Performing Arts

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Two productions supported by FACE Contemporary Theater are part of the 77th edition of the Avignon Festival, under the new direction of Tiago Rodrigues. As part of Tiago's vision, each year, a language will be celebrated and in 2023, the English language and creatives will be featured.

Two productions supported by FACE at the Avignon Festival

Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation are pleased to announce the grantees for the 2023 application cycle of the FACE Contemporary Theater program.

2023 FACE Contemporary Theater Grantees Announced

The Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation are pleased to announce the grantees for the 2023 application cycle of the FUSED (French US Exchange in Dance) program, all part of the Albertine Dance Season.

2023 FUSED Grantees Announced

Literature

Cinema

Books & Ideas

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Journalist and author Vanessa Schneider will be in New York to promote her book My Cousin Maria Schneider (Scribner, 2023, translated by Molly Ringwald)

French Author on Tour: Vanessa Schneider

Art & Design

Film & TV

Museums & Heritage

Music

New Media

New York

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Summer returns with its numerous performing art festivals in France. From long-running and world-renowned festivals such as the Festival d'Avignon to younger and bold programmings like the Festival Latitudes contemporaines in Lille, from spoken theater to hybrid and multidisciplinary performances with the Festival de Marseille to street theater in Street arts Festivals in Alès, Chalon-sur-Saône, and Aurillac, to dance at Montpellier Danse, a great diversity of artists comes to France and performs throughout the summer and the fall.

Performing Arts Festivals in France Summer 2023

Atlanta

Boston

Chicago

Houston

Los Angeles

Miami

New Orleans

San Francisco

Washington, DC

Architecture

Visual Arts

Craft & Design

Museums

Social Sciences and Humanities

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The international creatives will embed across 26 US cities for custom-designed research residencies focused on today’s great global issues.

Announcing the 2024 Villa Albertine Residencies

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¡Viva Villa! is opening a call for projects for the programming of the next edition.

Call for Projects ¡Viva Villa! 

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Villa Albertine, with the support of FACE Foundation, is launching a new acceleration program in October 2023 aimed at bringing four young American museum professionals to Paris and regions across France to participate in a ten-day immersive experience where they will engage with the French museum ecosystem. The call for applications will be open from May 18, 2023 until June 23, 2023.

Call for applications: Museums Next Generation 2023

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Villa Albertine is proud to present Immersive Spaces, a new project dedicated to the promotion of French immersive content in virtual and augmented reality and other forms of emerging media. 

Immersive Spaces aims to connect venues in the United States with France-based creators and cultural institutions to foster collaboration and link the two countries' immersive art ecosystems. 

Immersive Spaces is produced by Villa Albertine in collaboration with Garage Stories, in partnership with the Institut Français and with the support of the French Embassy in the United States and FACE Foundation.



Immersive Spaces: Connecting French Immersive Content to US Sites

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Museums Next Generation: five years to identify and support 50 future leaders of museum institutions in France and the US

Museums Next Generation: Villa Albertine launches international incubator for future museum directors

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Morocco-based artist and cultural activist Laila Hida has been selected as the first winner of the new Recanati-Kaplan Prize. Created by the Recanati-Kaplan Foundation and Villa Albertine in partnership with the Institut du monde arabe, the prize is awarded to a cultural figure from the Arab world.

Laila Hida Wins First Recanati-Kaplan Prize

Albertine Dance Season: A year-long celebration of the art of dance from inception to performance

Albertine Dance Season 2023

The Book Department of Villa Albertine works with FACE Foundation, the Institut français and the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs to promote French and Francophone literature and to encourage English translations of French books in all categories (fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, comics and poetry). To that effect, it oversees programs concerning translations from French into English of works that have not yet been published in the United States.

Albertine Translation Fund and Prizes

From April 17th to April 21st 2023, Sounds of New York will welcome 7 French podcasters to take part in a one-week learning expedition to New York to meet key industry players. This program from Villa Albertine and  Face Fondation, supported by Spotify, Radio France, RFI (France Médias Monde), SACD, l'institut français, INA, and Paradiso Media –– aims to support the development of French podcasts with high international potential.

Sounds of New York

Comics

Villa Albertine collaborates with universities, publishing houses, libraries, bookstores, and other venues across the United States to organize events with guests authors at the time of publication of their book into English translation.

French Authors on Tour

Dance, theater, new circus, puppets, and street arts have their own identity and heritage in the United States and, in this context, Villa Albertine has designed a map identifying the main organisations related to the performing arts in the U.S.  with International programmings,  to guide French professionals with their projects abroad. The map is non-exhaustive and subject to change. 



Map of the US Performing Arts Industry

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ALBERTINE CINÉMATHÈQUE is an educational and grant program of Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation, with the support of the CNC and Fonds Culturel Franco-Américain. Designed to expand access to French cinema and support film programming at American colleges and universities, Albertine Cinémathèque’s annual film selection engages with the greatest issues of our time, while nurturing an enduring love for this diverse and evolving art form.

Albertine Cinémathèque

In 2021, Villa Albertine, with the support of the National Center for Cinema and Animated Image (CNC), launched Digital Playgrounds, a new program supporting the creation of French video games and immersive experiences.   

Digital Playgrounds 

Are you curious about which French books will be translated into English this year? If so, you’ve come to the right place! In 2023, over 418 titles translated from French to English are set to be printed in the United States. The Book and Ideas Department of Villa Albertine publishes a list twice a year of current and upcoming translations based on data provided by American and French publishers and agents.  

2023 Translation List: Sneak Peek  

In partnership with the Center for Curatorial Leadership, Villa Albertine's 2023 Museum Series brings together 24 French and American women museum directors, sparking new transatlantic debate on the future of museums and promoting a new generation of leaders anchored in this transatlantic debate.

Villa Albertine Museum Series: 24 Women Rethink the Future of Museums

In light of a special programming dedicated to a multifaceted exploration of dance, Villa Albertine Dance 2023 season, in New York, the New Media team interviewed leading choreographers, producers, dancers, and designers who anchor their artistic practices into the virtual world. Marie Albert, Charles Ayats, Margherita Bergamo Meneghini, Clémence Debaig, Gilles Jobin, Blanca Li, Jean-Marc Matos, Paul Marlier, Jeanne Morel, Aoi Nakamura, Esteban Lecoq, and Brandon Powers shared their thoughts on the future of dance. 

Dancing in the Metaverse

The second largest metropolitan area and third largest city in France, Lyon is now famous for its modern neighborhoods (La Croix Rousse, Confluences) that once hosted factories.  Now a hub for the development of new media in France, the city has a lot to offer to those who love, learn and create in the digital and artistic fields. 

For Professionals

Announcing the 2024 Villa Albertine Residencies

Call for applications: Museums Next Generation 2023

News

Performing Arts Festivals in France Summer 2023

Announcing the 2024 Villa Albertine Residencies

Call for Projects ¡Viva Villa!

Grants & Programs

Two productions supported by FACE at the Avignon Festival

2023 FACE Contemporary Theater Grantees Announced

2023 FUSED Grantees Announced

French Author on Tour: Vanessa Schneider

Resources

2023 Translation List: Sneak Peek

Villa Albertine Museum Series: 24 Women Rethink the Future of Museums

Dancing in the Metaverse

Digital Cities #Lyon