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PEF can develop programs on most of the themes that are traditionally connected with France and some that are new. But many tour or event-organizers do the same. |
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In-depth knowledge, experience and a vast network created over time makes us different. This program provides an example of the variety that such contacts permit. Please suggest other program ideas!
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- Two great reasons for France's fame are its Court culture and demands for justice
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- "Nobles, kings and rebels..." shows the evolution of those opposed forces, which over centuries
express the same inspiration in new ways
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•Nobles and court (day-time events)
•Kingship: the royal tombs at Saint-Denis
•Royal splendor: Versailles and, for its lasting influence, the Senate
• Decoding aristocrats' art: Louvre
• Ideology: Renaissance Museum
• Taste: Silks of kings; "Watteau's château"
• Luxury: workshops use techniques that began with the Court for haute couture
• "France's secret queen", one-woman show performed in a Versailles salon (shown above). |
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• Rebels (after dark)
We show how the so-called rabble left - and leaves - its mark through music and dance, as by
• A talk or performance on the cancan's defiant start, by a former Moulin Rouge soloist.
• Proletarian Chansons françaises in a bistro near working-class Bastille.
• The exuberant vitality of singers of immigrant origin in a convivial café.
• An African queen's wedding dance in a bar where immigrants meet (pictured above).
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The gala evening takes place in an appropriate setting. |
• Cost: The budget for this or other specialized tours is worked out between us. For a general picture,
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Credits: paintings / Mignard (court painter) "Louis XIV and his family in 1661", Museum of the Château of Versailles ; Delacroix, "Liberty leading the people", Louvre; photos / Claude Abron