As a lighter version of the monumental installation Les plantamouves originally created for the Centre Pompidou in Paris, this exhibition-workshop combines the tactile whimsy of mobile sculpture with interactive dance, inviting audiences of all ages to engage with more than 240 vibrantly colorful foam pieces through inventive video tutorials.

Spark your imagination at our Studio in a School art workshops, featuring exciting new themes every month!

Join L’Alliance for the winter season of Family Saturdays, featuring multidisciplinary arts programming that engages young people and their families through visual art, dance, storytelling, and Francophone cinema.

Savor France’s rich wine heritage with L’Alliance New York and iDealwine’s four-part Wine Masterclass Series. Spotlighting a different French region and style with insights from producers and experts during each session, you’ll sip, learn, and enjoy in a warm, convivial setting.

A dazzling revival of the nearly forgotten Italian folk dance polka chinata, Save the Last Dance for Me is a breathtaking duet of whirling spins and sweeping knee bends. Hailed as “engaging, delicate, and terribly attractive” (La Terrasse), this acclaimed work reimagines tradition with boldness, beauty, and contemporary flair.

A hard-hitting look at mental health misdealing, Franju’s first fiction feature stars Jean-Pierre Mocky as a young man adrift from purpose, who is institutionalized by his dad, a miserable lawyer. Audiences feel François’s pain as he struggles to reclaim his freedom, especially now that he has fallen in love (Anouk Aimée).

The anarchic visionary Georges Franju began his life in cinema working with Henri Langlois, co-directing the 1934 short Le Métro, and co-founding the Cinémathèque Française. It would be over a decade before Franju made a second film: the explosive, still-shocking, landmark documentary, The Blood of the Beasts (Le sang des bêtes, 1948). For the next decade, Franju worked exclusively in documentary before directing his first feature in 1958. Though contemporaneous with the Nouvelle Vague’s debut films, his style, focus, and even his generation set him apart—operating in a realm unto himself and crafting works that capture dark beauty and the fantastical.

Acclaimed directing partners Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq reimagine this 17th-century classic as a deliciously relevant class farce complete with fantastical costumes and Balkan-inspired music.

A beloved family classic starring Catherine Deneuve as a princess who escapes an unwanted royal marriage by disguising herself in a donkey’s hide.

An early body-horror marvel, Franju’s influential chiller sees a surgeon/mad scientist (Pierre Brasseur) take extreme measures to restore the face of his daughter (Édith Scob) after a disfiguring car accident. Misunderstood upon its release and now rightfully recognized as a masterpiece, Franju’s best-known work is memorably gruesome and gorgeous.

Ten exceptional young artists come together in a bold program from Paris’s leading dance school, The Choreographic Ensemble of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Featuring works by choreographers Leïla Ka and Robyn Orlin, blending repertoire and original creation, the evening explores freedom, belonging, and social engagement through movement.

Part Agatha Christie whodunit, part William Castle gimmickry, with a dash of giallo, Franju’s mischievous follow-up to Eyes Without a Face watches a greedy family (including a baby-faced Jean-Louis Trintignant) scramble to inherit a fortune… all while the beneficiaries begin turning up dead.

Before directing his debut narrative feature in 1958, Franju made a series of extraordinary documentary shorts beginning with Le Métro (1935), co-directed by Henri Langlois. After an extended break, he created La Premiere nuit (The First Night, 1958), Notre-Dame, Cathédrale de Paris (1957), Mon Chien (My Dog, 1955) and the legendary Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des bêtes, 1948).

After touring the world with his one-man show, Un soir de gala, acclaimed French comedian Vincent Dedienne collaborated with over a dozen songwriters to create an album of songs based on the characters from the show. Dedienne performs those songs live, bringing new depth to the stories that have charmed audiences around the world.

An exquisite Emmanuelle Riva appears in the title role of a complex woman stifled by a confining provincial existence and loveless marriage. Her increasing resistance to playing the role of perfect wife and mother triggers an intense, murderous hatred for her boring, landowner husband (Philippe Noiret)

This playful, hyper-stylish homage to Louis Feuillade’s silent serials follows the titular black hat and cloak–wearing vigilante, whose latest target is a thieving banker, entangling his virtuous daughter, her child’s scheming governess, and a detective on Judex’s trail.

“If the visual intensity of the silent film had never existed, Franju would have invented it.” – Raymond Durgnat

In this adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s novel, delusions of reality are conveyed through two very different yet equally idealistic protagonists in WWI France: a Polish widow (Emmanuelle Riva) who aids wounded soldiers on the front lines and a starry-eyed teenager (Fabrice Rouleau) who creates a new identity in order to enlist.

April’s family screening celebrates Earth Month with Microcosmos, an extraordinary documentary that unveils the hidden world of insects.

Franju’s wild final feature, and second foray into Feuillade territory, is a pulpy fantasy/crime thriller featuring a search for treasure hidden by the Templars, a red-masked villain known as The Man Without a Face (plus his army of zombielike killers), and Gayle Hunnicutt equipped with a catsuit and deadly darts.