Féral Benga

RésuméFéral Benga constitue une figure originale de danseur au XXe siècle, oscillant entre les personnages stéréotypés et dénudés du music-hall et les créations chorégraphiques personnelles. En dépit des stéréotypes entourant chacune de ses prestations, il a pu faire dialoguer les cultures africaines et européennes, les traditions et la modernité. Il se présente ainsi comme un discret mais essentiel pionnier de la rénovation chorégraphique et de la reconnaissance de la danse africaine comme art à part entière.AbstractFéral Benga constitutes dancer’s original figure in the xxth century, oscillating between the stereotypical and bare characters of the music hall and the personal choreographic creations. In spite of stereotypes surrounding each of his performances, he was able to make have a dialogue the African and European cultures, the traditions and the modernity. He so appears as a discreet but the main part pioneer of the choreographic renovation and the recognition of the African dance as the separate art

Du théâtre au cinéma, des planches à la caméra : les incursions de Gémier dans le « septième art »

Firmin Gémier (1869-1933), acteur célèbre et fondateur du Théâtre National Populaire, est le symbole du passage au cinéma effectué par la plupart des artistes de théâtre au début du XXe siècle. Il participa à des films muets, puis parlants, reprit certains de ses rôles à succès. Figure emblématique de l’adaptation du jeu théâtral au cinéma, il recourut à ses techniques habituelles de composition : sincérité, émotion, intériorité, naturel. La parenté du cinéma et du théâtre se donnait pour lui comme une évidence, mais il conçut l’interprétation cinématographique comme une possibilité de renouveau du jeu et de la formation du comédien, mais aussi de la polyvalence de l’artiste et de la collaboration internationale.From Theater to Cinema, from Stage to Camera: Gémier’s Forays in the “Seventh Art”. Firmin Gémier (1869-1933), famous actor and founder of the Théâtre National Populaire, exemplifies the transition made by most theater artists to cinema at the beginning of the 20th century. He participated in silent films, then talkies… taking up certain of his former roles with success. An emblematic figure in adapting theater acting to the cinema, he turned to his usual creative techniques: sincerity, emotion, interiority, naturalness. The close relationship between the cinema and theater was evident for Gémier. Yet, he conceived of cinematographic interpretation as a potential means for modernizing acting and actor training, as well as a means for artistic polyvalence and international collaboration

Effect of late weaning and use of alternative cages on performance of does, suckling and fattening rabbits under extensive reproductive management

The effects of the combined use of long lactation periods (46 days) with alternative cages on the reproductive and growth performance of 104 rabbit does and their litters during five consecutive reproductive cycles were studied. Half of does were housed in conventional polyvalent cages (39 cm×100 cm×30 cm) and the other half in alternative polyvalent cages (39 cm×100 cm×60 cm), with a raised platform. Half of the rabbit does in each type of cage were weaned at 32 and the other half at 46 days after parturition. Longer lactation negatively affected the body weight (P<0.001), fat and energy content (P<0.05) of rabbit does at the end of the lactation period, but this effect decreased with the number of parturitions. Fertility, prolificacy and doe mortality were not affected by lactation length. Late weaning led to higher litter size (by 8.9%) and litter weight (by 11.3%) at the end of growing period (P<0.001) and lower feed conversion ratio per cage during the experimental period (13.5%) than weaning at 32 day (P<0.001). These results were paralleled by lower mortality (12.6 vs. 17.6%; P<0.01) of young rabbits weaned later during the overall experimental period. Differences in performance as a result of different weaning ages were only observed during cycles with worst health status (third and fifth cycles) in which late weaning decreased mortality. Type of cage did not affect doe body weight and body condition, mortality, fertility, prolificacy and litter size during the five reproductive cycles. Nevertheless, at day 21 litter weight and feed conversion ratio between 3 and 21 day were 4.2% higher (P<0.01) and 5.0% lower (P<0.05), respectively, in animals housed in alternative rather than in conventional cages. Alternative cages also led to heavier litters at 59 days (P<0.01). It was concluded that the combined use of longer lactations and cages with higher available surface with a raised platform could be alternatives to improve animal welfare in farmed rabbit

Sur scène et hors-scène: les spectatrices des réseaux artistiques féminins au début du XXe siècle

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Union des arts et spectacle total : les tentations symbolistes et populaires

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