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Colour commentary

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Parisian Fields

In the 1840s, my great-great grandfather came to Paris to study at the Gobelins Tapestry Factory. He was not a weaver or tapestry-maker, but a chemist who specialized in the science of colour and dyes, and the Gobelins was the … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris architecture, Paris art, Paris streets | Tagged 32 rue Eugène Flachat, 51 boulevard Berthier, Accords chromatiques, Alain-Charles Perrot, Bon Marche, Build Up, F.-G. Dumas, François-Guillaume Dumas, Gobelins Tapestry Factory, Jules Loebnitz, La Samaritaine, Lycée Molière, Monceau Fleurs, Opéra Garnier, Paris Illustré, Paris Opera, Paul Sédille, Pavilion de l’Arsenal, Pompidou Centre, Printemps, Revue Illustrée, rue des Thermopyles, rue du Ranelagh, Simon Texier | 6 Comments

The genius of the opera-ballet

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Parisian Fields

On July 10, 2011, the world of dance lost Roland Petit, a brilliant and original French choreographer. His best-known works were not the pretty-pretty ballets of fairies and swans in white fluffy tutus, but human dramas of passion, violence, elation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris dance, Paris music | Tagged Ballet, Carmen, Frederick Wiseman, Gaston Leroux, La Danse: Le ballet de l’Opéra de Paris, Le fantôme de l’Opéra, Le jeune homme et la mort, Marcel Landowski, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Notre Dame de Paris, Opéra Garnier, Paris Opera, Roland Petit, Zizi Jeanmaire | 4 Comments

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