Performing ArtsMidtown East

Crossing the Line Festival

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Alliance Française's annual Crossing the Line Festival returns in 2018 with world and US premieres throughout the City. Highlights include the world premiere of #PUNK 100% POP *N!GGA, by choreographer Nora Chipaumire, inspired by Patti Smith, Americana and her years growing up in Zimbabwe; French film star Jeanne Balibar performing a one-woman show that highlights the work of three groundbreaking female historians; and the US premiere of Yasmina Reza’s award-winning play Art.

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