Saint James Blog

Going out in February

james — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:01:43 +0000

Exhibitions

The Centre Georges Pompidou presents Dance your life, an unprecedented exhibition devoted to the links between the visual arts and dance. Paintings, sculptures, installations, videos, choreographic pieces … One common interest shared by all these disciplines: the moving body. Until April 2nd.

Giorgio di Chirico is honoured at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris which has just received 61 pieces from the Giorgio and Isa di Chirico Foundation. The museum has now one of the most important collections of di Chirico pieces in the world. Don’t miss it! Until June 10th.

Dance

Go to the Théâtre National de Chaillot and enjoy Inanna, a political and poetic piece as well as a wonderful choreography by Carolyn Carlson. This is a real ode to the incarnation of the feminine being in which 7 dancers express the harmony of bodies and passion. From February 15th to 18th.

Restaurants

The bistro L’Escient and its Chef, the owners’ daughter who worked with Ducasse, offer since last summer a good French cuisine in which she adds delicious Asian flavors: beef maki with coriander, piglet loin glazed with soya honey, coffee tiramisu with Grand Marnier. Count 50 to 60 Euro. Closed on Sunday for lunch and Monday evening. 28 rue Poncelet, 17th. Tel: +33 9 66 92 49 13.
In a chic new bistro close to the Saint-Lazare station and called Neva, the lady chef, who made her classes at the Paul Bocuse Institute and with Senderens, will delight you with her creative cuisine: squid spaghetti with lomito Iberico de Bellota, veal sweatbreads glazed with apple syrup, destructured chocolate sphere… Count 50 to 70 Euro. Closed on Saturday for lunch and Sunday. 2 rue de Berne, 8th. Tel: +33 1 45 22 18 91.