Fall Break
This week, students are on fall break. While CUPA stays open to prepare for the second half of the semester and the incoming Spring cohort, students are traveling, resting, and taking time for themselves !
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CUPA - Paris 12 rue Vavin, Paris, France
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Atelier vidéo-club
CUPA - Paris 12 rue Vavin, Paris, FranceThis week, we watched the short film Plaisir by Molly Gillis.
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Gaëlle Bourges – Juste Camille
Théatre des Abbesses 31 Rue des Abbesses, Paris, FranceDouceur poétique d'un récit cruel : le sort fatal d'une amazone, au clair-obscur d'un tableau vivant. Gaëlle Bourges, n'a pas son égal pour nous faire (re)découvrir, toujours sous un jour surprenant, les références de l'histoire de l'art. Elle nous amène cette fois au XVe siècle, à partir d'un coffre de mariage qui attira son attention […]
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Apéro Franco-Américain
cupaEvery semester we host an evening where we invite French students, former CUPA students currently living in Paris, friends, and host siblings to meet and mingle with our current students. This semester, we prepared an apéro full of cheese and charcuterie, bread and wine, and some games with music and ridiculous prizes !
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Orchestre de Paris – Esa-Pekka Salonen
Philharmonie de Paris 221 Av. Jean Jaurès, Paris, FranceAncré dans la tradition liturgique et laboratoire d'une musique avant-gardiste soucieuse de séduire, le Requiem de Litegi est une oeuvre phrase du vingtième siècle, à laquelle succède le mysticisme médiéval de la Quatrième symphonie de Bruckner. Avec son somptueux Requiem, composé entre 1963 et 1965, György Ligeti met tout son art au service d'une exploration de la tradition […]
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Atelier vidéo-club
CUPA - Paris 12 rue Vavin, Paris, FranceThis week, we watched 2 short films: Madagascar, carnet de voyage by Bastien Dubois and La mort du petit cheval by Gabrielle Selnet.
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Museum Visit : Cité Internationale de la Langue Française
Cité Internationale de la Langue Française 1 Pl. Aristide Briand, Villers-Cotterêts, FranceAlice, our FLE coordinator and phonology teacher, will take her class and any other interested students on an afternoon trip to the French language museum in Villers-Cotterêts. The new museum, hosted in a 500 year old castle, offers an extensive study of the French language, its history, evolution, and use as a tool of colonisation.
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Bateaux Mouches
Second day of orientation brings us to the Seine, where we went on an afternoon cruise. As most students are experiencing Paris for the first time, the cruise allows them to see the big landmarks, such as the Tour Eiffel, Concorde, le Louvre, and Notre Dame to name a few. We also saw an agriculture protest […]
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Apéro
CUPA - Paris 12 rue Vavin, Paris, FranceAs the first week comes to a close, the students and staff gather around a lovely apéro full of cheese, wine, and charcuterie.
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Orientation : Week 2 Activity
CUPA - Paris 12 rue Vavin, Paris, FranceOur second week of orientation is underway, and after a few methodology workshops, we took a long afternoon to relax around a few French card games : Kemps, Dany, and Skyjo !
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End of Orientation Lunch
CUPA - Paris 12 rue Vavin, Paris, FranceTo wrap-up orientation, we came together around a super buffet catered by Les Cuistots Migrateurs. Students are now armed with everything they will need for their first classes next week, as well as how to begin building their own Parisian routines. Tomorrow, the spring cohort is off to Provins on a day trip !
