Ballet Gala in Aid of the Children’s Art Programme in Kibera, Jul. 20 2019 @ Alliance Française

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Date: July 20, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 6 pm
Entry: Adults KES 1,500/- and Children KES 500/-

Professional ballet dancers from Europe and Canada return to Nairobi in support of the new Arts Centre being built in Kibera for the community based organization, Anno’s One Fine Day. This centre is the initiative of the two European charities, Anno’s Africa and One Fine Day, and provides arts workshops to hundreds of children from disadvantaged communities.

The dancers, led by Nick Jones and Julia Bergua from Les Grands Ballets Canadiens of Montreal, include Alexander Jones (The Zurich Ballet), Ji-Min Hong (Royal Danish ballet), Oliver Jones (Staatsballet Oldenburg) and James Lyttle and Diana Leon from the Montreal company. They will perform pieces from some of the world’s favourite ballets. There will also be music and dance performances by the Kibera Arts Centre children.

Opera on Screen, Jul. 17 2019 @ Alliance Française Gardens

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Date: July 17, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 7 pm
Entry: Free

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We will be showing George Bizet’s famous opera ‘Carmen’ in partnership with the Festival Aix-en-Provence, a leading opera Festival that has been running annually since 1948. Join us for an immersive experience to the captivating music from ‘Carmen’, in a relaxed and informal setting.

A once in a lifetime experience to catch international ballet dancers on the Alliance Française garden stage from leading Ballet companies including Zurich Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Candiens, Royal Danish Ballet and the Staatsballet Oldenburg Germany.

The Russian director, Dmitri Tcherniakov gives a dark modern twist to George Bizet’s famous opera ‘Carmen’. An experimental new form of private therapy for couples offers lavish role-playing sessions to refresh failing marriages. The sulking husband will be Don José; his irritating wife seizes the role of Micaëla.

Dmitri Tcherniakov was named ‘Director of the Year’ for this unconventional production by a jury composed of independent music critics for the German magazine ‘Opernwelt’. The Orchestre de Paris, under the baton of Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado, gives a crisp yet fiery reading of Bizet’s dazzling melodies.