12.09.23 – 22.12.23
In May 2023, we opened the Factory of our times, embarking on a project akin to a ... Read more
12.09.23 – 22.12.23
In May 2023, we opened the Factory of our times, embarking on a project akin to a manifesto, with imperfections and new possibilities. This new chapter for La Gaîté Lyrique, focused on creation and social engagement, is being written every day with Arty Farty, SINGA, ARTE, Makesense and Actes Sud. In September, we will spring into action with our full slate of programming – a mix of headline events and memorable everyday moments.
We are extending a warm welcome to a wide array of initiatives that we view as vital to chronicling and understanding our times. We are questioning western schools of thought by inviting the insightful perspectives of many African figures, as well as Iranian women fighting for their freedom, indigenous leaders from across the world, and guardians of endangered forests. In an imaginative exhibition and concert, Chassol is putting new music to Gaumont films that have marked the history of cinema, from widely loved classics to auteur offerings. A broad platform is being given to gender minorities, in particular feminist movements, through dance, debate and a new bookshop. We are lending an ear to the hushed voices that accompany our lives by handing over the mic to the Paris Podcast Festival and ARTE Radio. We are exploring the connections between research and youthful creativity in a ten-year anniversary celebration of the SACRe program, established by France’s six leading art institutions and schools, and by presenting the talents hosted in prestigious residencies inside and outside France, through the Viva Villa festival. We’re starting up a wide array of programming for the little ones and many initiatives for the most precarious among us. Finally, we’re letting loose and diving into the sonic worlds of musicians from across the globe.
Alongside all these events combining fun and social engagement, La Gaîté Lyrique is a place for everyday life, where everyone is welcome to work, grab a drink, buy a book, attend a talk, and soak up inspiration. A place to develop our ability to create and act together. Lights, camera, action!
Lieu de fête et d’engagement
At first glance, fun and social engagement may not seem like a natural pairing. But it’s a promising path forward at La Gaîté Lyrique, which seeks to break down barriers between practices and audiences. The artists, thinkers and activists central to the programming at Factory of our times all have one thing in common: they speak their mind. They make their voices – and those of minorities and causes too often overlooked – heard in different ways, through words, music, dance, and the visual arts.
➔ Chassol
15.09–22.12
Christophe Chassol – musician, composer and arranger – reinterprets the Gaumont film catalogue through contemporary eyes in an exhibition, concert and screening series at the crossroads of music and cinema. Les Marguerites Gaumont is a piece comprising clips from 15 films, which Chassol has reworked, set to music, arranged and edited to make what he calls “ultrascores.”
➔ Viva Villa
20.10
Every year, ¡Viva Villa! surveys the contemporary creative landscape, presenting the work of artists who have taken part in four artistic residencies at French institutions outside France: Casa de Velázquez (Madrid), Villa Albertine (United States), Villa Kujoyama (Kyoto) and Villa Médicis (Rome). The artists’ research comes into focus through interdisciplinary dialogue, talks with the residents, and screenings, as well as special performances and concerts.
➔ Guardians of the forest
02.12
ARTE’s momentous documentary series takes us to the Amazon, Africa, Oceania, Asia and North America to explore and understand the issues facing five of the globe’s major primary forests, through the eyes of five representatives of indigenous peoples. Preview showings of the documentary will be given at a very special event with the five guardians, a week before the broadcast on ARTE.
➔ SACRe Festival
17–19.11
A pioneering French research-creation program at PSL University, SACRe brings together a community of young artists and researchers attuned to our changing world and engaged in practice-based research. This year, SACRE is celebrating its tenth anniversary in the company of 120 artists, with a multidisciplinary exhibition, events and screenings.
➔ Paris Podcast Festival
13 & 14.10
For the past six years, the Paris Podcast Festival has been circled on the calendar by everyone who loves making and listening to podcasts. It’s a great opportunity for creators, producers and the audience to put their minds together towards the future of podcasting. This year’s theme, “Keeping your ears open,” which fuses elements from past editions, will channel the PPF’s passion for voices and stories that can’t be heard anywhere else.
➔ Et maintenant ?
21.10
This autumn, ARTE and France culture will hold the third edition of Et maintenant ?, an international festival of ideas for tomorrow that asks, “What now?”, supported by the French National Research Agency. It’s a forward-looking event that provides a backdrop for a participative approach to connections, discussions and workshops together with scores of authors, philosophers, directors, scientists and artists from myriad backgrounds.
➔ Mon Premier Festival
25–31.10
Mon Premier Festival (My First Festival), an event initiated by the City of Paris and organized by the Enfances au Cinéma association, is back for its 19th year with more than 100 films in 12 independent cinemas in Paris, along with Forum des Images and La Gaîté Lyrique. The festival features a competition, sneak previews, newly released films, and events, plus a few surprises! Families and audiences of all ages are welcome.
➔ ARTE Concert Festival
02-04.11
Another year, another selection of up-and-coming artists, alongside rock, rap and electronic heavyweights who continue to push their art forward, to watch live at La Gaîté Lyrique or from home. ARTE Concert Festival is in step with the times, a chance to experience a concert at your own speed – streaming live or at your leisure, or in the front row on the night of the recording. Line-up TBA.
Avec :
Chassol, Maraboutage, H JeuneCrack, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Grand Blanc, Michelle Gurevitch…
➔ Dans le Club
Tous les mois
Dans le Club, c’est le rendez-vous rap d’ARTE Concert produit par Milgram. À chaque numéro, les artistes qui font l’actu performent au plus près du public avec des concerts où les punchlines s’enchaînent et où la température grimpe rapidement. Du pionnier au rookie, du prince de la trap à la reine de la drill, du gangsta français au poète venu de l’étranger, c’est toute la galaxie du rap qui défile devant Jean Morel, l’infatigable MC de Dans le Club.
➔ Marathon!
16.12
Marathon! est de retour à la Gaîté Lyrique avec sa programmation unique en son genre. Pour cette nouvelle édition, le format reste fidèle à ses engagements et ses explorations artistiques : pendant six heures sans interruption, les musiques électroniques à tendances minimalistes et répétitives sont à l’honneur pour donner à voir – et surtout à entendre – la vitalité de cette scène et faire connaître son histoire, tout en la construisant par la scène.
➔ The Halloween Party Ball II
28.10
Pour son grand rendez-vous de l'automne à la Gaîté Lyrique, la scène ballroom se réunit pour un ball de circonstance et d’anthologie. Au programme : Halloween, évidemment ! L’icône du voguing américain Jack Gorgeous Gucci et la légende du voguing européen Vinii Revlon allient leurs forces pour faire monter sur scène, dans une compétition qui s'annonce très chaude, les meilleurs danseurs et les meilleures danseuses de la planète voguing.
LIEU DU QUOTIDIEN
La responsabilité d’un lieu culturel dépasse largement les seuls moments où les projecteurs s’allument sur scène. Du matin au soir et du sol au plafond, la Gaîté Lyrique veut être un lieu d'accueil et de convivialité, ouvert à tous et toutes pour y travailler, partager un verre ou un petit-déjeuner solidaire, acheter un livre, participer à un atelier, assister à une table-ronde ou à une projection, vivre une expérience sonore ou rencontrer une association engagée. Le lieu est ouvert, il suffit de pousser la porte.
➔ Jour de Play
Created in March 2021, Jour de Play offers new perspectives and insights on video games and how gaming – from indies to AAA blockbusters – tells the story of our world. Produced by Iko and hosted by Quineapple, Gautoz, Medoc and Moodie, ARTE’s first magazine show developed for Twitch is returning for a fourth season, streamed in front of a live audience at La Gaîté Lyrique.
➔ ARTE Book Club
Hosted by Jeanne Seignol from the YouTube channel “Jeannot se livre,” alongside show creator Bruno de Labriolle from “Le Mock,” ARTE Book Club pores over works from past and present in book readings and interviews with guests. A place for people to come together and talk about their shared love of reading. Produced by Talweg and streamed live on Twitch from La Gaîté Lyrique.
➔ ARTE Radio listening sessions
A pioneering, respected name in podcasting, ARTE Radio regularly organizes listening sessions for its podcasts before their release. An hour of short-form audio productions that are intimate, fun, and political, alongside radio shows, reporting, personal stories, and discussions with the podcasters and the ARTE web radio team.
➔ Discussions over Beers
Discussions over Beers is a talk series for digging deeper into ecological and social issues, to understand opposing viewpoints and overcome biases. Pre-packaged ideas and spoon-fed talking points are nowhere to be found – only well-reasoned perspectives that encourage collective action, shared by people who have already studied and worked on each topic.
➔ Our Times in Action
For the talk and discussion series Our Times in Action, La Gaîté Lyrique organizes big roundtables with people who are driving forward concrete initiatives. Not media personalities, but those working on the ground, who get their hands dirty. Together we share, converse, ask questions and take home all the info needed get the ball rolling.
This autumn, La Gaîté Lyrique is updating and expanding its actions to promote community and fight different forms of exclusion. Everyone is welcome at the center, which is partnering with non-profits such as La Chorba, the Salvation Army and Linkee to create spaces for sharing moments together while making art, visiting an exhibition or attending a concert.
With:
➔ Art & Food
Every Tuesday
in partnership with La Chorba and the Salvation Army
➔ Distribution of food packages for students
Every Thursday
in partnership with Linkee
➔ Distribution of hygiene and food packages for women
One Wednesday per month
in partnership with Humanity diaspo
Every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, La Gaîté Lyrique offers workshop series to support kids in their creative endeavors. During the workshops, which are related to the season’s themes, young ones can discover the art of cinema, develop their critical thinking skills on topics such as the ecological transition, or experiment with different forms of sound creation. With their family, of course!
➔ Saturdays
Ages 6 and up
With: Les petits débrouillards, Enfances au cinéma, Module Exchange Paris
➔ Wednesdays
Ages 12 and up
With: La Source Garouste & Maison d'Enfants à Caractère Social - MECS
Conviviality is central to life at La Gaîté Lyrique, with a bar and patio for you to enjoy a refreshment or simply share a moment of relaxation. Inside, the new bar is located on the ground floor, right next to the patio, like the bar on the floor above. Outside, the patio sits on the colorful, cheerful square home to La Gaîté Lyrique, where the sun shines in the mornings and evenings on nice days.
Parce que la convivialité est au cœur du projet de la Gaîté Lyrique, le bar et sa terrasse vous accueillent pour un rafraîchissement ou le simple partage d'un moment de détente. Dedans, le nouveau bar s'installe au rez-de-chaussée pour être au plus près de la terrasse comme du premier étage. Dehors, la terrasse s’étend sur le parvis de la Gaîté Lyrique avec son lot de couleurs et de rires, et de soleil matin et soir aux beaux jours.
LIEU D'AMPLIFICATION
Voguing on Tour
La Gaîté Lyrique has a long history with the ballroom scene. Voguing on Tour was launched to share that experience in hosting and producing events, in partnership with a network of cultural institutions eager to open up to the scene. La Gaîté Lyrique’s balls are heading out on tour with Vinii Revlon as master of ceremonies, to connect with broader audiences.
➔ 14 July 2023, Le Heat, Lyon
All Red Ball - Festival Intérieur Queer
➔ 15 July 2023, Ballet de Marseille, Marseille
White & Blue Kiki Ball
➔ 16 July 2023, Mucem, Marseille
Touch of Gold fashion Ball II
➔ 16 September 2023, Usines Fagor, Lyon
Fight for your Rights Ball – 20th Biennale de la danse
➔ 8 October 2023, Pompidou Center Metz, Metz
The Gold & Black Ball
➔ 28 October 2023, La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris
The Halloween Party Ball II
➔ 1st December 2023, Opera de Lille, Lille
Orange & White Ball – 100th anniversary of the Opera
La Gaîté Lyrique – Factory of our times
La Gaîté Lyrique is a City of Paris cultural center that seeks to address pressing cultural, social, democratic and climate issues. The Factory of our times project combines creation and social engagement to put ideas into practice, bringing people together for a concert, roundtable, drink, performance, workshop or screening. La Gaîté Lyrique is open daily to support a new generation of talents, break down barriers between practices and audiences, and build new narratives on a European scale. Working hand in hand with artists, activists, thinkers and changemakers, La Gaîté Lyrique – Factory of our times puts forward new ways of creating and acting together.
A place for artistic creation and social engagement, La Gaîté Lyrique is a cultural institution of the City of Paris, led by Arty Farty, ARTE France, makesense, SINGA and Actes Sud.
Voguing On Tour
La Gaîté Lyrique entretient une longue histoire avec la scène ballroom. C’est donc pour partager son expérience d’accueil et de production que le programme Voguing On Tour est lancé, en partenariat avec un réseau culturel désireux de s’ouvrir à cette culture. Avec Vinii Revlon en maître de cérémonie, les balls de la Gaîté Lyrique partent en tournée toute l’année, à la rencontre d’un public toujours plus large.
➔ Everything Blue & White Function Ball, Opéra de Lille
1 décembre 2023
➔ Lieu Unique, Nantes
20 janvier 2024
➔ Salle des fêtes du Grand Parc, Bordeaux
2 mars 2024
➔ Points communs, Nouvelle scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise et du Val D'Oise, Cergy
16 mars 2024
La Gaîté Lyrique – Fabrique de l'époque
La Gaîté Lyrique, lieu culturel de la Ville de Paris, entend répondre à l’urgence culturelle, sociale, démocratique et climatique. Avec le projet Fabrique de l’époque, entre création et engagement, elle invite à passer de l’idée à l’action, tous et toutes rassemblées autour d’un concert, d’une table ronde, d’un verre, d’une performance, d’un atelier ou d’une projection. La Gaîté Lyrique est un lieu ouvert au quotidien pour accompagner une nouvelle génération de talents, décloisonner les pratiques et les publics, et ainsi construire de nouveaux récits à échelle européenne. Main dans la main avec les artistes, les activistes, les penseurs et penseuses, les acteurs et actrices du changement, la Gaîté Lyrique – Fabrique de l’époque propose de nouvelles façons de créer et d’agir ensemble.