Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo will be performing “Le Songe” (The Dream), choreographed by Jean-Christophe Maillot, for one additional night at the National Theatre in Nice.
Already booked to perform on Saturday, January 21 at 8 pm and on Sunday, January 22 at 3 pm, the celebrated company will also perform at 8 pm later on Sunday. Described as a microcosm of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s work, Le Songe is loosely based on the theme of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
Le Songe represents a shift from his previous work. Jean-Christophe Maillot draws on three different worlds, the worlds of the Athenians, the Fairies and the Artisans. The three worlds that provide a setting for Le Songe reflect the three stages of maturity a dancer goes through.
Monaco Paws is delighted to meet the K9s and their companions from Chien de Coeur, the Monaco-registered association that provides therapy animals to the elderly around Monaco
Ruth Archer and her Carin Terrier, Bramble; Patricia Turkmen with Honey her French Bulldog; and Tonka sitting between Sabine and Patrick Thienpont.
Can you tell us about Chien de Coeur? We are a group of people with friendly, well-educated and sociable dogs which we take for therapy visits to the Gerontology Unit Princesse Grace Hospital, as well as two retirement homes around Monaco, La Qietudine and Residence Cap Fleuri.
Are the dogs specially trained? We make sure that the dogs are in good health, calm, well-mannered and will never bite, but there is no other special training. They just need to be good and happy dogs.
When did it start? We began in 2013 and have been going strong since then. In 2014 we became an official partner of the Princesse Grace Hospital.
How do the visits help the sick and elderly? For some people we are the only visitors they get each week. Sometimes being with the dogs is helpful for the patients in their recovery too. The dogs bring back fond memories and happiness which make them feel better.
What do the dogs do during the visits? Mostly they just sit with the people and they hold and pet the dogs. Little ones can sit on their laps.
Do the elderly people and hospital patients appreciate the visits? We give them an hour of sunshine. The dogs act as a bridge and help engage the patients. Many people are separated from their own dogs when they are in the hospital or retirement home. This way they can connect with the love they give and receive from their own pets.
Do the dogs enjoy the visits? They love it, they know they are doing a special service.
What is the inspiration behind ‘Chien de Coeur’? On the streets you just see happy people, but behind the walls their are many people who are very alone. This work does not just help the patients, but it brings us and our dogs a lot of happiness and good feelings.
Where can people find out more about your work? People can see our website to find out more and contact us if they would like to get involved.
Jenson Button, McLaren MP4-27, Monaco Grand Prix 2012. Photo: Copyright Julien Reboulet
After a five-year break, the Monaco Grand Prix will be shown live on terrestrial television in the UK, on Channel 4, giving access to a wider audience.
Since 2012 the iconic race has been exclusively broadcast on Sky Sports after BBC lost the rights. Channel 4 and Sky will split live race coverage in 2017, and in total Channel 4 will show ten Grands Prix live, with an agreement in place to broadcast delayed highlights of the ten remaining races.
Stephen Lyle, Channel 4 Head of F1 said: “Following a thrilling first year covering Formula One, we’re delighted to reveal our schedule for the 2017 season. Once again our team will bring extensive coverage of every race with the Monaco Grand Prix, Great Britain and the finale in Abu Dhabi among our ten Live race weekends.”
Mr Lyle added: “It’s a particular delight to welcome Monaco back to terrestrial television Live, for the first time in five years.”
A complaint lodged by Nice police officer Sandra Bertin, Mayor Philippe Pradal and Christian Estrosi, President of the Nice-Côte-d’Azur Metropole, accusing officials at the Ministry of the Interior of abuse of authority, has been dismissed.
The case was brought after Ms Bertin said she was asked to modify a report of the atrocity of July 14 in which 86 people lost their lives on the Promenade des Anglais.
Jean-Michel Prêtre, the prosecutor of the Republic based in Nice, said he had taken into account the preliminary investigation of the Inspectorate General of the National Police and decided that there were not sufficient charges to prosecute.
The prosecutor added that on the day after the atrocity, “things happened in a particularly tense context, with tired people”. There had been no intention to hide anything, he said. Me Adrien Verrier, Sandra Bertin’s counsel, immediately announced that he would lodge a complaint with the Dean of Investigating Judges.
Thomas Piketty, whose book “Capital in the Twenty First Century” became a surprise best-seller, has again courted controversy. This time, writing in Le Monde, the young French economist maintains that despite conventional wisdom that claims the opposite, productivity in Germany and France are almost identical.
However, his measure is “per hour worked”, rather than overall output per person, since French workers enjoy a significantly shorter working week than their German counterparts. But, he says, the European social model has good days ahead of it, “whatever the Brexiters and Trumpists of all kinds think”.
Interestingly, using OCDE figures, Piketty demonstrates that while Germany and France are neck and neck in terms of productivity per hour worked, both Italy and the UK lag far behind.
In a comparison with the USA, France and Germany now have very similar productivity, although the figures have dropped from being considerably above the US figures, while both Italy and the UK show falling productivity per hour worked.
Until January 31, there are free collection points to discard Christmas trees in the Principality.
To avoid littering the streets or cluttering garbage bins, choose one of the several
designated “Dépose Sapins” locations across Monaco:
Saint Nicholas Square – Place Saint Devote
Promenade Honoré II – Place Saint Charles
Allée Saint Jean-Paul II – Bd Princesse Grace
Esplanade Albert 1er – Bd de Belgique
Vallon La Rousse – Place des Moulins
Bd du Larvotto
This service is free and reserved exclusively for disposing of Christmas trees. Call the toll free number 8000 20 40.
The Mairie also reminds Monaco residents that from January 2, as part of the second phase of the Town Hall’s renovation, the state registry and civil-nationality services will be temporarily transferred to the Salle du Conseil.
Access will be through the door to the right of the main entrance of the building.
