Twenty years ago Flamenco by Carlos Saura, an indispensable film in the filmography of the flamenco song form known as the cante jondo, premiered. In his film, the filmmaker chose Belén Maya as one of the representatives of the new aesthetics of flamenco. Her image even inspired the promotional poster of the film. Belén Maya’s freshness, originality...

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In Belén Maya’s new proposal, as in the verses of Juan Ramón Jiménez, “the wings of the artist become rooted and her roots fly…” Romnia, women, in Romany, is a celebration of Gypsyness, without feeling victimized, but with a sometimes compassionate, sometimes joyful look at the plight of women, whose courage to survive has led them to...

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Intégrale des Vies minuscules de Pierre Michon, par la compagnie du Théâtre de l’Argile Une performance théâtrale hors du commun, de plus de six heures, pour donner à entendre l’intégralité du texte des Vies minuscules de Pierre Michon.  Ce recueil de huit chroniques de « vies » aux échos autobiographiques, paru en 1984,...

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[In Spanish] Irene Escolar, considerada como una de las actrices jóvenes con más talento y personalidad de España, homenajea la figura de Federico García Lorca con un espectáculo íntimo a partir de textos del poeta. Una lectura dramatizada en torno al amor y la figura femenina que recopila fragmentos de, entre otras obras, Bodas de sangre, El...

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– FULL BOOKED – Crime Writing Masterclass Will host Donna Leon The Crime Writing Masterclass, created by the Jan Michalski Foundation together with Le Temps, proposes four sessions a year introducing the best international thriller and crime writers. How do they investigate? How do they write? What are their sources? In the course of an afternoon,...

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