Word: soleil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...food dealer, he went to Switzerland at age 16 to learn the art of French cuisine. Years later in New York, Kobayashi ("Masa" to his friends) transformed Le Plaisir into one of the city's most prestigious restaurants. In 1981 he became master chef at the Auberge du Soleil in California's Napa Valley. Two years later, he opened Masa's in San Francisco, a restaurant so popular there was a 21-day wait for reservations...
...apartments that were cut out to the top of the building, where they command a better view and higher prices. The blue grid on the south side of the building adds not only color but also shade, in the manner of Le Corbusier's famous brise-soleil, or sun baffle. "If you try to be different," says Fort-Brescia, "be sure that it functions right. My father was a developer. We know better than to fool around with costs and construction schedules...
Perhaps the most unusual company that will appear at the festival all summer is the Théâtre du Soleil (Theater of the Sun) from France. Founded in 1964 by Oxford-educated Director Ariane Mnouchkine, the troupe attempts to create a theater of pure metaphor, stripped of the last trace of realism. Believing that all Westerners are too close to Shakespeare to really see him, Mnouchkine borrows from the traditions of the Orient to seek the dramatic core of his plays. French, from her own translation, is the language coming from her actors' mouths, but the dramatic idiom...
...seven-year visit to Haiti, which he felt demonstrated the possibility of Caribbean independence. In 1945 he was elected Martinique's Deputy to the National Assembly in Paris to form the constitution of the Fourth Republic. His collections of poetry during this period, published as Solar Throat Slashed (Soleil Cou Coupe). The Miraculous Weapons and Lost Body combine his surrealistic style and a growing violence in his verse...
Other American theatres selected to participate in the festival include the Goodman Theatre of Chicago, the Negro Ensemble Company, and the National Theatre of the Deaf. International groups include the French Theatre du Soleil and the Piccolo Teatro di Milano...