Rimbaud straight to the jaw

Arthur Rimbaud wrote some of France's most famous poems before he was 19...

Kids read them in school. They relate to his fury, fear - and stupefying imagination. Two artists put the famous texts to fervent jazz and world music.

•French culture now •Rediscovering heritage Performance at the Montparnasse Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Whew!"

 

 

• The artists
  

 

 

Son of a ballerina and of a world-known pianist, the show's creator turned down an offer to join the national repertory theater to create his own productions.  •Jewish heritage   Soloist for the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the violinist accompanied Ray Charles...

 

 

"En français..." but one need not seize the words to grasp the deepest meaning, for the real language is imagination

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