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Prince Pierre Foundation Reading Marathon starts in Monaco
By Staff Writer - June 21, 2018
The Prince Pierre Foundation of Monaco has just launched its Reading Marathon held as part of its Literary Awards. The initiative allows lovers of contemporary literature to better know the authors selected by the Literary Council for the 2018 selections of the Literary Prize and the Bourse de la Découverte.
At its May 15 meeting, the Literary Council selected the following writers for the Prix Littéraire, a prize awarded to a French author for all of his work: René de Ceccatty, Annie Ernaux, Linda Lê, Tobie Nathan and Maurizio Serra.
Also selected, for the Bourse de la Découverte, a prize awarded to a French author for a first fiction book: Adeline Baldacchino for ‘One who said no,’ Editions Fayard, Jan. 2018; Violaine Huisman for ‘Fugitive because Queen,’ Editions Gallimard, Jan. 2018 Sébastien Ministru for ‘Learning to read,’ Editions Grasset, Jan. 2018; Bruno Pellegrino for ‘Là-bas, August is a month of autumn,’ Editions Zoé, Jan. 2018; and Agnès Rivafor ‘Geography of an adulterer,’ Editions L’arbalète / Gallimard, Jan. 2018.
All these books are available in the libraries of Monaco and Côte d’Azur participating in the Reading Marathon between June 20 and August 31, 2018.
The Prince Pierre Foundation Awards will be announced on Thursday, October 4, 2018 at Salle Garnier. MORE INFO: www.fondationprincepierre.mc
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The Ballets de Monte-Carlo presents the new production of La Belle by Jean-Christophe Maillot, from December 28, 2016, to January 3, 2017, at the Salle des Princes at Grimaldi Forum.
"The version of La Belle that the public is about to discover will be different from the previous ones,” says Jean-Christophe Maillot. “I’ve entrusted the creation of new costumes to Jérôme Kaplan and invited Semyon Chudin and Olga Smirnova, Bolshoi dancers, to perform alongside the Monte-Carlo Ballets on this new production.”
La Belle by Jean-Christophe Maillot, who recalls that dance is a living art and that its ballets are not fixed, borrows more from the disturbing world of Perrault’s Sleeping Beauty tale than from the universe of Walt Disney. In Mr Maillot’s version, after her beautiful marriage to the prince, La Belle is threatened by the Ogresse Carabosse.
Performances start at 8 pm, with additional shows on December 30 and January 2 at 2 pm. (Feature photo: Facebook Ballets de Monte-Carlo)