On Friday evening the conductor William Christie and his period-instrument ensemble Les Arts Florissants presented "Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a program of semi-staged French Baroque opera selections by Rameau and his contemporaries.
Thannhauser presented Le Moulin de la Galette to the Guggenheim in 1963, declaring that he had obtained the work from Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in "ca 1935".
Art and entertainment do go together, as the ultra-spectacular level of dancing showed on Monday night when American Ballet Theater presented "Le Corsaire" for the first time this season.
When the dance company Palissimo presented "Le Petit Mort/Now It's Time to Say Goodbye" at Performance Space 122 in the East Village in December, the title proved too apt.
But when American Ballet Theater presented "Le Corsaire" on Saturday afternoon at the Metropolitan Opera House, that swashbuckling 19th-century Russian story ballet kept a theaterful of children entranced and had the adult balletomanes among them cheering.
This inventive period-instrument ensemble, directed by Joel Cohen, is presenting "Le Roman de Fauvel," a satirical allegory completed around 1318.
Ms. Mnouchkine and Le Théâtre du Soleil of Paris present "Le Dernier Caravansérail," which tells the story of Middle Eastern refugees seeking asylum in the West.
J.C.C. THURNAUER SCHOOL OF MUSIC Carnegie Chamber Players presents "Le Grand Tango: In Celebration of the Dance" Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets: $15, $12 for members; $10 for students and older people.
This Fourth of July weekend the glasses will be raised at the Pillow, where Mr. Taylor, the most American of modern dance masters, will present "Le Grand Puppetier," "Promethean Fire" and "Black Tuesday" at the Ted Shawn Theater.
Pordenone happens to be home to Cinemazero, a cultural organization that regularly screens classic films, and which each fall partners with the Cineteca del Friuli to present Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, a gathering of scholars and cinephiles with a special dedication to the shadowy corners of film history.
