Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
la piste a ses toiles
English translation:
art tops the bill
Added to glossary by
janisct
May 10, 2010 09:26
14 yrs ago
French term
la piste a ses toiles
French to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
article on a circus spectacular
Describing the latest offering from Cirque Plume, which is based on a series of tableaux, or paintings:
Avec le cirque Plume, la piste a ses toiles au Printemps des comédiens. (the latter is a festival in Montpellier)
Avec le cirque Plume, la piste a ses toiles au Printemps des comédiens. (the latter is a festival in Montpellier)
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polyglot45
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art tops the bill
paintings are given a chance to star
Note from asker:
| If the circus analogy is to be retained, what about 'art enters the circus ring'? |
Peer comment(s):
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Leslie Marcus
: I like your answer better than mine!
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thx ! generous of you
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Evans (X)
: yes, I think this is a good compromise. I think you have to give precedence to meaning over the play on words under these circumstances! You've also included a veiled reference to the big top in your choice of verb.
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thx - the reference was, of course, deliberate !
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Edward LAMB
: Ditto; the circus allusion is lost..., in my humble opinion...
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ormiston
: might 'art takes to the stage' restore the allusion?
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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paintings make their way to the ring...
I took a look at the Cirque Plume's current website and that's what I came up with, or perhaps "Cirque Plume brings paintings to the big top/to the ring"
Note from asker:
| So if you disagree Edward, what do YOU suggest? |
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Edward LAMB
: Sorry; but, as "polyglot45" has so pertinently indicated, everyone has missed the pun...
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the art of the circus
Art of the circus can refer to the actual craft involved in performing circus acts or art based on a circus theme. And in this context, it can refer to art being the theme of the Cirque Plume's newest show.
Cirque Plume brings the art of the circus to the Printemps des comédiens festival.
Cirque Plume brings the art of the circus to the Printemps des comédiens festival.
Note from asker:
| Yes, I think incorporating 'art of the circus' in some way would be a good idea, but it has to get across the message that it is art as in painting that is involved, not just circus arts. |
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the ring now stars it in canvases
A mere try.
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ars et circensens
A circus where budding artists exhibit themselves...
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Note added at 7 hrs (2010-05-10 16:45:57 GMT)
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State of the art circus
"The Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard became the epicenter of this renaissance, until its preeminence was contested by the new, state-of-the-art circus that Leonid Brezhnev had had built at Vernadsky Avenue, on Lenin Hill, near Moscow University—and which is known today as Moscow’s Bolshoi Circus."
http://www.circopedia.org/index.php/Circus_Nikulin
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Note added at 7 hrs (2010-05-10 16:45:57 GMT)
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State of the art circus
"The Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard became the epicenter of this renaissance, until its preeminence was contested by the new, state-of-the-art circus that Leonid Brezhnev had had built at Vernadsky Avenue, on Lenin Hill, near Moscow University—and which is known today as Moscow’s Bolshoi Circus."
http://www.circopedia.org/index.php/Circus_Nikulin
Note from asker:
| But I think this gives the impression of artists in the sense of painters, and here they aren't, they are circus performers with the performance being staged like tableaux or pictures in a museum. |
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