President
Francine Vaniscotte
Honorary President
Catherine Lalumière
| NEWSLETTER N° 11 |
Dedicated to the memory of Maurice Rocheteau
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Abbaye Royale 17400 Saint-Jean d'Angély France 00 33 (0)5 46 32 60 60 cceangely@wanadoo.fr |
Editorial
THE CENTRES OF EUROPEAN CULTURE ARE 20 YEARS OLD!
Time crystallizes diamonds and pain. Every person – over 12,000 – who has experienced an exchange at one of the Centres of European Culture realises that each of these exchanges is a stage where everything we are made of is intensely played out. This leaves impressions, deep impressions.
From 15 to 17 May, crowds of you will be here for this 20th anniversary to witness and to share the Europe we have learned about together.
It is a time of jubilation, a time of celebration.
Each and every one of you who knew Maurice Rocheteau, a voluntary fireman and our night watchman in France, Spain, Italy and Rumania, who passed away on 26 February 2009, remember a simple, very warm man, who did not speak any foreign language, yet his language was universal.
Alain Ohnenwald,
Director of the Centre of European Culture
Events proposed by the Centre of European Culture
- ANNIVERSARY!
2009 : the Centres of European Culture are 20 years old! The weekend of 15-17 May in Saint-Jean d’Angély will be the celebration of all young people of Europe.
Whether you have taken part as a student, an accompanying teacher, a workshop instructor, a lecturer, an interpreter, or in any respect whatsoever in any of the exchanges of European youngsters which have taken place over the last 20 years in Saint-Jean d’Angély or within the network - come and join in the celebrations!
The programme is being finalised and will soon be available on the website www.cceangely.org which has been specially redesigned for the event. A blog describing how the preparations are progressing has also been set up on centredecultureeuropeenne.blogspot.com. We are also keeping everyone informed on facebook. And don’t forget our website myspace.
Whether you can make it for this weekend of festivities or not, please get in touch. It is always a pleasure to receive news from former participants. You may have special memories of your exchange or stories you want to share. Write to us and we will publish them!
- Exchanges for European youngsters
Two exchanges have already taken place at the Royal Abbey in Saint-Jean d’Angély in 2009.
- 2 - 6 February : ”European Culture and Citizenship” with the schools Radu Greceanu and Ion Minulescu from Slatina (Rumania) and Emile Combes from Pons (France).
- 9 - 21 February : "The Planet’s Economic and Ecological Heritage : the European Union's Responsibility" with the schools Ernst Moritz Arndt Gymnasium from Bergen, Gymnasium Grimmen from Grimmen, BMV and Gymnasium Am Stoppenberg from Essen (Germany), the Liceo Galileo Galilei from Voghera (Italy) and the Merleau Ponty school in Rochefort (France).
- watch the video
- see the photos
Youth Associations, Heads of Schools, Teachers – the dates of the exchanges organised for the school years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 are on line! Please consult these dates … and don’t delay - REGISTER and CREATE WITH US YOUR PROJECT IN FRANCE OR WITHIN THE CCE’S NETWORK. |
- Schedule of Exchanges
Exchanges at the Centre of European Culture in Saint-Jean d’Angély, France :
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Exchanges within the Network of the Centres of European and Euro- Mediterranean Culture :
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14 > 26 April 2009 : "Islam and the West"What’s new at the Centre
- HEREDUC : A different view on heritage education
A different view on heritage education is a 5-day European training course on heritage education. It is aimed at both teachers in secondary education and educational guides or officers who want to start with heritage education and are looking for tools to get started or who already have experience with heritage education and want to stretch their thinking. The course aims to engage its participants actively to experience heritage by means of art-based methodologies.
The course content has been developed, for the third time, by De Veerman (The Ferryman), a Flemish arts educational project organisation.
Starting from a theoretical introduction on what heritage and heritage education is, it goes on to explore the Abbey of Saint-Jean d ’Angély and the surrounding area and cities by means of observation and exploration exercises, active workshops and guided visits. Specialised knowledge of heritage themes and/or art disciplines is not required. Every day, sufficient time will be given to the participants to present their own experiences, to exchange ideas and to reflect upon their learning.
- view programme on the Hereduc website
- 2009 BOOK FAIR
This year, the CCE has awarded the first European Book Prize of the Centre of European Culture in Saint-Jean d’Angély, “A Better Understanding of Europe”. The prize will be awarded on 3 May 2009 to the book “Europe and You” by Martine Couderc and Marie-Christine Vallet, published by Edition Documentation Française.
This will be a special event in Saint-Jean d’Angély : twice as many books, stories, authors and story tellers. This year, the Book Fair will be divided into two parts :
- 19 and 20 March : Book Fair –Young People
- 1, 2 and 3 May : Book Fair – Grand Public
Journeys, suspense and discovery are the key words of this 2009 fair. If you want to know more, you will have to be patient. The programme will be unveiled shortly.
- SINGING COURSES AND CONCERTS
OTXOTE LURRA For the first time, from 12 to 21 July 2009, the Otxote Lurra Ensemble is offering a course on Basque songs at the Royal Abbey in Saint-Jean d’Angély. Jordi Freixa and the singer/instructors will share their passion and knowledge to singers of all levels. - Information and registration form (pdf) Telephone 05 46 32 60 60 for more information |
CONCERTS:
12 July – 9pm – Saint Pierre Church in Aulnay For more information, call the Aulnay Tourist Information Office on 05 46 33 14 44
20 July – 8pm – Saint Jean Baptiste Church in Saint-Jean d’Angély |
VENANCE FORTUNAT
- Information and registration form (pdf) Telephone 05 46 32 60 60 for more information |
CONCERTS:
2 August – 9pm Saint Pierre Church in Aulnay
11 August – 8.30pm – Saint Jean Baptiste Church in Saint-Jean d’Angély |
The Venance Fortunat Ensemble is returning to the Abbey this year from 2 to 12 August 2009 to give a course on medieval and contemporary singing. Anne-Marie Deschamps and Patrice Balter offer a course suited to your musical and vocal level.
-The 2009 Roman Nights Festival of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council
For the 4th consecutive year, the CCE, in collaboration with the Pays des Vals de Saintonge, the town halls of Aulnay de Saintonge, Varaize and Doeuil-sur-le-Mignon as well as the Art and History Department of Saintes town council, are embarking another exciting venture that is the Roman Nights Festival of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council.
This year, we are offering music from the Ars Nova Ensemble on 3 dates at 3 locations (Aulnay de Saintonge 7 July, Varaize 8 July and Doeuil-sur-le-Mignon 9 July) with a concert and lighting to pick out the architectural features of the church, a guided visit of the church as well as an opportunity to exchange views around a buffet of local products. Free entrance.
- Regional Council Poitou-Charentes
News from our partners
- "Aulnay, d'ombre et de lumière"
The latest book from Rémy Prin (www.parole-et-patrimoine.org) will be released in April 2009, published by Bordessoules.
What is the point of heritage?
This is a poetic journey to the heart of Roman art, a very concrete journey first of all, stone by stone, into the soul of a place. An internal journey also, full of wonder which enchants and questions.
This is a book which takes many courses, from breathtaking spaces, to the coherence of religious figures from the marvellous bestiary (bestiaire merveilleux) to the medieval imagination, from influences of the East to the visual richness of motifs which create a setting for images … Images? Or rather “ymages”, an old French word which relates to sculpture. Rémy Prin knows how to weave the dialogue between the writing of the poet, who lives on the history of art, and its images (numerous photographs have been taken by him especially for this book). He suggests through the sculptures, described one by one, the rumours of the world. Fixed in the territory between Saintonge and Poitou, exploring all the facettes of an exceptional Roman art about which François Mitterand said to Marguerite Duras that it was “a masterpiece of the world”, the book retains the imagination like a thread and makes discovering heritage a meeting, a dream, an inexhaustible mine.
What is the point of heritage? This book does not ask the question, it answers it.
Christian Gensbeitel
European Camerata CONCERTS:
For information and reservations, call 01 43 87 97 13 |
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- Medieval Dance
Volume 1 of “The Medieval Dance” will be out in May 2009 accompanied by a CD of 20 dances. This editorial work, unedited until now, fulfils the expectations of those who are passionate about medieval history, dance and music.
You can already subscribe to this project and reserve your booklet to make sure you receive it as soon as it comes out in May 2009 by sending a cheque for €25 made payable to LE LOCAL together with your surname, Christian name, postal and email address to:
Christophe Deslignes
+33 6 18 47 64 10
christophedeslignes@yahoo.fr
http://www.myspace.com/christophedeslignes
http://stage.rotruenge.free.fr
http://ladansemedievale.free..fr
Subscription form (pdf)
As a thank you for helping us carry out this project, delivery costs will be waived.
European News
- Centre for Strategic Analysis – Newsletter n° 116
At the end of 2008, the Centre for Strategic Analysis, a body whose task is to clarify the Government in the definition and the implementation of its strategic orientations in economic, social, environmental and cultural matters, published this enlightening newsletter on the importance of the mobility of the youth of Europe.
- document (pdf)
Read all about European cultural issues on our partner site of the European Institute for Cultural Itineries.
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Links of the month
- Why should you vote in the European elections on 7 June 2009? (pdf)
Forum
- the forum is still on line!
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This quarterly newsletter has been sent by the Centre of European Culture
Director of publishing : Alain Ohnenwald – Written by : David Chauveau
Translation : Jennifer Charruau - Sandra Doolan