Actor – Anatoliy Beliy
Sand painting – Marina Sosnina
Orchestra – Les Virtuoses de Moscou.
The next show will be performed on Febuary 2 in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory
Le Petit Prince in Versailles
A Boy on a Planet.
The beloved book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Le Petit Prince — the whimsical story of how a boy on his planet charmed millions of children and adults alike, with his philosophical thoughts and humanitarian ideas — is celebrating its 72nd year in print. A new art space is now showing some more love to the dear little boy in the story.
Perhaps he was the first universe-conscious fictional person to show us the way to simpler things, gentler behavior, and all-around goodness. The book is a classic in French literature, and was required reading in many families. All my kids had to read it once a year, to remind them of thinking differently and incorporate poetry into their lives.
The Aviator.
The Little Prince was published in 1943, and is the most famous work of French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, who died in 1944, at the young age of 44, disappearing during a flight mission to collect intelligence on German troop movements in France.
The novel has been translated in over 250 languages all over the world and was voted the best book of the 20th century in France. To this day, it still sells two million copies each year — and has earned the status of best-selling book ever published.
The simple and short story of only 140 pages is a poetic tale, illustrated by the author himself in naïve watercolors – – a description of how a fallen airplane pilot finds himself stranded in the desert where he meets a boy prince fallen to Earth from a tiny asteroid. The philosophical story includes social criticism and stern views of the cumbersome adult world.
The author reflects on his own life, his search for childhood certainties, his mysticism, and his belief in human courage. Written for children, the book has always resonated with adults. There is also a fox on the tiny planet, and he is a wise one: « One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eyes. »
When in Versailles, Be Royal.
Organized by the city of Versailles together with the estate of Saint-Exupéry, the unique exhibit on Le Petit Prince is taking place in the former royal hospital of the castle of Versailles. A distinguished building dating back to 1636, commandeered by Louis XIII (the 13th), the Richaud Royal Hospital had fallen into nothingness, until 2015 when the city of Versailles decided to rehabilitate it and transform it into a multi-usage project.
The historical site now includes lodging, shops and office space, as well as an art gallery in what was the former chapel of the hospital. The revival is a big success for the city. A stone throw from the famous Château, the restoration is now complete, and the first art show in the grand location is the one about Le Petit Prince.
More Info:
The exhibit is open until Feb. 28.
Espace Richaud, 78 boulevard de la Reine, Versailles.
Wednesday-Sunday noon to 7 p.m.
Entrance is 5€
Free for under 26, disabled persons, and teachers.
Fan Art Friday #117
On Fridays, fans of The Little Prince express their talent with Fan Art Friday!
Send us your creations via our facebook page, we’ll publish them here!
Andrea Sklar
Cynthia Piskopos-Hébert Deer
Davi Brasil
Francis Leo Tabios
Jennie Laggui Mallanao
Laura Osuna
Leonard Way
Perla Vallecillo1
Rahel Türk-König
Thanrak Sangsuwan
Tipa Cu Pietrele
Yesi Pineda
The Little Prince pop-up book
The Little Prince, published in 1943, is a classic, emotionally stirring novella written by a French author that has since become the third most translated book in the world. With so many adaptions to both screen and stage, including a major animated motion picture debuting in the United States in 2016, you might be forgiven for assuming that the story has little more to offer in the way of novelty. One covetous glance at this enormous, intricate deluxe pop-up book and you’ll understand how very wrong you are. This tale of the enduring power of friendship, told by a narrator stranded in the sands of the Sahara, rises from the pages and extends into your world with enchanting, whimsical paper art.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry proclaims himself no “great artist” and this pop-up book stays true to the delicate pastels of the watercolors he used to create The Little Prince’s illustrations. The book begins with the Little Prince himself, being held aloft from the title page by a harnessed flock of birds, the white and pale gray of each wing a stark contrast to the enveloping black mass of the space that surrounds him. Beginning pages are full of hidden doors, windows and flaps that contain treasures of minuscule fold out animals and tiny doodles. As the classic tale unfolds and we learn more about the Little Prince’s miniature home planet, the pop-up art evolves into cratered orbs that spin at the pull of a tab or twist their flower clustered faces to the warmth of a rising sun stretching above the page. Masses of entwined balboa trees burst from the pages like a riot of pernicious weeds. When the prince, released from his vow by the flower, begins to travel to other planets, the pages grow thick with inventive paper landscapes. Jagged mountains rise from the column of the book’s spine and the figures of various characters that the Prince encounters in his celestial travels march across the tale like a regiment of paper soldiers. As the novella comes to its bittersweet conclusion, tabs coil the snake as it strikes at the boy’s dangling feet and finally, the ambiguity of the ending is communicated in a striking final page: the Little Prince poised to jump through a hole between the pages, carrying him from one world to the next, from the fictional to the real.
The newest version of this pop-up book, released in November, 2015 contains a code that allows you to go to the HMH website and download the audio book, narrated by Viggo Mortensen. If you enjoyed this classic as a child, you’ll adore this deluxe pop-up version and appreciate the way the imaginative art of paper creation brings the muted tones of this book to magical, poignant life. – Kaz Weida
The Little Prince Deluxe Pop Up Book
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
HMH Books for Young Readers
2015, 64 pages, 7 x 10 x 1.8 inches
$23 Buy a copy on Amazon
12 bookmarks in 1 calendar?
12 bookmarks in 1 calendar?
This special edition of The Little Prince calendar can turn into 12 bookmarks by tearing the page off along the dotted line. What a great upcycling product!
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Fan Art Friday #116
On Fridays, fans of The Little Prince express their talent with Fan Art Friday!
Send us your creations via our facebook page, we’ll publish them here!
Alejandro Arzate
Andrea Aburto Álvarez.
Armando Sabino
Gynette-Bridget Jones
Mandinou Fredon
Mar C Rodriguez
Marie-Eve Rubio Devena
Marii Gallo
Mateusz Ogórek
Omar Lozano
Peter Callewaert
Rom Steack
Salomé Manchkhashvili
Silvia Paulina
Sunayana Nair Kanjilal
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Phenomenal success for The Little Prince in Italy
The Little Prince continues to triumph in international theaters. After achieving excellent results in Latin America,China, and Poland, it is now Italy‘s turn to succumb to the charms of this 100% French animated feature.
In early December 2015, The Little Prince became the most successful French animated film of all time. It then went on to cross the 15 million admissions threshold abroad at the end of the year, a figure that includes almost 5 million admissions in China, over 2 million in Brazil and Mexico, 770,000 in Poland, and 522,000 in South Korea, to name but a few countries.
And these figures do not take into account the film’s continuing international career, which will extend throughout the better part of 2016.
Before it is released in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the USA, The Little Prince has currently hit screens in Italy, where it has been offered a royal welcome. It registered 420,000 admissions in its first three days (for €2.9 million in ticket sales), with its distribution handled by Lucky Red.
This is the most successful launch for a majority French film in Italy since the early 2000s, according to UniFrance statistics.
The Little Prince to make U.S. debut at Santa Barbara Film Festival
The Little Prince will make its U.S. debut this February when it opens the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, a month before it hits U.S. theaters.
The stop-motion film, directed by Mark Osborne and based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 novel of the same name, first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May before opening wide in French theaters in July. Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Ricky Gervais, James Franco, Mackenzie Foy, and Benicio Del Toro star.
“Saint-Exupéry’s novel is one of the most beloved works of the 20th century,” Santa Barbara Film Festival executive director Roger Durling said in a statement. “What Mark has done with this story is extraordinary and moving … We are thrilled to have this film kick off our festival.”
The Little Prince will premiere at the festival Feb. 3 and will arrive in theaters March 18.