Danspace Project, NY/Sui Generis (Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh)
Danspace Project will present three performances of Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh’s Ici/Per.for from February 19-21, 2009, a duet between the French choreographer and performer E. Vo-Dinh and the American composer and musician, Zeena Parkins.
www.danspaceproject.org
www.sui-generis.fr

Philadelphia: Fringe Festival/Jerome Bel
One of the top artists working in France today, Jérôme Bel adapts “The Show Must Go On” with twenty American performers during the Philadelphia Fringe Festival (September)
www.livearts-fringe.org/2008/home.cfm

University of Washington- World Series / La Calebasse - Merlin Nyakam
UW World Series will present Compagnie La Calebasse April 5-7, 2009 at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts. “Récréation Primitive”, originally created in 2001, explores encounters with ethnicity, tradition and modernity through powerful movement and music.
www.lacalebasse.org
www.uwworldseries.org

PICA/Jerome Bel
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art in Portland presents Jerome Bel’s collaborative work with Thai classical dancer, Pinchet Klunchen. “Pinchet Klunchen and Myself”, part of the TBA (Time Based Art) Festival on September the 7th, 8th and 9th.
www.pica.org

Chez Bushwick/Christian Rizzo
The New York première of French choregrapher Christian Rizzo for inaugural performance at CPR – Center for Performance Research -- in Brooklyn involves presentations of a new piece “Sujet A Vif” – and the installation “100% Polyester”, from September 26-September 27, part of “Crossing the line” festival.
www.chezbushwick.net

Performance Space 122/Rachid Ouramdane and Pascal Rambert
The performances of “Diptych 1: With My Own Hands and A Boy Standing”, collaborative work between the two French artists, Ouramdane and Rambert, take place during the annual “Crossing the line” Festival, at Performance Space 122 in October 2008.
www.ps122.org