpts from the book can be viewed at yourfrenchhome.com.
A detailed description of her services and contact information can be found at americansmovingtofrance.com.

Proposed topics:
Laurence offers lectures on the following topics:

• Working in France: The presentation focuses on helping the audience make sense of the visa/carte de sÉjour process and choosing the immigration option best suited to the person’s professional goals and family needs. The same presentation has been produced in an online format and can be used by Alliance chapters in lieu of a live presentation at a fraction of the cost.

• Teaching English in France: This presentation is the same as the above, but is tailored to the specific needs of those wanting to teach English in France. An electronic written version of this presentation has been produced, enabling Alliance chapters members to have access to this information at no cost to the Alliance.

• Buying a Home in France: This presentation covers all the practical aspects of the process that are typically French, in addition to the taxes, administrative and inheritance issues that come as a surprise to Americans.

Dates Available:
Please contact directly

Honorarium:
Negotiable, to be agreed upon with speaker

Contact:
Laurence Raybois
Phone number: 425-246-9649
Websites:
http://www.poliana@yourfrenchhome.com
http://www.americansmovingtofrance.com
http://www.yourfrenchhome.com

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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(recommended by Catherine Hamelin)

Biography:
Patrick Cerf was born and raised in France where he passed his medical degree in 1979. He worked in Madagascar, La Reunion and after specializing in Obstetrics and Gynecology, he spent twelve years in French Polynesia. He went back then to university and after one year at the university of British Columbia in Vancouver Canada and two years at the University of Hawaii in Manoa USA and passed a PhD in social anthropology. He then wrote a book on Tahitian culture and History and on violence against women in French Polynesia. http://web.mac.com/cerf He now works in France and New Zealand and is preparing a new book on gender issues.

Proposed topics:
1) Tahiti, vahine, two words, two myths

• How those myths were constructed and how they differ from reality

2) Tahitian vahine, from matriarchy to domestic violence

• The paradoxical situation of the domination of Tahitian women

3) The French settlings in the Pacific Ocean

• The “discovery“ of Tahiti and New Caledonia and how they became French overseas territories

4) Cultural determinism of sexual orientation through a review of traditional cultures

• How culture influences our deepest sense of self as well as our sexual orientation

Dates Available:
Please contact directly

Honorarium:
Negotiable

Technical Requirements:
Powerpoint presentation from laptop. Needs video projector and screen.

Contact:
Patrick Cerf
86 rue de la Federation
Paris, France
Tel: +33 1 53 86 93 88
E-mail: patrickcerf@gmail.com

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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(recommended by Diana Regan))

Biography:
Robert O. Paxton is a Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. He is the author of several books about Vichy France, including Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944 and Vichy France and the Jews (Vichy et les Juifs). He was also an expert witness at the trials of Paul Touvier (1994) and Maurice Papon (1997).

Proposed topics:
Lecture (45-50 min) 1) Vichy France Sixty Years After - The Vichy regime in French experience and in French memories since the Liberation

Dates Available:
Please contact directly

Honorarium:
$500 plus travel expenses

Contact:
Robert O. Paxton
460 Riverside Drive, Apt 72
New York, NY 10027
Telephone: 212-663-3396
Email: rop1@columbia.edu

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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(recommended by Jane Robert)

Biography:
Formerly a chef / restaurateur in Rouen, M. Silverstone is a specialist on the Upper Normandy region, especially regarding cuisine, art and the impact of war. His recent book, A Mule in Rouen - a discovery of Upper Normandy http://www.normandymule.co.uk includes descriptions of local architecture, both grand and of everyday life, and presents an intriguing and amusing look at the local way of life. It also represents one man's struggle to start a business in France and the consequences of such a venture. During 2008, M. Silverstone presented an exhibition of black & white photography at Le Musée Maritime de Rouen entitled Le Pont Flaubert - work in progress.

Proposed Topics:
Upper Normandy: Cuisine, Art and the Impact of War

Dates Available:
By arrangement

Honorarium:
By arrangement

Technical Requirements:
None

Contact:
Rob Silverstone
5 Daubigny Road
Brighton
East Sussex BN2 3FT
UK
Tel : (44) 1273 688683
E-mail : robsilverstone@macace.net

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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Biography:
J.P. Jentile was born in Paris in 1960, but spent his childhood in both France and Italy. As economist and then international banker, he has travelled all around the world being in contact with different people, culturea and finding there an inexhaustible source of inspiration. His career as a writer grew out of years of inventing bedtime stories for his two sons. An avid reader of Heroic Fantasy, J.P. is happy to share his passion, values, and vivid imagination with the general public through this first novel which has already been a great success in France.

Proposed Topics:
“Ogrino, L’héritage Ancestral” is an Heroic Fantasy novel recounting the adventures of a young amnesiac and orphan ogre, who will play a central role in a war, to preserve the balance of the world. The novel is built in the form of an initiatory tale, where the hero is going to develop step by step qualities of responsibility, solidarity and fighting spirit to be able to achieve completely his mission in the service of the common good. By this novel, filled with emotion and suspense, the author wants to heighten the awareness of readers (from 9 years) to the respect for difference and to the refusal of injustice.

Dates Available:
May – December 2012

Honorarium:
$200 + travel & accommodation expenses

Technical Requirements:
Microphone | Powerpoint & Computer | Overhead Projector

Contact:
JENTILE Jean-Pierre
Mailing Address:
92 rue du Chemin Vert
75011 Paris
Telephone: + 33 1 41 45 97 03
Website: http://ogrino.blogspot.com
E-mail: jean-pierre.jentile@sgcib.com

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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Biography:
Marcel Van Dam est néerlandais et vit depuis une quinzaine d'années en France. Il tombe amoureux de la chanson française lors de sa participation aux Rencontres d'Astaffort chez Francis Cabrel. Marcel commence alors à travailler avec des paroliers francophones, entre autres avec Brice Homs, auteur de "Forteresse" et "Viva la vida" de Michel Fugain.

Le résultat est un répertoire de chansons françaises avec des clins d'oeil outre-atlantique. Des paroles originales, des chansons douces, une voix suave, Marcel commence à se faire connaître en remportant plusieurs prix aux tremplins et concours en France et aux Pays-Bas. En 2006 il a reçu le prix du public au "concours de la chansons française" organisé par l’Alliance Française d’Amsterdam. Récemment, Marcel a commencé à collaborer avec l’excellent harmoniciste Paul Lassey.

Lecture Topics:
Chansons françaises, propres compositions, en duo guitare/voix et harmonica.

Dates Available:
Contactez-moi

Honorarium:
$200-$500

Technical Requirements:
Microphone + DI + PA system adapté à la salle.
Concert en acoustique sans amplification est envisageable pour concert en petit comité.

Contact:
Marcel Van Dam
432 E 13th Street, apt #38
New York, NY 10009
Telephone: 646 288 0616
Email: marcellinushh@gmail.com

Websites:
http://www.marcelvandam.fr
http://www.myspace.com/marcelvandam
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marcel-Van-Dam-Music/168252326526407?created

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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Biography:
A native of south western France with a musical heritage Caroline graduated with first prize in harp from the Paris Conservatoire under the guidance of Jacqueline Borot at the age of 18. During her youth Caroline studied with Lily Laskine, one of the most celebrated harpists of the 20th century. Caroline moved to Canada where she received further degrees at the McGill University School of Music in Montréal.

Caroline has been invited to perform as a soloist and in ensemble at major festivals and orchestras throughout Canada. Caroline’s recordings have received exceptional critical acclaim in many classical music publications including Gramophone magazine. Her latest El Dorado featuring 20th century French repertoire received a Juno award nomination for Classical Album of the Year placing Caroline in an exclusive group of only a handful of exceptional Canadian musicians.

Critical Highlights:
"Léonardelli’s sensitive voicing and phrasing in Songs of Nymphs sets the interpretive standard. .... Léonardelli’s tremendous interpretive ability is matched by astonishing engineering and production." "Six out of six stars" The Music Scene

"El Dorado displays not only her remarkable musicianship, but also the harp's various personalities" The Classical Music Sentinel

"The highlight of the performance was undoubtedly Léonardelli's achingly ethereal playing of the Interlude. That movement was worth the price of admission by itself." “She’s a real treasure” Richard Todd Ottawa Citizen

"An exceptionally scintillating performance." The WholeNote Magazine

Proposed Topics:
French harp composers of the 20th Century
Performance of harp repertoire from French composers including:
Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saëns, Herri Büsser, Marcel Tournier, Guy Ropartz, Gabriel Fauré, Marcel Grandjany among others. Caroline introduces each piece by providing background on the composers, style of composition, and circumstances surrounding the music. Focus of the repertoire is on the French Impressionistic Period.

History of the harp and life at the Paris Conservatoire for Harp
Caroline gives insight into the life of a student in Paris at the Paris Conservatoire. Caroline describes the professors of harp at the Conservatoire over its history and their contributions including Alponse Hasselmans, Marcel Tournier, Lily Laskine, and Jacqueline Borot. There is a specific French method of harp technique / French school of harp and Caroline provides a description and demonstration of its uniqueness. Caroline takes interactive questions from the audience regarding the design and history of the instrument.

Dates Available:
Please contact directly
Preference to arrange several dates in a tour format

Honorarium:
$500-$600 depending on repertoire selection
Accommodation on date of performance

Technical Requirements:
Acoustic performance stage

Contact:
Caroline Léonardelli
2149 Alta Vista Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1H 7L7
Telephone: 613-240-1814
Email: centaurclassics@rogers.com
Websites: http://www.carolineleonardelli.com

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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1) Comme cette année 2012 est le 150ème anniversaire de la naissance de Debussy il serait intéressant de marquer cet évènement ! Je pense aux œuvres des compositeurs de cette période en France.
Debussy : Petite Suite, Marche écossaise, 6 épigraphes antiques (piano 4 mains) et En blanc et Noir, Lindaraja, (2 pianos) Ravel : Ma mère l'oye, Schéhérazade (piano 4 mains) et Habanera, Rhapsodie espagnole, La valse, Boléro (2 pianos). Parmi d'autres compositeurs Poulenc, Chabrier, Tailleferre, etc).
2) Autre idée de concert qui comprend des ouvertures d'opéras arrangées pour Piano 4 mains ou deux Pianos et avec possibilités d’intégrer à ce programme des œuvres de Berlioz (Symphonie fantastique, Roméo et Juliette,) Gounod (Faust,) Debussy (Pelleas et Mélisande) à 4 mains. Ces deux idées peuvent se réaliser uniquement en piano 4 mains (un seul piano) si nécessaire et un mélange des deux programmes est possible également.
3) Programme francophone compositeurs français, canadiens, belges, suisses etc.

Biography:
www.suzannefournier.com
“THE FRENCH CANADIAN DUO”/ Piano four hands/Two Pianos
Le Duo “Franco Canadien” composé des pianistes concertistes Suzanne Fournier et Mélisande Chauveau effectue depuis 1997 des tournées de concerts dans le monde entier. Sa principale mission est de promouvoir les richesses musicales des cultures canadienne, française et autres pays francophones tout en proposant le grand répertoire traditionnel écrit pour cette formation. Les programmes sont variés et attractifs et peuvent se compléter par des œuvres de compositeurs locaux, si désiré, dans le souhait d’un échange artistique avec les pays invitants.

SUZANNE FOURNIER
Originaire du Canada, Suzanne Fournier obtient un Premier Prix en piano et flûte traversière au Conservatoire de Montréal. Boursière du gouvernement du Québec et du Conseil des Arts du Canada, elle poursuit ses études à Paris avec Yvonne Lefébure, Vlado Perlemuter et Claude Helffer. Par la suite elle entre au Conservatoire de Cologne et travaille principalement le répertoire contemporain avec Aloys Kontarsky et l’œuvre complète d’Arnold Schoenberg. Elle obtient le Premier Prix du concours international « Claude Debussy » à Paris, le Premier Prix du concours international de « Piano contemporain » à Saint-Germain en Laye, le Second Prix du concours international « Arnold Schoenberg » aux Pays Bas.

A Paris elle est invitée à se produire au Théâtre du Palais de Chaillot dans une création mondiale « Vibration pour une voix » avec les ballets Joseph Russillo, Elle incarne le rôle de Clara Schumann au Théâtre Mouffetard et au Musée Grévin dans un spectacle musical intitulé « Clara L’amour et la vie d’une femme » . Elle se produit au Forum des Halles, à l’Unesco et au Palais des congrès sous l’égide de l’association France-Canada. Elle donne plusieurs récitals au théâtre du Ranelagh, théâtre Silvia Montfort, à l’auditorium Saint-Germain, Maison de Radio France, salle Cortot et salle Gaveau où, entre autre, elle interprète la « Fantaisie Chorale de Beethoven » pour piano, chœur et orchestre ». Elle participe également aux saisons musicales des Eglises Saint-Louis-en-l’Ile, Saint Eustache, American Church.

En France elle se produit au Centre des Arts et de la culture ainsi qu’à l’Orangerie de Meudon, Domaine du Rayols, Dominicains de Guebwiller, Château d’Artigny et dans plusieurs villes et théâtres nationaux (Bordeaux, Ales, Saint-Etienne, Munster, Louveciennes, Créteil, Bobigny, Moissac, Mérignac, Concarneau, Nantes, Lille, Caen, Troyes, Gap).

A l’étranger elle se produit comme soliste et chambriste (Piano/Violon, deux Pianos et Piano 4 mains, Piano/Violoncelle, Chant/Piano), réalise des enregistrements et participe à des Emissions radiophoniques dans plusieurs pays d’Europe ( France, Italie, Suisse, Belgique, Hollande, Angleterre, Allemagne,) et d’Europe de l’Est, (Roumanie, Croatie, Tchéquie, Slovaquie, Pologne, Biélorussie, Macédoine), aux Etats-Unis, au Canada, au Moyen Orient ,en Scandinavie, en Afrique du Nord, en Arabie Saoudite dans les Emirats arabes et en Amérique Centrale(San Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua).. Depuis quelques années elle est invitée régulièrement en Asie principalement en Chine et au Japon où elle effectue plusieurs tournées de concerts et donne des Master-class.

Elle participe à la création d’œuvres nouvelles dans diverses formations aux Etats-Unis, au Canada, en France, en Allemagne et autres pays d’Europe pour différents organismes de Musique contemporaine, festivals et radios locales. Elle interprète entre autre le » Mantra » de Karlheinz Stockhausen sous la direction du compositeur à Cologne et Bremen, Elle donne plusieurs concerts dans le cadre de la Société Française de Musique Contemporaine et interprète l’œuvre pour deux pianos d’Antoine Tisné « Bocéphal ». Elle joue une grande partie des œuvres pour piano de Giacinto Scelsi dans le cadre des concerts de l’ensemble L’Itinéraire qu’elle enregistre par la suite pour Musidisc Accord.
Ses disques sont édités par le « Sonographe » au Canada, « Musidisc Accord », « CDPAC » et l’association MEH en France.

MELISANDE CHAUVEAU
Après avoir obtenu son premier prix de piano au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris dans la classe de Pierre SANCAN, Melisande Chauveau travaille en privé avec Nikita MAGALOFF, puis, boursière Fulbright au USA, elle suit à la Juilliard School de New York l’enseignement de Nadia REISENBERG. De retour à Paris, elle est lauréate de la Fondation de France.En France, elle participe à de nombreux festivals tels que l’été musical d’Antibes, le festival de Menton, le festival international des soirées de Normandie, le festival de Sceaux, le festival de Vienne, le festival de Radio France et de Montpellier. Elle participe également à la croisière de Musique à bord du « Renaissance. Elle joue en soliste avec l’orchestre National de Monte-Carlo, l’orchestre National de Radio-France, l’orchestre de Budapest. Elle participe aux émissions musicales de la télévision française (TF1-FR2-FR3), enregistre pour France-Musique et France-Culture, et participe fréquemment aux émissions Locales et privées. Ses tournées à l’étranger la conduisent dans une soixantaine de pays sur les cinq continents, notamment en Angleterre, Allemagne, Suisse, Italie, Autriche, Espagne, Moyen-Orient, Extrême –Orient, Israël, Australie, Amérique du sud, Europe de l’Est.

Elle enregistre pour la Suisse ROMANDE, ORF Autriche, Deutschlandsender Kultur, Jerusalem- Radio. Elle est l’invitée du Festival International d’Istanbul, du Festival di Musica da Camera di Cervo, soliste à Londres de l’English Chamber Orchestra, en Israël au EN Geiv Spring Festival de l’Orchestre Symphonique, en Australie du Melbourne Symphony, du Queensland Symphony Orchestra, de l’AdélaÎde Orchestra, joue en récital à l’Opéra de Sydney, ainsi que dans la plupart des grandes villes du monde.Ses disques sont édités par Pathé-Marconi EMI, ARION, FORLANE, MUSIC-MASTER, M.E.H.

Dates Available:
Année 2012 et plus à discuter directement

Honorarium:
1500 euros par concert (Dégressif si plus de 3 concerts)
1) La proposition du "Duo" concerne 2 personnes. Donc seulement 2 personnes voyagent. 2) Au delà de 2 concerts organisés ou dans le cas d'une tournée nous prenons entièrement à « notre »charge les billets du voyage international. 3) Les frais d’hébergement (hôtel), les repas ainsi que les déplacements internes sont à votre charge. 4) Les conditions sont de 1500 euros par concert (pour une prestation) et pour le Duo (soit 750 chacune). 5) Nous pouvons donner des master class. (Ex : Nous avons fait des master class en Chine et au Japon lors de nos tournées). 6) Les spectacles proposés sont des concerts musicaux variés (consulter les brochures) et variables selon les souhaits des organisateurs et du public invité, par exemple: possibilité de jouer des œuvres de compositeurs locaux et présentations d'œuvres de compositeurs français, canadiens et américains ainsi que compositeurs francophones. Le concert se fait sur un seul piano et deux tabourets. 7) Veuillez nous communiquer les périodes envisageables en 2012 nous sommes actuellement dans l’élaboration de notre planning pour les saisons futures. 8) Je tiens à vous préciser que différentes copies de CD sont à votre disposition sur votre demande. 9) Vous pouvez également visiter mon site: www.suzannefournier.com

Technical Requirements:
1 seul Piano de concert / 2 chaises ou Sièges de piano réglables

Conditions d’engagement:
Cachet de 1500 € nets par concert (tarif dégressif à partir de plus de trois concerts)
Billets internationaux à la charge des artistes à partir de 3 concerts organisés
Hôtels, repas et déplacements intérieurs à la charge des organisateurs

Contact:
Suzanne Fournier
4 Place de l’Eglise/ 94200 Ivry sur Seine/ France
Telephone: 01 46 71 42 35/ 06 87 51 17 43
Email: Suzanne.fournier@libertysurf.fr
Websites: www.suzannefournier.com

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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Biography:
Emmanuel Natiez, auteur et interprète français, poursuit sa carrière au Québec depuis maintenant dix ans, après un riche parcours commencé en France comprenant de nombreuses performances, radios, mairies, cabarets et maisons de retraites, avec des haltes en Afrique du sud, quelques incursions au cinéma et des années consacrées à la télévision, tel queTF1, France 2 et France 3.
Suite à l’enregistrement de deux albums chez Universal, il devient artiste chanteur, danseur et figurant pour l’émission "La Chance aux Chansons" (de Pascal Sevran) pendant cinq années consécutives.

Proposed Topics:
"Emmanuel Natiez : Un Homme Chante Piaf"
Lorsqu'encore enfant, il entend pour la première fois "l’homme à la moto" de Piaf, Emmanuel tombe en amour avec la plus grande chanteuse française de tous les temps.
Cela explique que depuis déjà environ 15 ans, passionné et admirateur incontesté d’Édith Piaf, Emmanuel Natiez interprète le répertoire de la coqueluche de Paris.
Il présente un spectacle qui rend hommage à cette figure emblématique de la culture française. Nous y retrouvons ses plus grands succès: La foule, Milord, L'hymne à l’amour, Les blouses blanches, Non je ne regrette rien, et bien d’autres encore… Émule de la grande Édith, Emmanuel y chante ses émotions avec toute l’ardeur de ses tripes et offre un spectacle de qualité à la fois touchant et bouleversant.
Accompagné par ses musiciens, pianiste et contrebassiste, il vous propose une prestation tant remarquable qu’originale, une belle performance avec ce répertoire populaire du patrimoine français, un salut à cette artiste inoubliable qui continue de fasciner encore toutes les générations dans le monde entier.

Cette présentation est parfaite pour un organisme tel que le vôtre:

• conception adaptée à un public cible
• nécessite peu de moyen technique
• interaction avec le public et participation de celui-ci
• soutien à la culture française et rayonnement de celle-ci

Deux formules s’offrent à vous:

• voix, piano
• voix, piano, contrebasse

Durée du spectacle : 1 Heure ou 1H30

Public : tout public

Dates Available:
S’il vous plait veuillez nous contacter directement

Honorarium:
1 représentation 1000$ voix, piano;
1 représentation 1500$ voix, piano, contrebasse.
Possible réduction s’il y a plus d'une représentation. Une collaboration avec différentes alliances Françaises proches de la vôtre pourrait éventuellement être initiée afin de mettre en œuvre une mini-tournée les regroupant et ainsi diminuer les coûts inhérents. Dans la mesure du possible, nous pouvons nous adapter à votre budget, par exemple si nous pouvons dormir chez l’habitant.
N’hésitez pas à nous contacter pour en discuter.

Technical Requirements:
Veuillez nous contacter pour préciser

Contact:
Emmanuel Natiez
153 A rue Bélanger, Montréal (QC), Canada H2S 1E2
Telephone: 514-678-4410
Cellular: 514-991-8415
Email: emmanuelnatiez@videotron.ca

Websites: http://www.emmanuelnatiez.com

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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Biography:
Fondée en 1999 par Farid Abed et Marion Achard autour du projet « Nomades », la compagnie Tour de Cirque a de multiples visages.
Compagnie de nouveau cirque, elle diffuse ses spectacles en France et à l'étranger.
Compagnie éducative, elle met en place des ateliers pédagogiques autour des arts du cirque, travaille avec des publics en grande difficulté et des enfants.
Compagnie engagée et sensible au monde qui l'entoure, elle organise des tournées à l'étranger et des ateliers dans des camps de réfugiés.
Compagnie locale, elle intervient dans les centres et MJC, présente ses spectacles aux écoles de son territoire, organise un cabaret en milieu rural ainsi que le festival pour enfants « Shemlalou ».

Proposed Topics:
«Derrière la porte» nous présente la rencontre insolite de deux personnages sur un échafaudage. Métaphore de leurs égarements, leur structure leur offre un terrain propice aux jeux, des recoins où se cacher et mille espaces à explorer. Leurs corps s'y inventent un langage à l'image de leurs délires.
Nos personnages enchaînent les effets de surprise, jouent avec le temps et les espaces, sèment la confusion, et transportent les spectateurs dans un univers onirique, absurde et tendre.

Durée : 55 minutes
Public : Tout public
Techniques : Balles, chapeaux,
magie de scène, images magiques,
manipulations d'objet.

Nous souhaitions vous proposer d'intégrer le passage de la compagnie dans la programmation de votre Alliance Française lors de notre venue en 2012. Notre venue a pour avantage de proposer un spectacle professionnel, dans la veine du cirque moderne français, avec un coût de transport réduit (nous serons véhiculés ; le fret et les billets d'avions sont pris en charge par une fondation privée avec laquelle nous travaillons depuis plusieurs années).

Nous serons dans la région de New-York de mi-octobre à mi-novembre et nous tenons à votre disposition.

• Le spectacle
  
  Le spectacle "Derrière la Porte" est composé de 2 artistes. Il utilise un jeu d'acteur sans parole, le jonglage et les images magiques comme langage. Le thème de la rencontre ainsi que l'esprit poétique et humoristique en font un spectacle idéal pour les tournées à l'étranger et s'adresse aussi bien aux grands qu'aux petits.
  
  Vous trouverez en pièce jointe un dossier du spectacle ainsi qu'un devis. Nous avons tenté de baisser les tarifs au maximum. Si cela ne convenait pas, n'hésitez pas à nous parler de votre budget.


• Les tournées à l'étranger
  
  La compagnie Tour de Cirque a déjà joué de nombreuses fois à l'étranger dans le réseau des alliances françaises, avec les quatre artistes du spectacle « De bals en balles » (DGAF Inde, DGAF Colombie, DGAF EAU, Maroc, Tunisie).
  
  Le spectacle « Derrière La Porte » a également tourné à l'étranger. En 2009, les deux artistes (alors accompagnés de leurs enfants) sont partis pendant 5 mois dans les alliances et instituts en Afrique de l'Ouest. 33 dates à travers 8 pays (Maroc, Mauritanie, Sénégal, Gambie, Mali, Ghana, Togo, Bénin).


• Logistique de tournée
  
  Nous sommes véhiculés, ce qui facilite grandement notre venue et la logistique d'accueil. Nous demandons l'accueil et l'hébergement pour 2 adultes et 3 enfants de la veille au lendemain de notre venue. (Si certaines alliances ont des budgets trop restreints, nous pouvons dormir dans le camping-car à condition de lui trouver une place.)
  
  Les conditions techniques sont simples puisque nous sommes autonomes en déplacement, en son et en lumière.
  
  Le décor simplifié de ce spectacle (qui tourne sur une version échafaudée dans les théâtres en France), permet de s'installer dans des lieux aux conditions parfois sommaires. Toutefois, un théâtre, des pendrions noirs, un technicien connaissant la salle, une bonne régie lumière mettront mieux en valeur la création artistique ; mais ne sont pas des freins à la représentation.


• Les prolongements du spectacle
  
  Ateliers pédagogiques : Nous enseignons les arts du cirque depuis de nombreuses années. Nous possédons tous les deux le Biac (brevet d'initiateur aux arts du cirque), diplôme délivré par la fédération française des écoles de cirque. Depuis 2001, je possède également un Beatep (Brevet d'état d'animateur des techniques de l'éducation populaire), option «pratique artistique des jeunes». Nos ateliers autour du cirque (initiation et découverte, apprentissage, formation de formateurs) sont un complément possible à la venue du spectacle et permettent de développer la créativité ainsi que la technique circassienne.
  
  Le film : Caroline Philibert a réalisé un film de 50 minutes retraçant la tournée pendant cinq mois de ce spectacle en Afrique de l'Ouest. Nous pouvons vous le proposer également.

Dates Available:
Please contact directly

Honorarium:
Tarifs

Tarif en France pour une représentation: 1200 euros
Tarif alliances françaises des Etats-Unis:

• 1 représentation: 1 100 euros


• 2 représentations: 1 000 euros / représentation


• A partir de 3 représentations: 900 euros / représentation

• Accueil de la veille au lendemain pour 2 adultes et 3 enfants.


• Montage la veille (si possible)


• Défraiement : la compagnie Tour de Cirque prend en charge les frais de route d'un pays à un autre jusqu'à l'organisateur.

Les frais inhérents aux représentations dans les pays en cas de plusieurs dates sont à la charge des alliances. Ces tarifs restent modifiables, nous pouvons nous adapter à votre budget dans la mesure du possible. N'hésitez pas à nous contacter pour en discuter.

Technical Requirements:
Ask for technical info directly

Contact:
Marion Achard
Compagnie Tour de Cirque
impasse des Rouges Gorges - 26400 Crest
France
Tel: 09 53 06 89 12
Mobile : 06 74 16 64 88
Website: http://www.cirk.fr
E-mail : contact@cirk.fr

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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Biography:
Born in Paris, raised in Detroit, seasoned in New York City and calling Chicago home, Claudia leads an active career as a theatrical singer in clubs, recital halls, museums, libraries and theatres from New York City to California. Described as a "bit of Audrey Hepburn, with something of Ginger Rogers, Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier and... Air Jordan," Claudia "will make you want to dance along the Seine."

In association with members of the American Association of Teachers of French and the Music Educators National Conference, Claudia tours her Parisian cabaret programs as artist-in-residence to secondary schools and colleges across the continent. Her academic background in history and archives infuses her school residencies, workshops and master classes with revelations of social and cultural history and criticism.

A member of the Actors Equity Association, Claudia appeared as Young Nadya in Joshua Sobol's Adam, Guenevere in Camelot, Elvira in Blithe Spirit, Artie in Lee Blessing's Eleemosynary, and Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream. She is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. She often shares the stage with other members of the Chicago Cabaret Professionals, which she co-founded in 1998.

Proposed Topics:
Women of Paris: the great ladies of song
An homage to the 20th century women who brought Paris to the rest of the world with their songs, among them: Yvette Guilbert, Paulette Darty,Mistinguett, Josephine Baker, Bricktop, Lucienne Boyer, Juliette Grèco, Edith Piaf. Created with pianist/music director Bob Moreen. Performed in one-act or two. including Madame Arthur, Fascination, Mon homme, J'ai deux amours, Chanson des vieux amants, Parlez-moi d'amour, Padam padam. The ensemble can include piano, accordion and bass.

Paris in the Jazz Age
In this musical revue, Bob Moreen and Claudia Hommel celebrate the history of jazz in Paris from cakewalk to swing. ragtime, the Charleston, Josephine Baker, Ada "Bricktop" Smith, Mistinguett, Maurice Chevalier, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Claude Debussy, Kurt Weill, and the "crazy years" between the two World Wars.. Devised originally for piano and 2 voices, we love to have local jazzers sit in.

Romance Language: French songs for lovers
Claudia Hommel brings together an exquisite ensemble of her favorite players to flirt, caress, love, lose, remember, and celebrate. So light a candle, pop a champagne cork, and nestle close to your amour. Including Sous le ciel de Paris (Under Paris Skies), Moulin Rouge, Mon manège à moi, Mon amant de Saint Jean, Padam...padam, April in Paris, Cerisier Rose et Pommier Blanc (Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White) and Que reste-t-il de nos amours (I Wish You Love).

Picasso and Matisse Go to the Music Hall
An illustrated cabaret concert, our repertoire can relate to many art exhibits of 19th and 20th century France. This example was commissioned by the Frick Art Museum of Pittsburgh to accompany French paintings on tour from the Kelingrove Galleries, Glasgow, and each song accompanied a projected image from the exhibit.

Souvenirs of Paris, 1950
The most widely-performed of Claudia's cabaret theatre programs, Souvenirs of Paris, 1950 introduces Marcelle, a Parisian cabaret owner who recounts through song and spoken word the events of her life in France during and after World War II. The cabaret features songs made famous by Edith Piaf, Juliette Grèco and Yves Montand and songs celebrating the Paree of American composers Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Vernon Duke. For piano and 2 voices.

Any of these programs can be adapted to fit the needs of young students.

Dates Available:
Please contact directly

Honorarium:
(per performance): $200-$1500 depending on length and number of performers

Technical Requirements:
Ask to see the Technical Rider

Contact:
Claudia Hommel
Phone: 773-509-9360
E-mail: clobert@sbcglobal.net

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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Biography:
Ted Zalewski is an author, educator and Screen Actors Guild/AFTRA actor. He is also known internationally as the foremost historical interpreter of Theodore Roosevelt. He has performed Teddy Roosevelt: Mind, Body and Spirit in over 30 states and in Europe at such venues as the National Theater, the Smithsonian Institution, and the White House. A former college faculty member and secondary school teacher, Ted holds degrees from the University of Illinois, Loyola University, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Proposed Topics:
Presentation: Vincent: A Portrait by the Postman Roulin

Ted Zalewski portrays the Postman Joseph Roulin, Vincent van Gogh’s loyal friend from Arles, France. Van Gogh’s portrait of the Postman comes to life! In a café in the year 1890, Roulin captures, in an hour, the spirit of van Gogh the man and the essence of van Gogh the artist. “Sometimes strangers can have the most intimate conversations,“ the Postman says, as he begins the story of Vincent’s amazing personal and artistic journey from his native Holland to Provence. Based on extensive research into van Gogh’s life and letters, The Postman has been hailed by a recent Alliance Francaise audience as “intimate, passionate, compassionate, mesmerizing.“

Dates Available:
By arrangement

Honorarium:
$700-1,250 (plus travel and lodging)

Technical Requirements:
None, except a body microphone for large audiences

Contact:
Ted Zalewski
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 380168
Cambridge, MA 02238
Phone: 617-864-2030
E-mail: tedzale@cs.com

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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Biography:
French chanteuse based in Tucson, Arizona, Marianne Dissard tours worldwide with her unique blend of Chanson and Americana. She is noted for her charismatic stage presence and highly-crafted poetic French lyrics (Coup de Coeur Académie Charles Cros 2009, Top albums 2011 Le Parisien).

Lecture Topics:
Live chanson concert of contemporary original songs in French, with some 1930's to 1950's French standards if desired. Quatuor voice/percussions/guitar/bass, with accordeon and other instruments.

Dates Available:
By arrangement

Honorarium: 4 Musicians
$1500.00 : One-Off
$1250.00 : 2 concerts in the same region
$1000.00 : 3 to 5 concerts in the same region
$750.00 : 6 to 8 concerts in the same region
Sliding scale might vary depending on current schedule so please make an offer based on your needs and availabilities.

Technical Requirements:
Sound System PA with minimum 12 channels. Microphones and stands. Outdoors or indoors.

Contact:
Marianne Dissard
Mailing Address:
724 S. Herbert Av
Tucson AZ 85701
Phone: 520-206-9596
Website: http://www.mariannedissard.com/ and http://www.mariannedissard.com/bio/bio-fr
E-mail: mariannedissard@gmail.com

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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Biography:
André Nerman est comédien, metteur en scène et chanteur. Il a commencé sa carrière en interprétant de grands rôles du théâtre classique (Le Cid, Roméo, beaucoup de personnages de Molière et Racine..). Il a débuté aux côtés de comédiens de la Comédie Française (Jean Davy, Catherine Salviat, Muriel Mayette, Sylvia Bergé). Il a joué dans des Centres Dramatiques Nationaux (Nice, Bordeaux), mais également dans de nombreux théâtres privés parisiens. A la télévison, André joue très régulièrement dans des séries et des téléfilms (récemment dans « Miroir mon beau miroir » de Serge Meynard et « Section de recherche »). Parallèlement à sa carrière d’acteur, André est auteur-compositeur-interprète. Lauréat des Rencontres du Jeune Spectacle de 1991, il a également obtenu le prix Edith Piaf en 2002. Il se produit régulièrement à Paris.

Depuis 1995, André Nerman partage sa carrière entre la France et les Etats-Unis. Avec sa compagnie Caravague, il organise chaque année des tournées en Amérique du Nord. Retenons notamment ses mises en scène de Claudel (« Le Livre de Christophe Colomb » joué dans les deux versions : anglaises et françaises à Los Angeles et à Paris), Duras (« La musica deuxième »), le spectacle « Molière amoureux », « J’accuse » de Zola. C’est dans le cadre de cette tournée qu’en 2004 André crée et interprète le spectacle musical « Jacques Brel ou l’Impossible Rêve » qui connait depuis un immense succès en France et à travers le monde. Le spectacle a tenu l’affiche 25 mois à Paris, dont 5 au prestigieux Théâtre Daunou en 2010. Par ailleurs il a été joué aux Etas-Unis, en Russie, au Japon et au Maroc.

Proposed Topics:
Dans des mises en scène d’André Nerman:

« La voix humaine » de Jean Cocteau(précédé de « La peur des coups » de Courteline). Avec l’actrice Yannick Rocher. Le drame de la jalousie, de l’absence.
Une voix, une femme qui se noie, qui s’accroche, qui se perd…
Un grand moment du théâtre français contemporain.
La peur des coups : crise de jalousie au retour du bal… avec Yannick Rocher et André Nerman

« Rappelle-toi Prévert » Un spectacle joué, chanté et mimé avec un montage de textes et de chansons de Jacques Prévert. Avec Yannick Rocher et André Nerman. Un hommage au grand poéte, mais aussi au sénariste et au parolier qui nous laisse des films et de chansons inoubliables.

« Le poète voyageur ». Spectacle musical et poétique. Avec André Nerman et Laurent Clergeau au piano. Avec des textes de :Jean Malrieu, Arthur Rimbaud, Max Jacob, Jean Jacques Rousseau,Joachin Du Bellay, Luc Bérimont, St John Perse, Jean Tardieu, JeanRousselot, José Maria de Heredia, Blaise Cendrars et CharlesBaudelaire. Et des chansons de :Charles Aznavour, Allain Leprest, Georges Moustaki, Ridan, Jacques Brel, Claude Nougaro, M.Tézé et B.Goldstein, André Nerman.

« Jacques Brel ou l’Impossibe Rêve » Spectacle musical sur la vie et lœuvre de Jacques Brel. Avec André Nerman, Nelly Anne Rabas ou Manon Landowski et Laurent Clergeau au piano.Les chansons sont tantôt chantées, tantôt dites. Le spectacle raconte l’itinéraire de l’artiste, les passions, les souffrances, les joies et les rêves d’un homme de défi, allant toujours plus loin, de l’Olympia aux plateaux de cinéma, de Don Quichotte aux Îles Marquises, parcourant la mer sur son bateau et le ciel dans son avion… toujours en quête d’un impossible rêve.

Dates Available:
Contactez-moi

Honorarium:
$750 - $2,000

Technical Requirements:
En fonction des spectacles, fiches techniqes à disposition.

Contact:
André Nerman/ Stéphanie Laurent
Mailing Address:
60 boulevard Rochechouart 75018 PARIS
Telephone: +33 1 42 23 66 33 / +33 6 11 77 40 87
Website: http://andrenerman.com
E-mail: andrenerman@wanadoo.fr

NB: Each Alliance will contact the proposed speaker/performer directly and will assume full financial responsibility for all the necessary arrangements: including dates, travel, lodging, honorarium, per diem. All arrangements and financial agreements are the sole responsibility of the hosting Alliance Française. The Federation cannot assume any financial or legal responsibility for locally arranged programs.

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