French Vision

If you have never been to the Grévin Museum, don’t miss out: you will definitely find your favourite stars and famous historical people there! It will feel like you’re meeting them in real life in very real situations… From Alfred Hitchcock to Barack Obama, by way of Marilyn Monroe… they’re all there… as waxworks, that is!
Every year since 1882 around 12 new famous figures enter the museum: people who are prominent in French life or in world culture in general.

From Mozart to Michael Jackson, from Sarah Bernhardt to Catherine Deneuve, from Cecilia Bartoli to Mika, from Victor Hugo to Nicholas Sarkozy… Get up close and personal with your favourite celebrities

Whole year

Access:

• Metro: Grands Boulevards
• RER : Auber
• SNCF : Gare Saint-Lazare
• Bus : 20, 39, 48, 67, 74, 85

The Pompidou Centre in Paris presents an exhibition for the first time focussing on dance and the visual arts from the early 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century.

Danser sa vie (Dancing One’s Life) brings together the most significant works of modern and contemporary art, as well as research by dancers and contemporary artists. Visitors can explore different conceptions of the body in movement through the visual arts (paintings, sculptures, installations, audiovisual works) and the art of choreography.

Three major components are at the heart of the tour: the La danse des sens (dance of the senses) from Auguste Rodin to Matthew Barney, l’abstraction du corps (the abstraction of the body) from Loie Fuller and Alwin Nikolais and le corps comme événement (the body as an event) from Dada to Jérôme Bel. Works by Alexander Calder, Yves Klein, André Derain, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso will also be on show.

From now to April 2, 2012

Access:

• Metro: Hôtel de Ville
• RER : Châtelet Les Halles
• Bus : 21, 29, 38, 47, 58, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 81, 85, 96