FIAF’s Young Audience Program (YAP) is an education outreach initiative that offers school students the unique opportunity to attend performances, film screenings, and workshops, and engage with artists and ideas from around the French-speaking world and beyond. The program is open to French as well as non-French speakers from K to 12th grade. Events are free for public & charter schools and affordable for others. Post-show discussions with the artists help students gain a stronger comprehension of the arts. Committed to creating impactful and long-lasting experiences for students, FIAF provides educators with study guides which include detailed content about the event and suggestions for pre-/post-event activities.
FIAF’s Young Audience Program invites school groups to a special performance of The Pyramid Company’s Under the weight of feathers, followed by a Q&A with the artists. The performance involves four dancers from the collective Pyramid Company dancing in a dreamlike world where the motion of mime, hip-hop, physical theater, burlesque, and object manipulation melds and intertwines with their every movement.
Join FIAF for a special screening of Ocean Seen from the Heart (L’Océan vu du cœur), the sequel to Earth Seen from the Heart (La Terre vue du cœur). Narrated/guided by Hubert Reeves, surrounded by passionate scientists and explorers, the film invites us to rediscover what threatens the ocean, and above all to explore its capacity for phenomenal regeneration.
In this workshop, students learn about the scientific processes, both natural and human, at work behind climate change, and discuss solutions that can mitigate it.
Join us for a guided tour of Pascale Marthine Tayou’s exhibition, Look at yourself in the mirror. After the tour, students participate in a workshop to create their own artwork inspired by Tayou’s oeuvre.