October 30, 2007

7:00 pm

La Maison Française brings to DC six performers to animate a unique Magic Lantern Show.

This world-class entertainment will bring you back to the days before cinéma. You will be amazed by the inventiveness and the “brilliance” of this performance!

Laterna Magica Galantee Show was started by Herman Bollaert from Belgium, who has been collecting artifacts relating to this ancient art form throughout Europe. He is assisted by artists working in theatre, puppet shows, photography, film and music. The show uses authentic materials to create animation: numerous hand-painted slides and one of the last “tri-unial” lanterns remaining in the world. Having this extremely rare – and heavy – object fly across the Atlantic was a tour de force!

The whole performance is supported by live music: piano, trumpet, clarinet, voice.

Audiences have always been captivated by this unique excursion into the past, by the lantern’s magic, by this true phantasmagoria of light, color, moving images, and music.

This event is a tribute to The Phillips Collection’s “Impressionists by the Sea” exhibition.

WHAT: Magic Lantern Show by the Galantee Show
WHEN: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 7 pm – Thursday, November 1 at 7 pm
WHERE: La Maison Française
ADMISSION: $20
TICKETS: Online via www.la-maison-francaise.org