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TRK is your connection to French language cultures from around the world!
TRK is your connection to French language cultures from around the world!
Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz caters to young audiences with performances and films selected for their artistic excellence and connection to the French language.
Mr. Hatch leads a predictable and dreary life; he keeps to himself. One Valentine’s Day, he unexpectedly receives a heart-shaped package with an anonymous note that whispers, “somebody loves you,” and everything changes. This heartwarming puppet play examines the effect that kindness can have on a lonely existence. Join washerwomen Betsy, Edna, and Molly as they bring Mr. Hatch’s story to life and help him search for his secret admirer!
Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
With the style and talent that have become Bertrand’s trademark since the movie Earth from above, LEGACY is a love letter to planet Earth and humanity. By promoting a deep love for both, Yann Arthus-Bertrand encourages a shared sense of responsibility in leaving a positive LEGACY to future generations.
The film "Inner telescope, a space artwork by Eduardo Kac", takes us on an artistic and scientific journey from the conception of the work in Eduardo Kac's studio in Chicago to its realization in orbit by French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, 400 km away from Earth, during the Proxima mission of the European Space Agency.
Joël Pommerat
Award winning French writer/director Joël Pommerat directs this fresh take on an old tale. We all know the story of Little Red Riding Hood and yet ... In the beautifully concise, archetypal language of fairy tales, Pommerat rewrites the steps of the most famous story, preserving its original structure while teasing out a profound rite of initiation and passage. What results is a crisp, wholly modern interpretation of a bittersweet classic. No less appropriate for adults as it is for children, this delicate story is perfect for anyone who has ever faced fear, loneliness, or the ambivalence of growing up.
By filmmaker Delaney Ruston
Through poignant, and unexpectedly funny stories, along with surprising insights from authors and brain scientists, Screenagers reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best
navigate the digital world and find balance.
There's a Nightmare in my Closet by Mercer Mayer & Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll
This classic Tears of Joy production is performed with a variety of styles of puppets. The boy and the Nightmare are adaptations of Japanese bunraku puppets and the Jabberwocky is performed with three dimensional shadow puppets created from kitchen utensils which fuels the imagination!These stories are tied together by the theme of facing and overcoming our fears in ways that will elicit both wonder and giggles.
Tomas Kubinek, who smartly selected an always in-demand profession, that of a clown, is described as a comic genius, virtuoso vaudevillian, and all-round charmer who gives audiences a joyous experience. Kubínek, born in Prague, was smuggled out of the country at age 3 by his parents to escape the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. After two months in a refugee camp in Austria, the Kubínek family was granted asylum in Canada. There Tomáš witnessed his first circus. He became passionately interested in clowns, circus, theater, and magic.
A dynamic and imaginative puppet theatre show, performed by Tears of Joy Theatre is a colorful Chinese version of Beauty and the Beast that includes a smoke-breathing dragon!
The son of a magical water sprite and a prince of toads, Indri must learn to place another’s needs before his own. Inspired by the compassion of a courageous friend, Indri discovers that true beauty is found within the kindness we show and accept from others.
