Field Trip Brochure

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Alliance
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www.alliance-francaise.ca

Useful information
Alliance Française de Toronto /
Spadina Theatre
24, Spadina Road
Toronto, ON M5R 2S7
Tel: (416) 922 2014
Fax: (416) 922 9164
cultural@alliance-francaise.ca
Shows will take place at Spadina Theatre
Maximum capacity: 147 seats
Educational files about all our shows Young Audience
are available upon request.
PRICES
Shows
$ 15 per child
Free for accompanying persons
Cinema screenings
$ 8 per child
Free for accompanying persons
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Contents
C ONCERTS
T HEATRE
Y OUNG AUDIENCE
ALL SHOWS
Transatlantic Ravel .................................................. 4
La Chute by Albert Camus ..................................... 5
Breathe through the nose ....................................... 6
Invitation au voyage ............................................... 7
Oktopus ..................................................................... 8
Storytime .................................................................... 9
Off the beaten path ............................................... 10
Tommelise ................................................................. 11
Beethoven: 250 - Ode to Joy! ................................ 12
Ficelle ........................................................................ 13
Le Montréaler: Tribute to the New Yorker ............. 14
SHOWS PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEATRE
FRANCAIS DE TORONTO ...................................... 15
CINEMA AT ALLIANCE FRANCAISE .............. 16-17

Friday,
October 4,
2019,
1PM
CONCERT
Transatlantic
ravel
THE REVISITED WORLD OF RAVEL
© Léa Sardou
Hélène Tysman, pianist
For all
From 12
years old
75 min.
Ravel liked to build bridges between genres,
instruments and disciplines: from literature to
music, and from jazz to classical via flamenco
and pop songs. This ability to subtly and perfectly
blend one style with another, and more
particularly jazz with classical is what attracted
Hélène Tysman and led her to organize a collaboration
with Les Percussions de Lyon to perform this
repertoire.
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Monday
November 11
2019,
9:30AM & 1PM
La Chute
Albert Camus
THEATRE, DANCE, MUSIC ... A
RHYTHMIC ADAPTATION
© Roger Fusciardi
THEATRE
Caravaggio Company
André Nerman & Nicola Ayoub, comedians and
dancer
Jean-Baptiste Clamance, a well-known Paris lawyer,
comes across a woman leaning over the edge of the
bridge above the river. When he has almost crossed the
bridge, he hears behind him the sound of a body hitting
the water and screams. We find him some years later
in a bar in Amsterdam speaking to a silent listener. His
guilt became an obsession leading gradually to his own
professional, social and inner downfall.
From 14
years old
75 min.
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Monday
December 2
2019,
10AM & 1PM
SHOW
DANCE
Breathe through
your nose
© Compagnie DansEncorps
A DANCED STORY ABOUT FRIENDSHIP...
DansEncorps Company
Chantal Baudouin, Charles Brecard, Roxanne
Dupuis, dancers.
5-10 years
old
50 min.
R espire par le nez is a danced story inspired by
Judith Hamel’s book. Two mice, Astri and Tari, are
in search of wisdom. Their quest leads them on
an adventure. Goodbye stress! As their friendship
develops, they experience many interesting things
together. With this creative work, the DansEncorps
company emphasizes the importance of
friendship and of living in the present moment.
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Friday,
December 6,
2019,
10AM & 1PM
© Juliette Herlin & Kevin Ahfat
Invitation au voyage
A CONCERT FULL OF
FRESHNESS AND LIVELINESS
CONCERT
Juliette Herlin, cellist
Kevin Ahfat, pianist
On the topic of the relationship between music
and text, this concert invites students to reflect
on this major theme. The two musicians will offer
a musical transcription of L’invitation au voyage from
the French composer Henri Duparc. There will also
be an activity about the art of communication in
chamber music. Besides, students get to discover
Debussy and Poulenc, two majors French composers.
For all
From
10 years
60 min.
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Friday,
January 24,
2020,
10AM & 1PM
CONCERT
For all
From
8 years
60 min.
Oktopus
A MIX OF GENRES AND
INSPIRATIONS FOR A SPECTACULAR
CONCERT
© Eric Berteau
Gabriel Paquin-Buki (clarinet, composition, arrangements),
Vanessa Marcoux (violin and composition), Marilène
Provencher-Leduc (flute), Mathieu Bourget (bass
trombonne) rianne Bellavance (trumpet), Mathieu Bourret
(piano, accordion and guitar), Maxime Philippe (drums)
The Oktopus group is an instrumental octet that plays
music from Eastern Europe that has been transfigured by
their unbridled arrangements. With bows and keyboards,
valves and embouchures, the eight musicians will
quicken your pulse, ring some bells and get you into
party mode. Oktopus travels around the world creating
memorable evenings and celebratory events for
enthusiastic audiences.
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Monday,
January 27,
2020,
10AM & 1PM
Storytime
© Marianne Dubuc
BETWEEN ILLUSTRATIONS AND STORIES,
MARIANNE DUBUC SHARES WITH US
HER ENCHANTED WORLD
MEET AN
ILLUSTRATOR
Marianne Dubuc, children’s writer and illustrator of
L’autobus, Le lion et l’oiseau and La tournée de Facteur
Souris, to mention just a few of her many titles, invites you
to discover her world. Reading, stories and drawing to
entertain kids and adults alike!
5-10 years
old
Possibility of meeting with
Marianne Dubuc directly in
your schools.
60 min.
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Monday
March 2 2020,
10AM
© Jean-Michel Seminaro
PUPPET
SHOW
From
5 years
50 min.
Off the beaten path
PUPPETS, SHADOW THEATRE AND POP-UP
BOOKS FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE
Ombres Folles Company
Maxime Després & Maude Gareau, creation and
interpretation
I mmerse yourself in the nutty universe of this young
audience production! A true ode to the creative power of
storytelling, the show recounts the incredible journey of Ivan
Tsarevitch, who went in search of the Firebird. Let yourself
be charmed by the endearing characters, including the
gruff Grey Wolf with his surprising powers of metamorphosis.
Fifty minutes of adventure, lively music and … magic!
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Monday
April 6 2020,
10AM
Tommelise
A LARGER THAN LIFE PUPPET SHOW
L’Illusion Théâtre de Marionnettes Company
Script and director: Sabrina Baran
Cast: Sabrina Baran, Lila Mae G. Talbot & Maryse
Poulin
Tommelise was born in the middle of a mysterious flower.
Having barely managed to master her world, she
is suddenly propelled into another world of gigantic
proportions. As she grows up, the delicate heroine
will travel a peripatetic path that is larger than
life. She will finally find within herself the courage
and strength to use her own wings and fly.
PUPPET
SHOW
From 4
years old
35 min.
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Friday, April 17,
2020,
1PM
CONCERT
Beethoven:
250 - Ode to Joy!
250 YEARS OF BEETHOVEN
© Olivier de Spiegeleir
Olivier de Spiegeleir, pianist
For all
From
10 years
60 min.
Very few pianists talk to the public about the plays they
play. Olivier has long excelled in communicating and
sharing emotions. So, he brilliantly comments on the
pieces he «Revives». No scholarly speeches or lessons
learned, just a few simple words from the heart, with
poetry and emotion, for tell the story of the artist and
his works. His «Commented recitals» meet with success
unanimous and global! The artist is also taught
and use different media to reach the audience.
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Friday, May
22, 2020,
10AM
13
Ficelle
© Compagnie du Mouton Carré
AN ODYSSEY WOVEN FROM MANY THREADS…
Mouton Carré Company
Artistic director, stage design and puppet creation:
Bénédicte Gougeon
A hide-and-seek orchestrated by a puppeteer and a
musician where the game is discovery...
Of space, where anything is possible,
Of time, which passes and transforms everything,
Of existential fears, those that make us move forward,
Of the Other, the one who opens the field of possibilities...
Therefore...
String by string, the world of Ficelle unravels, fragile,
fertile, hostile...
String by string, it unravels the little nothings that
constitute the essence of life.
A path where music and puppets weave together
moments frozen in time.
PUPPETS
SHOW
From 3
years old
35 min.

Fall 2019
(date to be
confirmed)
MEET
ILLUSTRATORS
From 7
years old
© Josée Bizaillon (Dragon Flowers)
Le Montréaler:
Tribute to the New Yorker
FROM MONTREAL TO NEW YORK,
THERE IS ONLY ONE DRAWING
S everal illustrators offer us a presentation of the
exhibition «The Montrealer», the The New Yorker
newspaper Montreal version imagined for the
occasion.
A real exchange will be created with the children; a
few questions to find out what they understand about
the works, and also a workshop so that the children
can draw their own cover.
45 min.
Ability to perform the presentation
directly in your schools.
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Shows presented in partnership
with
Little Witch
After going through a difficult time in her life,
Little Witch and her cat find themselves forced to
live with the Ogre. But life with a monster isn’t easy!
October 22
to 24,
10AM & 1PM
From 6
years old
© Projet MÛ
SECRET WORDS
What are the words we whisper in our bedroom when
no one can hear us?
There are the words of childhood, words of love and
friendship, words that make us dream of travelling,
words of joy – but also words that hurt us and bring us
to tears, that demand justice and freedom for everyone,
and then of course the words of poems that we read to
keep hearts beating in time with the rhythm of the world.
45 min.
April 21 to 24
10AM & 1PM
From 8
years old
15
© Triangle Vital
Reservations: theaterfrancais.com
416.534.7303 extension 25
50 min.

Cinema at the Alliance
Come with your class to
discover French great movies!
Four weeks of
«Cinema-discovery» with
movies adapted to young
audiences (from 4 to 18 years old).
An introduction to the film and a discussion after
the projection will be proposed by a member of our cultural team.
autumn of cinema
cinema spring
from November 25 to
December 6, 2019
from March 23 to
April 3, 2019
Sessions at 10AM & 1PM
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Here is a non-exhaustive list of films:
Ernest et Célestine
Le Petit Prince
Tout en haut du monde
Un Monstre à Paris
Astérix: Le domaine des Dieux
Nos jours heureux
La Famille Bélier
Demain tout commence
Intouchables
...
More information: alliance-francaise.ca
Contact: fieldtrip@alliance-francaise.ca
416 922 2014 # 37
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