Schedule announced for final La Fete
It's not au revoir but a bientot for the French-Thai cultural festival.
For the 11th year, La Fete will roll out a whole month dedicated to art-centered events. But as every party has an end, this La Fete 2015, which will be held from Jun 3 to 20, will be the final one.
“Don’t think of this as a goodbye but a feast for the new beginning, because from next year, we’re going to have not just one month but a whole year full of art events,” said Thierry Viteau, Ambassador of France to Thailand.
For its farewell edition, La Fete 2015 will feature more Franco-Thai collaborations than previous years. Here’s the list of featured shows.
To celebrate the 500th anniversary of King Francis I’s coronation, Doulce Memoire will take us back to those joyful Renaissance days with their music. Expect acrobatics, singing, dancing and flamboyant dresses--this is how the French court throws a party.
Jun 3, 7pm. Doors closing at 6:30pm. Main Auditorium of Chulalongkorn University. BTS Siam exit 2. MRT Samyan exit 2. www.thaiticketmajor.com
Through an exchange program between Silpakorn University and Paris’ National School of Fine Arts (ENSBA), Kanjana Chonsiri and Alexandre Poisson, two selected students from each institution, have collaborated to create contemporary artworks that reflect their three-month residencies in each country, their experiences of living overseas and their perspectives on others’ ways of living through the visual means of communication.
Jun 5-21. Bridge Cafe and Art Space, Charoenkrung Rd. BTS Saphan Thaksin exit 4. Free admission
Lek Kiatsirikajorn conveys his experience of living in Paris in a dorm surrounded by artisitic types from all over the world for three months through an abstract photography installation. The opening is on Jun 12, 7pm with an artist talk on Jun 27, at 3pm.
Runs through Jul 4. Bangkok University Gallery (4F). BTS Ekamai exit 2. B250, B150 for under 25 years of age at www.thaiticketmajor.com
Compagnie 14:20 presents a new kind of magic show under the theme “A journey where time retires within itself.” The show will combine magic, dance, juggling, music and video effects, in order that we understand magic show can deal with time.
Sodsai Pantoomkomal Centre of Dramatic Arts, 6/F, Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Building, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University. B250, B150 for under 25 years of age at www.thaiticketmajor.com
Famous for choosing uncanny places to set his shows, the daring choreographer Jitti Chompee this time takes the extra step of transforming the entire Rose Hotel into his installation. The dance show is based on his interpretation of Georges Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers (Les Pecheurs de Perles). Featuring his own self-produced minimalist piano music.
Jun 15 and 16, 8pm. Rose Hotel Bangkok. BTS Sala Daeng or MRT Samyan. B250, B150 for under 25 years of age at www.thaiticketmajor.com
In an attempt to reclaim deepest doubts of those living urbanly, mixed-media artist Rush Pleansuk and photographer Phillipe Moisan are collaborating to produce a visual narrative filled with “joyful melancholy” under the name “In Angels’ Jungle”.
Jun 18-Jul 19. Alliance Francaise Bangkok. MRT Lumpini exit 3
French choreographer Pierre Rigal presents a production that sees eight hiphop dancers question the meaning of nationalism, liberty, equality and fraternity symbolized by the French flag.
Jun 19, 8pm. Sodsai Pantoomkomal Centre of Dramatic Arts, 6/F, Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Building, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University. B250, B150 for under 25 years of age at www.thaiticketmajor.com
Dancers from all around the country and overseas compete to win the first prize of B18,000. More people are expected to join this year due to a bigger venue. The semi-finals will be around 8pm with the dance party “Go Grrrls’ Riot Grrrl House” by DJ Dookie and DJ Maehappyair, from 8:30pm till late.
Jun 20 from 2pm onward. Live House Studio Bangkok, JJ Green Market. BTS Mo Chit exit 1 or MRT Kamphaeng Phet exit 1. More on www.lafete-bangkok.com
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