Co-presented with The Invisible Dog Art Center and Les Subsistances

American artists will use a few minutes of various French film  by the likes of Godard, Tati, Demy and Melville as the basis of their performances, exploring the tension between images and bodies on stage and questioning the affinities between the imaginative world of movies, and the imagination of a performer.
When live performances in theater and dance involve simultaneous recorded action (that is, projected film), the tension and competition for the audience's attention become apparent and significant. As tonight's performers celebrate French film by integrating some of its most famous scenes into their work, they'll attempt innovative solutions to the problem of pairing live action with film.

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