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Cirque du soleil in Lisbon

Mónica Boixeda

Until January 8, 2012 the Lisbon Pavilhão Atlantic presents the Cirque du Soleil with its show “Alegria”. This work is part of the annual circus tour performed thorugh out the world, bringing the magic of a show that many describe as contemporary art, the creation, perfection and use of new circus codes in each of its presentations has meant for them to be one of the most successful mass events worldwide. Alegria was a show presented by Cirque du Soleil in 1994, in Montreal, for the tenth anniversary of its founding. It´s a less circus and more drama show because it faces the issue of abuse of power and the struggle for freedom. This musical arrangements and lighting are intended to generate an attractive atmosphere , where the magic of motion and color transport the viewer to the essence of the conflict. This interesting approach, with the participation of 55 artists and musicians from 17 countries has delighted millions The Cirque du Soleil was founded in 1984 by street performers Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier, in Baie-Saint Paul, Quebec, Canada. The name comes from the reflections of Laliberté that the sun gives energy and life to all beings in the world, just like the circus, where the show transmits vital energy to the audience. The quest to create a different show, where the circus ring becomes a place of expression and transmission of ideas, took Guy Laliberté to hire Guy Caron National of the Circus School of Canada to invent a contemporary circus with a focus on themes, eliminating the exploitation of animals and incorporating cultural diversity of the...

Citybike Vienna

Mónica Boixeda

At CITYBIKE WIEN you´ll be able to rent bicycles to see the city in a different way without contaminating and keeping yourself fit.

Venice Carnival

Mónica Boixeda

The Venice Carnival is one of the most famous around the world and the city transforms into the time that it took place. Not visiting it is a sin.

Potemkine Paris

Mónica Boixeda

At Potemkine, which also has an online shop, you can find classic DVDs and the latest films.

Emporio Armani Caffe Milan

The Only Team

At the Armani Shopping Centre in Milan, located on Via Croce Rossa, you can find all the designer´s fashion ranges including his beloved café.

Rebecca the musical, in Budapest

Mónica Boixeda

From the creators of the acclaimed musical ´Mozart´ and the no less praised ´Elisabeth´ arrives the new musical show ´Rebecca´. This magnificent show already has a very prestigious award in its honours list, the Grammy to the best composition and lyrics. Sylvester Levay and Michale Kunze, once more joined forces to create a great show, which after its trip around Austria, Japan and Helsinki, arrives in Budapest. The show will take place at the Operetta Theatre on the 10th and 11th of January. Daphne du Maurier is the author of the novel ´Rebecca´ and she was one of the most successful writers of her time. The book became a number one in sales after its publishing in 1938. It´s undoubtedly the masterpiece of Daphne du Maurier, author of other works like ´Jamaica Inn´ and ´The Birds´. ´Rebecca´ was taken to the big screen in 1940 by the great Alfred Hitchcock, winner of the Honorific Oscar. The chosen actors to star in it were Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier. The story happens in first person and is told by a young and naive girl. She is in a hotel in the Côte d´Azur in France with Lord Maxim de Winter, whose wife, Rebecca, died mysteriously. After going out briefly, they ended up at the altar. The second Mrs De Winter moves to Manderley, the hostile and cold house where the fatal events took place, where it seems like the spirit of Rebecca is still walking around the corridors in the house. The new wife feels like the housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, follows her and watches her every step with constant suspicion...

Expo Vanity in Vienna

Mónica Boixeda

Until the 12th of February 2012, the Kunsthalle Wien displays an exhibition by Franz Christian Gundlach Foundation. Gundlach was a photographer, who gave a revolutionary turn to the photography world by including in the fashion magazines, photographs with the sense of photojournalism. The exhibition entitled Expo Vanity exhibits works by 200 different artists in a compilation in which it is clearly highlighted the aesthetic concept that identified this image artist. Franz Christian Gundlach was born in 1926 in Heinebach, Germany. He was known for the magnificent composition of his photos, which were more than just fashion designs, they described the pulse and feeling of an era. Through outfits and the ways of presenting them, Gundlach was concerned about adding his own content of photojournalism, which through a snapshot could make a complex explanation of a certain event. In his first stage, he had a more experimental style of photography. This stage took place in Paris where he had the opportunity to practice the photojournalism, which captures images that build a story themselves, for that, he photographed children, film directors, and famous European film stars. The journal Film und Frau led him to be qualified as a fashion photographer. Beyond this simple classification of his work, his photographs have been published in many magazines such as Stern, Revue, Deutsche Illustrierte, Welt Elegante, Film und Frau, Brigitte, Annabelle, among others. His archive of works is so large, that only for Brigitte Magazine, he produced about 5,500 pages with photographs, and nearly 180 covers of several magazines. Gundlach lived the postwar, when Europe began to rise from the ashes of bombs and...