A break from the big smoke to think, write, eat well and enjoy la France! We’re heading there tomorrow. Voici some snaps from our last visit. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ow_GQCayGs[/youtube] This is where we stay – an amazing… Béarn, France Vacances!
The long running ‘Tout Coupable’ by Elise McLeod and Camille Nahum (adapted from the book by Martine Tartour) starring Florence Duchez is about to wrap up for the season. Tix are very reasonably priced, so… Last weeks for Elise McLeod’s pregnancy comedy in Paris
Elise McLeod and I popped into the Swedish club to check out Australian pianist Chris Cody and his quartet and special guests… a contrast to the 7 piece band explosion from the Coolin with it’s… Chris Cody at the Swedish Club
When Paddy Sherlock, singer and trombonist from the explosive seven piece swing outfit from the Coolin in Paris proclaimed that he was the first Irish man to be playing Waiting for Godot in French in… En attendant Godot- Waiting for Godot
It was a blast. From the 6th-10th October at La Bellevilloise, with the theme of circus, artistic director of the Paris Burlesque Festival, Juliette Dragon, charmed us with snake dancers, stripping monocylcists, comic peep shows, cinéma,… Ruby TV at the Paris Burlesque Festival 2010
Thanks to the friendly French publicist Aurelie, we booked in itvs with the Spanish film at Venice and landed on the best director and best screenplay… Here is the SBS video. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxx1s5EDUhU[/youtube]
The final day of the 67th Venice International film festival has turned out blue skies, breathless filmmakers and exhausted journalists. The locals and regulars agree that the 2010 festival has been less buzzy than previous… Lido finally more buzzy and sunny for the ceremony… after a needed nap!
If you’re flying Qantas throughout September, pick up a copy of The Australian Way and flick through to read my story on Australian Creatives Abroad featuring Simon T Rann (Paris), Luke Davies (LA), Monique Julian… Qantas Creatives Abroad
Recently when in Barcelona for the Tap On Barcelona festival, Franco, a friend and man- about- town invited me to the inauguration of his ex-flatmate’s frozen yoghurt shop in Barceloneta- LIKK. While Ruby TV usually… LIKK Barcelona
Last night the Tap On Barcelona festival 2010 wrapped with a screening of tap classics and favourites chosen by Chloe Arnold and Guillem Alonso followed by a closing jam and a glass of cava- Catalan… Tap films, wrap jam and cava
Despite being on the tail end of hours and hours of classes, Chloe and Jason gave generous and inspiring interviews yesterday evening in their hotel (with Sagrada Familiar views). Sebastian is leaving tomorrow so return… Masterclasses, open air jams and frozen yoghurt
… have routines floating around with exercisers noted, videod, half memorised and simply forgotten. Sebastian’s classes are really smooth and precise; Chloe’s advance kills us but we keep coming back… and Guillem’s choreography and Spanish… 10 + hours of tap later
My festival nearly ends on day two – as I swing past the Sagrada Familia and take a left past the hords of tourists minutes before class, I realise I’ve forgotten socks! With blisters still… Tap On Barcelona Day 2- I Love Tap (?)
The stage was hot at Harlem Jazz Club in Barcelona last night as the talented, warm and excitable host Ludovico Hombravella Suarez compared the tap jam. With the international guests, the audience was offered French- Spanish… Barcelona’s Harlem
I’m still deciding over three classes or four as I walk pas the Sagrada Familia at eleven and bump into locals Yvan and Ludo who are on the way home to sleep after registering and… Tap On Barcelona- Classes Begin!
There’s a blue, cloudless sky in Barcelona and while the locals in Gracia sip a morning wine or espresso and cigarette (seems strange now but people can still smoke inside in Spain), I slurp a… Tap On Barcelona 2010 kicks off
Summer has finally settled into Europe and here at Ruby TV we are enjoying it in Bordeaux for a week to warm up for the Tap On Barcelona festival that kicks off on July 24.… Summer Tapping
Hot on the heel taps of last week’s Paris Claquettes 2010 concert, thanks to Victor Cuno & co, another tap event is happening this Thursday in Paris, also under Cuno’s artistic direction. A meeting of music… Rubén Sánchez to shuffle Spanish beats into Paris tap event
Tuesday 29 Juin Café de la Dance In October 2000, I had just gotten off the plane in Paris and decided I needed to take a tap class. With the help of a friendly local… Victor Cuno’s Paris Claquettes 2010 Spectacle
The Cabaret des Filles de Joie de Juliette Dragon at the Bellevilloise with Merci Madame and special guests Rachel Gardner Smith, Marion Sandner and Jazmin Baret. Le Cabaret des Filles de Joie perform in France… Le Cabaret des Filles de Joie with Merci Madame Clip