The Alliance Française in Dublin Monthly Newsletter

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FRENCH SONG
FIRST IRISH EDITION,  22-26 MAY 2006

Concerts. The International Festival of French Song will take place from 22 - 26 May 2006. Organised with the label “le loup du faubourg” and the association “l’art de la chanson francophone” the Festival aims to promote French and French-speaking cultural heritage through the repertoire of its songs. The festival will welcome French, French-speaking and Irish artists, for cabaret-style concerts, so that Irish audiences will become better acquainted with contemporary French-speaking work.

CALI / STEVE WICKHAM (see right)
Tuesday 23 May at 7.30pm - The Village, 26 Wexford Street, D2

FRANCESCA SOLLEVILLE
Wednesday 24 May at 7.30pm - Alliance Française, 1 Kildare Street, D2

SIMONE TASSIMOT / DERBY BROWNE
Thursday 25 May at 7.30pm - Alliance Française, 1 Kildare Street, D2

VERMEULEN / JEANETTE BYRNE
Friday 26 May at 7.30pm - RIAM, 36-38 Westland Row, D2

for more information, artists bios and full programme, please visit
the official website at www.alliance-francaise.ie/iffs/

CALI featuring
STEVE WICKHAM

Concert. Cali is a charismatic performer who meets with acclaim wherever he goes, developing an immediate rapport with his audience whether he is playing at a small, low-key venue or a major music festival. Cali’s generous performances, and his determination to extend his audience through live shows rather than marketing strategies, has earned him a reputation as a showman.
His second album, Menteur, a new collection of pop ballads as lyrically accomplished and intimate as the last, was recorded with friends, between a studio near Dublin and a Provençal house in the South of France. Menteur was recorded with the help of Steve Wickham from The Waterboys, who will open the show for Cali.

Tuesday 23rd of May, 7.30pm

The Village,
26 Wexford Street, Dublin 2

L'IRLANDE ET LES IRLANDAIS
PIERRE JOANNON

Conference. In the last 10 years, Ireland’s economic status improved so greatly that a new phenomena emerged, known as the “Celtic Tiger” putting Ireland on a parallel with Taiwan and Singapore.
This new growth and wealth has stunned our European neighbours. In order to understand this dramatic change, we need to look back into this nation’s History…
Pierre Joannon (born in 1943) has published several historical books on Ireland such as : Le rêve irlandais, l’Hiver du Connétable, Charles de Gaulle et l’Irlande, Dublin 1904-1924 (Autrement publishers). Pierre Joannon is a co-founder of Etudes Irlandaises, and President and founder of l’Ireland Fund of France. Since 1973, he is also Consul Général of Ireland in five south-East départements in France.

Wednesday 3 May at 6pm
Admission free

Alliance Française 
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

THE RIDE ON THE WILD SIDE
ALAIN SAGAULT

Exhibition. Alain Sagault, a French visual artist, novelist and storyteller, will exhibit his latest watercolours and photographs of the Skelligs which he took while in residency in the Cill Rialaig Artists Retreat in 2005.
He works at present to the Livre des nuages, second section of a written, drawn, engraved and painted tetralogy, which began with Le Livre du caillou and will go on with Le Livre du vent.

22 May - 6 June 2006
Opening Monday 22 May at 6pm
Admission free

Alliance Française 
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

CELINE'S VOYAGE AU
BOUT DE LA NUIT
TOM QUINN

Conference. "The traumatic memory of the Great War in Louis-Ferdinand Céline Voyage au bout de la nuit". Dr Tom Quinn completed his PhD at DCU and has lectured on war and literature at DCU, Maynooth and at Queen’s University Belfast in the French Department.
This is a ground breaking book about one of the greatest and most influential writers of the 20th century. Not only does it clearly demonstrate the trauma experienced on the battelfield in 1914 that is at the heart of the author’s novel, but it is also the first critical study that thoroughly explains why and how it happened. The book provides new insights that help us to better understand the enigmatic Louis-Ferdinand Céline as well as Voyage au bout de la nuit and his other work.

Thursday 18 May at 6pm
Admission free

Alliance Française 
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

ADULT COURSES TERM 5
6 JUNE - 27 JULY 2006

The first Summer Term for adults will start on the 6th of June. Evenings courses will include General French and conversation classes from monday to thursday during 8 weeks. Assessments will be held between 4.30pm and 6.30pm on the following dates in May :

Assessments are free of charge and no booking is required. Please note that you don't need an assessment if you are a complete beginner.

Complete timetable and brochure will be available soon.
For more information, please contact info@alliance-francaise.ie

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EXAMS
JUNE 2006 SESSION

If you want to sit one of our exams in the June session, please contact your teacher soon if you are an Alliance student. If you are an external candidate please contact the Exam Service at :
exam@alliance-francaise.ie

The deadline for registration is
Thursday 4th May 2006

The exams you can sit next June are the following : CEFP 1, CEFP 2, Diplome de Langue, Diplome Superieur and Diplome des Hautes Etudes de Français (exams from the Alliance Française de Paris); Diplome de Français des Affaires 1, Certificat de Français Juridique and TEF (CCIP exams); DELF A1, A2, B1, B2 (CIEP exams). If you're not familiar with exams you can find a complete description of all these certificates here.

Alliance Française 
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2

LATEST ADDITIONS
DERNIERS ARRIVAGES

Music :
V/A Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited
V/A Tribute a Dick Annegarn
Jane Birkin Fictions

Cinema :
Mano Negra Out of time
B. Delepine Aaltra 
B. Podalydes Le Parfum De La Dame En Noir

Literature :
T. Viel Insoupçonnable
D. Robert La Domination Du Monde
P. Quignard Villa Amalia

Graphic Novel :
Guibert Le Photographe T. 3 
Larcenet Le Combat Ordinaire T. 3
Joann Sfar Le Petit Vampire 7 tomes

more information on the library :
library@alliance-francaise.ie

Alliance Française 
1 Kildare Street, Dublin 2