At last, the awaited show ‘Batman live’ arrives in Paris, from the 21st to the 25th of December at the Palais Omnisports.

The fans of the bat superhero are in luck. Now, as well as the comic books, the TV series, the animation short films, videogames and film saga, they’ll also be able to enjoy a theatre show full of special effects, acrobatics and spectacular recreations of the Batcave and the legendary Batmobile.

The scriptwriter, producer and writer Allan Heinberg is the creator of ‘Batman live’. And he doesn’t start from scratch, Heinberg is known worldwide for his work in TV with series such as ‘The Gilmore Girls’, ‘Sex in the city’, ‘The OC’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, ‘Party of Five’ and ‘The Ugly Truth’.

His relation with Batman isn’t accidental, because Allan Heinberg is the creator of the Marvel comic book ‘Young Avengers’.

The show is represented on a huge stage, which is 30 metres wide and 18 metres deep. The confectioned decorations for the occasion are truly breathtaking and very loyal to the comic book style. The soundtrack, which has been composed by James Brett for such an important event, accomplishes all the expectancies of the fans and it helps to recreate the mystery and emotion which surrounds the adventures of Batman.

‘Batman live’ tells us that story of how an why a rich and respected person from the city of Gotham becomes a relentless justice seeker who protects the citizens from the ‘supervillains’ who have as their goal to dominate the world. The show also tells us the story of how a young circus acrobat becomes Robin, Batman’s loyal sidekick, also known as the Boy Wonder. Of course there’ll be the same old baddies, the Joker, Catwoman, Penguin, Two Face, etc. The fans of the Dark Knight will be able to enjoy a true show with a staging which is quite frankly spectacular. The attendants won’t have a single moment’s rest during the 85 minutes that the show lasts. Acrobatics worthy of the Cirque du Soleil, spectacular special effects on stage and a stunning scenography with more than 85 actors make ‘Batman live’ a show that you can’t miss.

The show will arrive in Paris after its successful presentation tour in different English cities. After its European tour, its destination will be the United States, the country where batman fans anxiously await the moment to see their hero live. The chosen place for such a highly awaited show is the Palais Omnisports in Paris Bercy, the place where they usually celebrate the big magnitude shows like, for example, the Masters Tennis Tournament in Paris.

The prices range from 53€ for the cheapest tickets to 97€. Fantastic prices if we take into account the uniqueness of the event that we’re referring to.

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Unlike traditional theater, musicals tend to have completely different doses of entertainment, one could say, even higher. The most important factor is the dynamic music on stage that generates, as much as you can take into the song, which is an anthem of singing and dancing. There are resources within the music that are often unnoticed.

The performance takes on greater prominence in the attunement of each new tune, the actors are part of a choreography and stage, and the rooms are full of enthusiasm, people dancing. The Sound of Music is one of the most popular musicals, and is certainly an experience to be lived, if you love the theater and the performing arts.

The musicals are in some way or another also a way to present important historical moments. Consider for instance the classic “Hair”, musical from the 60′s in which the hippie counterculture and radical then, comes to life in a work that suggests more than a condemnation. Could it be that “Hair” was a step system to assimilate all that counterculture? The truth is that this musical brought to the fore the political climate of the time in the United States and did it so effectively. The Sound of Music is, with a much sweeter tone, set between the First and Second World War.

The fact that a play or musical or song, or any piece of art, at some point reaches the expected standards of their gender is not relevant. In art as in music, margins of error and improvisation are essential to reaching the giblets and the proposed heart of theater. In musicals, the audience participates and not just as an observer but as part of the entertainment that is offered, making much more active, which is evident from the work itself.

The Sound of Music was staged for the first time in 1959 and since then, it has only captivated audiences around the world. Of course, all our memories are focused on the movie of the same name in 1965, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, movie that won five Oscars.

The musical tells the story of Mary, a young woman living in a convent and her in process of becoming a nun. However, she leaves the religion and starts taking care of the children of a senior captain of the Austrian army. The captain, a widower, gives his children a quite rigid education, which Mary takes care of changing with her great mind. Thus melodies and songs are mixed in the beautiful Austrian hills shortly before the Second World War, the comedy is not lacking, the whole plague musical humor and the romance between Mary and the Capitan. Without a doubt, one of the best musicals you can see until early January in Paris. For more information about the event and tickets, simply click on the following website: http://www.chatelet-theatre.com/

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After the successful tour of Eastern Europe and thirteen years after his departure, the original musical “Notre Dame of Paris”, returns to the French capital, specifically to the Palais Bercy in Paris, where on the 16, 17 and 18 of December a tribute concert performance will take place.

“Notre Dame de Paris” is a musical based on Victor Hugo’s novel, written in 1831 and is composed of eleven books. The main argument of the book is based on the love that the gypsy Esmeralda causes in three men. The archdeacon of Notre Dame, Claude Frollo, is fatally attracted to her  dancing in front of the cathedral and orders Quasimodo, a crippled, deaf and hunchbacked, in charge of the bells of the tower, to kidnap the young gypsy and to be taken to his presence. The Hunchback of Notre Dame falls in love with the beautiful dancer and when attempting to kidnap her his attempt is thwarted by a squad of archers led by the handsome captain of the guard Phoebus de Châteaupers. Attraction develops between the young girl  and the military, despite this, the soldier is promised to young Fleur-de-Lys. When the beautiful Emerald meets in a pension with his savior, Frollo stabs Phoebus secretly and treacherously, blaming the gypsy. The archdeacon forms a plot in which the only salvation for Esmeralda is to succumb to the wishes of the religious man. But she refuses and is condemned to death. At the moment that she is to be executed Quasimodo intervenes, and takes her to the cathedral, where he asks for the right of asylum to save her life. However, the women is finally captured and hanged by the police  while Frollo and Quasimodo who helplessly watch from above the Cathedral towers the execution,  The Hunchback in a fit of rage throws the  archdeacon from the top of the tower to his death to lie beside the lifeless body of Esmeralda.

The prestigious musical performance created by Luc Plamondon on the artistic side  and byRichard Cocciante on the musical, was number one for many weeks in the charts and now returns to the stage thorugh the big Parisian door. More than 40 singers and 70 musicians will share the center stage over the next 16, 17 and 18 of December , at the fabulous Palais Bercy in Paris. This  Musical has been performed for over 10 years in European countries like Spain, Italy, Russia, Ukrania, Belgium and South Korea among others, having in them all a huge critical and commercial success. Its return to France, is due to the performance of a tribute concert, which represent the best songs from the show. For this special occasion the participation of Bruno Pelletier, Garou, Hélène Ségara, Julie Zenatti, Patrick Fiori, Daniel Lavoie and Luck Mervil, among other renowned artists is a extra special reason to see the show

You can buy tickets to attend the representation via the Internet through the pages of online ticket sales.

At viagogo, http://www.viagogo.es/Entradas-Teatro/Musicales/Notre-Dame-de-Paris-Entradas/E-351683

you can buy tickets three days in advance of which the event is held. Prices range from € 81.82 for the cheapest ticket, to 280 € for a privileged seat in the parterre.

Fernando Paterna

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On the 15^th and 16^th of December, the British rock band Sex Pistols will perform at the Nouveau Casino, with their concert No One Is Innocent, which is the title of their famous song is their way of standing in the world of music, but with ideas.

Sex Pistols in their song No One Is Innocent claim to indolence and to that elusive form of non-taking of responsibility of the atrocities, the double standards established in the society where there is no clear who wear dirty or poor, but inside them, they do not accept any of the crimes committed by citizens who are perfumed and dressed in ties. It’s an interesting bet on today’s avant-garde criticism moves outraged the world.

Sex Pistol was formed as a punk band in 1975 in the city of London. Their name and aesthetic are already classic, and are considered the greatest exponents of punk and founders of the musical and cultural streams in Britain. Their career has been having all kinds of ups and downs, but they are certainly the world’s most famous band in musical expression.

The band was originally formed by Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock. In 1977 the bass player Matlock left the band and was replaced by Sid Vicious. The Sex Pistols entry on stage was always controversial. Rumor has it that their manager and businessman Malcolm McLaren created artistic strategies for the band to have difficulties in concert, transforming it in an advertisement platform for the segment that followed the band because they appeared in the media much more. Thing that added to the controversial personality of Vicius, who brought the group in addition to their ability to compose, and reply that strong character that were a trademark.

That same year, 1977, their single God Save The Queen was released with all heresy against the world’s most powerful monarchy and a frontal challenge to British conservatism led them to be a punk rock world icon. During 1978 they toured the United States of anthology, however, Rotten to leave the band and predicted its disintegration, something that did not happen for the benefit of those who love their music. A year later Sid Vicius appeared died of a heroin overdose.

In 2006 they were included in the Rock Hall of Fame, despite their refusal to attend the ceremony, considering an elitist strategy to pigeonhole the music that comes from the urban counterculture. Their refusal was based stating that the museum was a urine stain.

Sex Pistols has not refused to any controversy, bringing substantial revenues, but no one denies that they remain a cult band and can be hardly challenged musically, as conceptual work is a matter of musicological and sociological studies.

For more information: http://www.nvivo.es/artistas/Sex+Pistols/

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Being a vegetarian is more than being in good health or eating healthy, being a vegetarian is an outlook on life. Morrissey put it well during his time in The Smiths: Meat is Murder. And more and more people adapt to this food trend, for reasons which are ideological and health ones. Among the benefits of vegetarianism there’s a large quantity and variety of vitamins, carbohydrates, fats as well as mineral salts and water. Also, unlike meat, vegetables make intestinal work a lot lighter, avoiding infections as well as other pains. Vegetables, if they’re balanced, can be equivalent to many dishes which contain meat.

Of course that before opting for a vegetarian diet, it’s important to consult a nutritionist, who can give good clear advice on the type of food which is convenient for you. To stop eating meat, pure salads and prepared vegetables isn’t enough. Each body has its different food needs, energy requirements and it’s important to know how to eat according to our body.

If you’re already a vegetarian or you simply want to experiment the best of vegetarian dishes in Paris, you just have to visit these restaurants which are the best ones you’ll find in the City of Light.

Le Grenier de Nôtre-Dame opened its doors in 1978. Since then, it’s served the best vegetarian and macrobiotic food. Maybe the quality of its dishes are in the fact that they’ve always had the same chef. The service in this restaurant is helpful and careful, and they always have fresh dishes with seasonal vegetables, different menus and options which are pretty affordable and the quality of a service and style shaped by their experience which has spanned over twenty years. If you want to experiment the healthiest and most stylish in macrobiotic food, this place is for you. They’re open 365 days a year.

Only a few steps away from the Bastille metro stop, the Grand Appetit restaurant is another important place to sample the best vegetarian food in Paris. With a warm and cozy atmosphere, Grand Appetit offers affordable prices, delicious miso soups and different dishes made out of organic cereals and fresh or cooked vegetables.

If you’re in Montmartre, another place you can’t miss out on is Grain de Folle. This small restaurant is among the most attractive and charming ones you’ll find in Paris. Sometimes it’s already full, but if you wait at the door, a few surprises await inside. The dishes are different, some are traditional, but the service is warm and the place is also very friendly. The prices are more than reasonable considering it’s in Montmartre, and you’ll be able to enjoy fresh food made from seasonal vegetables, as well as macrobiotic products.

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The great artists of the nineteenth century, Fantin-Latour, Manet, Baudelaire, pay tribute to Eugène Delacroix in an exquisite exhibition presented at the museum of the same name at number 6 Furstenberg street, Paris.

The exhibition called “Fantin-Latour, Manet, Baudelaire the Tribute to Delacroix” will be open from December 2011 to March 2012 and the Parisians and tourists have no excuses not to visit this excellent exhibition. Admission is only seven euros, making it accessible to all.

Eugène Delacroix was a French painter, who marked a line delimiting the before and after in the history of art in France and worldwide. So many artists took up his work and his own style tribute to the great master.

In 1863, Edouard Manet, revolutionized the artistic circle, presenting in society, the work “Dejeuner sur l’herbe” showing a naked woman alongside with fully dressed men, which at the time was an eccentricity. The oil painting of more than two square meters was rejected by the Salon jury from Paris and was presented at the “Salon des Refuses,” which in English means the Salon of the Rejected, where all works that did not make it for the official salon were sent to.

Intellectuals were surprised by the modernity of the work and could not understand the nudity of the woman and rejected it for that reason. Delacroix died the same year and so this work stuck to his environment, as well as the author was a great admirer of Eugène.

But they did not give up, and the following year, in 1864, Fantin-Latour created his Hommage à Delacroix and called some friends to create the exhibition. All were innovative and provocative artists such as Baudelaire and thus eternalized the great master.

For more information visit: http://www.musee-delacroix.fr/fr/les-activites/expositions/fantin-latour-manet-baudelaire-l-hommage-a-delacroix-305 From the 7^th of December, 2011 to the 19^th of March 2012.

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If you rent apartments in Paris you can visit the Musée Eugène Delacroix and see the magnificent exhibition from the nineteenth century impressionism. Best works by Fantin-Latour, Manet and Baudelaire will be exposed for public enjoyment.

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The title of the exhibition could not be more suggestive: Beauty, moral and pleasure in the England of Oscar Wilde (Beauté, morale et dans l’Angleterre volupté d’Oscar Wilde), open to the lucky traveler until the 15^th of January 2012, and passing through Paris. The show is already visible at the  magnificent Orsay Museum, space dedicated to the arts (which only makes shadow the Louvre). Along with the huge clock that presides over the exhibition space, the last stronghold of the train station it once was, you can admire delicate paintings, decorative objects and furniture design made by British artists in the nineteenth century.

The curators of the exhibition intended to offer an alternative vision of the Victorian era. Faced the accommodating conformism of an established middle class and elite (almost all creators of all ages are), while presenting an alternative version of reality. Thus, at first calling themselves the artists as “aesthetics” (the Aesthetic Movement), which react against the principles of the Academy. This Is a school, which sought to disengage from the materialism of the time under the motto “art for art.” They reject any moral teaching and focus on showing beautiful objects unrelated to the prevailing ethics. Meanwhile, poets strive to remain “pure” in an almost spiritual level, detached from the constraints of everyday life.

Painters like Thomas Armstrong (famous for his famous painting The hay field) or the designer Edward William Godwin are the greatest exponents of the Aesthetic Movement, which he is joined in the last decades, the so-called Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, whose members were active painters like Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris. The latter took an active role in the design of furniture and interior decoration as in picture books (the edition of Oscar Wilde’s Salome is famous also because of that), to an interesting facet as an architect. Bearer of Arts and Crafts movement, sought to strip the variegated Victorian interiors of all kinds of goodies and dignify traditional crafts. From the hands of these artists out today coveted by bibliophile editions, furniture executed in wood resounding, lamps, sculptures and, of course, large paintings that represent the beautiful ladies dressed in rich clothes and an attitude of languid melancholy.

This ambitious exhibition at the Orsay Museum that aims to portray the contradictions of an interesting time in which lived a prudish population and extremely conservative, with some artists who championed a new worldview, which exalted the individuality and beauty above any Community imposition. The exhibition came out of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to arrive in Paris, it will travel to San Francisco to the Fine Arts Museums, which can be enjoyed from the 18^th of February to the 17^th of June 2012. Here is the link to the Paris exhibition http://www.musee-orsay.fr to for you to go deep in practical information.

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During the month of December, the Paris National Opera presents two wonderful ballet shows: ‘Cendrillon’ (‘Cinderella’) and ‘Onéguine’, which will be showing until the 31st of the month at the Palais Garnier and Bastille Opera. Both are an adaptation of classic works, one by Rudolf Noureev and the other by John Cranko.

‘Cinderella’ is a transport of the story by Charles Perrault to the vanities of Hollywood of the wonderful 1930s, made by Rudolf Noureev. In this adaptation, Cinderella is an aspiring star, and the prince is a shining established star. This curious version of the dreams to be loved and achieve success which the character of Cinderella embodies, is a modern outlook on this illusion which has served for thousands of interpretations in different fields of dramatic representation.

Cinderella works with her stepmother and her two stepsisters who confine her to lesser jobs in her buffet. A wounded man arrives, who is a film producer looking for artists for a dancing role. The stepmother tries her utmost to please this producer so that he sets eyes on the few talents of her daughters. But just like in the story, it will be Cinderella who will achieve stardom. The only difference is that the shoe is not made of glass, but it’s a ballet shoe which is left in the studio.

It’s an interesting scenic proposal where they mix classic and modern ballet, while the scenography is full of iconic Hollywood characters, like Cinderella dressed as Charles Chaplin or a huge King Kong among the colourful lights. Sergei Prokofiev is in charge of the music and the musical director is Fayçal Karoui.

Rudolf Noureev, better known as Rudolf Nureyev, was one of the best ballet dancers in the world. His quality and personality made him into the main figure in the Kirov ballet from Leningrad in the old USSR. Such was his success and love despite his difficult personality, that he was almost considered a socialist state hero. He deserted the Soviet ballet in 1961 when he was touring in Paris and asked for political asylum. He’s considered one of the most important men in the advances of modern dance.

‘Onéguine’ is the second ballet show that the Paris National Opera presents us for the end of the year. It’s an adaptation made by the South African choreographer and dancer John Cranko of the poetic text by Alexander Pushkin dedicated to Eugene Onéguin, written between 1877 and 1879.

The ballet piece, just like the lyrical work, is full of human passions derived from love: desire, jealously, arrogance, guilt and death. A great work of re-interpretation of a literary work which has been used to take it to the stage of opera and theatre. The work has the music of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky interpreted by the Kurt-Heinz Stolze orchestra. This work by Cranko is considered one of his best mis-en-scène both for its strength in drama and choreography.

For more information: http://www.operadeparis.fr/cns11/live/onp/Saison_2011_2012/Ballets/spectacle.php?lang=en&event_id=2140&CNSACTION=SELECT_EVENT

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December is a good time to travel. Walking down the beautifully lit Champs-Elysées and enjoying plenty of cultural events such as ballet, music concerts and theatre, are the best reasons to come to apartments in Paris and end the year in the best possible way.

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