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Les inRockuptibles
With this stunning 2012 edition, Crossing the Line deserves to have an alter ego in France that is able to return the compliment to the talent of young American artists.
Scènes: Manhattan transfert
Patrick Sourd, November 7, 2012

The Brooklyn Rail
Pas de Deux is an uninterrupted two hours rich in cultural appropriation and historical report.
Present in the Absence
L. J. Sunshine, November 6, 2012

The Dance Enthusiast
Phenomenal performances from Jim Fletcher and Kate Moran. Brave and daring writing and direction from Pascal Rambert
Impressions of: Love's End
Cory Nakasue, October 19, 2012

Stage and Cinema
Off-Off-Broadway Theater Review: LOVE’S END (Abrons Arts Center),A Poetic Breakup
Sarah Taylor Ellis, October 19, 2012

Globo.tv
Artista plástico baiano expõe nas ruas de Nova York
October 19, 2012

The New York Times
Weekend Miser: Writers, Musicians and More at Walls and Bridges
A.C. Lee, October 18, 2012

Hyperallergic
Home Is Where the Art Is
Jillian Steinhauer, October 17, 2012

New York Theater Review
Victoria Teague on "Love’s End" as presented with The French Institute Alliance Francaise’s Crossing the Line 2012
Victoria Teague, October 16, 2012

KMOV-TV
Photos: Strange art forms in NYC's Times Square
October 15, 2012

Estadao
E Bel Borba Fez A América
Jotabê Medeiros, October 14, 2012

Time Out New York
Four out of five stars! “Love's End drives us through irritation to fascinated suspension and even a creepy, rubber-necking excitement. Its rewards are intriguing…There's glamour, true glamour, in two such tremendous actors being matched so perfectly.
Love's End
Helen Shaw, October 12, 2012

New York Resident
Last Word
Demetra Pappas, October 12, 2012

The New York Times
Reconceiving Partnering With a Dose Of Politics
Claudia La Rocco, October 11, 2012

The New York Times
Telling Almost All, and With a Wink: Jack Ferver’s
‘Mon Ma Mes,’ at Le Skyroom
Claudia La Rocco, October 10, 2012

Frieze Blog
In Habit
Dan Fox, October 10, 2012

Culturebot
Joris Lacoste on Making Dreams
Jeremy M. Barker, October 10, 2012

Culturebot
Raimund Hoghe on “Pas de Deux” at BAC
Jeremy M. Barker, October 10, 2012

France-Amérique
Love's End, le language guerrier de l'amour
October 9, 2012

This Week in New York
CROSSING THE LINE — RAIMUND HOGHE:
PAS DE DEUX
October 9, 2012

Paris Match
Quand la France rhabille New York
October 9, 2012

Untapped New York
Your Week Untapped: Best Events for October 8-14
Laura Itzkowitz, October 8, 2012

The Lo-Down
Pascal Rambert’s “Love’s End” Comes to Abrons
Robin Schatell, October 8, 2012

The New Yorker
Goings on About Town: Dance,
Jack Ferver & Sarah Michelson
October 8, 2012

New York Magazine
Dance Listing: Raimund Hoghe
October 8, 2012

Movement Research Blog
Jack Ferver in conversation with Marissa Perel
Marisa Perel, October 6, 2012

Flavorpill
For the last five years, the bridge from summer to fall has been accompanied by an exciting interdisciplinary festival produced by the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF). Harboring the work of 18 artists from all over the world, Crossing the Line seeks to take the willing to new, uncharted and often provocative territories.
Crossing the Line 2012: FIAF Fall Festival
Mindy Bond, October 6, 2012

danceviewtimes
Lost in Translation
October 5, 2012

The New Yorker
Goings on About Town: Dance, Raimund Hoghe
October 5, 2012

The New York Times
Dance Listings for Oct. 5-11: Raimund Hoghe
October 5, 2012

The New York Times
Dance Listings for Oct. 5-11: Jack Ferver
October 5, 2012

Brazilian Press
Bel Borba é recepcionado em New York com
projeto e filme
Roger Costa, October 4, 2012

This Week in New York
Jack Ferver: Mon, Ma, Mes
October 4, 2012

French Morning
“Love’s End” de Pascal Rambert sur les planches
Matthias Keil, October 4, 2012

Time Out New York
This Week in New York: Crossing the Line
October 4–10, 2012

Time Out New York
Dance, Critics' Pick: Raimund Hoghe
October 4–10, 2012

Time Out New York
Dance, Critics' Pick: Sarah Michelson
October 4–10, 2012

Time Out New York
Dance, Recommended Listing: Jack Ferver
October 4–10, 2012

France Culture
Radio Broadcast, Spectacle Vivant : Dom Juan ou le
Festin de Pierre et Une 
(In French. Crossing the Line 2012 coverage
begins at 54:50)
October 4, 2012

The Village Voice
Pascal Rambert Offers You Some Invective
Molly Grogan, October 3, 2012

Culturebot
Crossing the Line 2012 Journal:
On Denying the Surplus Value of Art(?)
Jeremy M. Barker, October 3, 2012

Art Fag City
The Real World:
Becoming One With David Levine’s “Habit”
Whitney Kimball, October 3, 2012

Untapped New York
Your Week Untapped: Best Events for September 24-30: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24: Habit by David Levine
Laura Itzkowitz, October 3, 2012

GalleristNY
Daily Housework: In ‘Habit,’ David Levine Makes
Acting a Chore
Michael H. Miller, October 2, 2012

ArtInfo
Sarah Michelson: Not A Lecture/ Performance
October 2, 2012

The Wall Street Journal
Curtain Raisers: Beethoven in Four Movements
Lizzie Simon, October 1, 2012

The New York Times
Dance Listing: DD Dorvillier/human future dance corps
October 1, 2012

The New Yorker
Dance Listing: DD Dorvillier
October 1, 2012

Hyperallergic
Instrumental People
Siobhan Burke, Sept 30, 2012

Arts Journal
Deconstructing Beethoven
Deborah Jowitt, Sept 29, 2012

Art in America
David Levine's Habit at the Essex Market
Paul David Young, Sept 29, 2012

NYU Local
NYU Local Sees An Artsy Play Called Habit
And Writes About It
Cara Cifferelli, Sept 28, 2012

Capital New York
David Levine's 'Habit:' A Play, an environment,
a social commentary
Joseph Cermatori, Sept 28, 2012

The New Yorker
Choose Your Own Adventure
Anna Altman, Sept 28, 2012

Art in America
Bel Borba Crosses the Line, Online
Lisa Stahl, Sept 28, 2012

Hyperallergic
Two Dance Experiments Peel Back the Layers
Alexis Clements, Sept 27, 2012

The New York Times
A Beethoven Quartet, Better Heard Than Seen
Alastair Macaulay, Sept 27, 2012

The New York Times
Theater Listings for Sept. 28-Oct. 4,
Highly Recommended: Last Chance: David Levine
Sept 27, 2012

The New York Times
Dance Listings for Sept. 28-Oct. 4,
Highly Recommended: DD Dorvillier
and Sarach Michelson
Sept 27, 2012

French Morning
Joris Lacoste, l’art sous hypnose
Matthias Keil, Sept 27, 2012

BroadwayWorld.com
Joris Lacoste's 4 PREPARED DREAMS Will Be Presented at FIAF's Crossing the Line Festival, 10/10-10/13
Sept 27, 2012

The New Yorker
Goings on About Town: Dance, Jack Ferver/ "Mon Ma Mes"
Sept 27, 2012

The New Yorker
Goings on About Town: Dance, Sarah Michelson
Sept 27, 2012

Culturebot
DD Dorvillier on “Danza Permanente” at the Kitchen
Jeremy M. Barker, Sept 26, 2012

The Clyde Fitch Report
“Crossing the Line” Best When it Crosses Lines
Beck Feibelman, Sept 26, 2012

The Huffington Post
Lesson Learned: Transcribing the African Reality
Through Dance
Azza Sat , Sept 26, 2012

Contemporary Performance
In Performance: DD Dorvillier/human future dance corps–Danza Permanente (NYC)
Caden Manson, Sept 26, 2012

The New Yorker
Beethoven Embodied
Andrew Boynton, Sept 25, 2012

Artforum
DD Dorvillier
Samara Davis, Sept 25, 2012

Time Out New York
Habit
David Cote, Sept 24, 2012

Bomb Magazine: Bomblog
Permanent Motion
Suzanne Snider, Sept 24, 2012

New York Magazine: Vulture
Theater Review: An All-Consuming Habit
Scott Brown, Sept 24, 2012

TheaterMania
Kate Moran, Jim Fletcher to Star in American Premiere of Love's End
Bethany Rickwald, Sept 24, 2012

The New York Times
"…genre-bending art-theater project"
You Have a Role In This Play: Peeping Tom
Ben Brantley, Sept 24, 2012

Backstage
Audiences May Develop a 'Habit' for Voyeurism
Andy Propst , Sept 23, 2012

The New York Times
"Musicians play, and dancers dance. But the choreographer DD Dorvillier is flipping that notion upside down."
In a Footstep, Making a Cello for Beethoven
(PDF Available Here)
Gia Kourlas, Sept 22, 2012

The New York Times
When a Country’s Situation Is So Bleak,
Can Telling a Story Make a Difference?
(PDF Available Here)
Brian Seibert, Sept 22, 2012

ArtInfo
Hot Box
Sept 22, 2012

The Wall Street Journal
New York Photos of the Week,
September 15th – September 21st: Habit
Sept 21, 2012

The New York Times
The Week in Culture Pictures, Sept. 21: Bel Borba
Sept 21, 2012

France-Amérique
"Crossing the Line  Opens Beautifully at FIAF"
Crossing the line ouvre en beauté au Fiaf
Sept 21, 2012

Time Out New York
Critics' Picks: DD Dorvillier;
Recommended Dance Listings:  DD Dorvillier
Sept 20–26, 2012

Time Out New York
The Off-Off List: Good Odds: Habit
Sept 20–26, 2012

Time Out New York
Critics' Picks: Brian Rogers; Recommended Dance Listings: Brian Rogers
Sept 20–26, 2012

Time Out New York
Recommended Dance Listings: OMSK/Lotte van den Berg; The Off-Off List: Good Odds: OMSK/Lotte van den Berg
Sept 20–26, 2012

The Wall Street Journal
In the Market for a Sneak Peek
Lana Bortolot, Sept 20, 2012

WNET/NYC-ARTS
David Levine's "Habit" Editors' Pick
Sept 20, 2012

WNET/NYC-ARTS
NYC-ARTS Theater: FIAF Crossing the Line 2012
Sept 20, 2012

The New York Times
Theater Listings for Sept. 21-27:
Highly Recommended, Habit
Sept 20, 2012

The New York Times
Dance Listings for Sept. 21-27:
Highly Recommended, DD Dorvillier and Brian Rogers
Sept 20, 2012

The New York Times
Sure the Artist Is Drunk, but He’s Sweating It Off: Brian Rogers’s ‘Hot Box’ at Chocolate Factory
Brian Seibert , Sept 20, 2012

The New York Times
Brazil’s Pied Piper of Street Art
Larry Rohter, Sept 18, 2012

The Happening
Rinden homenaje al Picasso brasileño en Nueva York
Sept 18, 2012

In the theater of One World
"...profound and engaging from start to finish"
Congolese choreographer/director Faustin Linyekula dances solo after profound dialogue with director Peter Sellars
Randy Gener , Sept 18, 2012

New York Post Blog
'Hot Box' and 'Einstein on the Beach' put the audience in charge
Elisabeth Vincentelli , Sept 18, 2012

New York Post
Drunks & stunts enliven fest
Elisabeth Vincentelli , Sept 18, 2012

Culturebot
Gérald Kurdian on “The Magic of Spectacular Theater”
Jeremy M. Barker, Sept 17, 2012

The Wall Street Journal
The Intoxication of 'Einstein'
Lizzie Simon, Sept 17, 2012

The New Yorker
Dance: Faustin Linyekula, Le Cargo
Sept 17, 2012

The Lo-Down
Fall Arts Season Kicks off with an International Bent
Robin Schatell, Sept 17, 2012

The New York Times
The Week Ahead: Dance: Faustin Linyekula
Claudia La Rocco, Sept 16, 2012

Willamette Week
TBA Diaries: Faustin Linyekula, Le Cargo
Heather Wisner, Sept 14, 2012

Culturebot
Lucien Zayan on the Birth of the Invisible Dog Arts Center
Jeremy M. Barker, Sept 14, 2012

Paris New York TV
Crossing the Line, le festival osé du Fiaf c’est maintenant
Anaïs Digonnet, Sept 14, 2012

CBS New York
"The 5 Best Things to Do in NYC Tonight, September 14"
Bill Frisell: Opening Concert for Crossing the Line 2012: FIAF Fall Festival
Sept 14, 2012

Interview Magazine
Crossing the Line in a Good Way
Effie Bowen, Sept 13, 2012

The Village Voice
Music: Bill Frisell, Eyvind Kang, Jim Woodring
Sept 12–18, 2012

The Huffington Post
'Crossing The Line': A Dialogue With The Curators For The 2012 New York City Festival (PHOTOS, INTERVIEW)
Hallie Sekoff, Sept 14, 2012

ArtInfo
Yoko Ono’s Peace Day Project Headlines Times Square Arts’s Fall Program
Benjamin Sutton, Sept 13, 2012

The New York Times
Weekend Miser: Oh, Brothers
A.C. Lee, Sept 13, 2012

The New York Times
Jazz Listings for Sept. 14-20,
Highly Recommended: Bill Frisell
Sept 13, 2012

The New York Times
Dance Listings for Sept. 14-20,
Highly Recommended: Faustin Linyekula, Brian Rogers
Sept 13, 2012

French Morning
Invisible Dog lance sa 4ème saison en musique
Matthias Keil, Sept 13, 2012

Time Out New York
The Magic of Spectacular Theater
Sept 13–19, 2012

New York Magazine
Dance Listing: Faustin Linyekula
Sept 17, 2012

Time Out New York
"Best of the fests"
This Week in New York: Crossing the Line
Sept 13–19, 2012

Time Out New York
Recommended Listings: Bill Frisell, Opening Concert; Close Your Eyes Featuring Eyvind Kang & Jim Woodring
Sept 13–19, 2012

Time Out New York
Recommended Listings: Faustin Linyekula, Le Cargo; Faustin Linyekula and Peter Sellars, Dialogue
Sept 13–19, 2012

The New Yorker
Goings on About Town: The Theatre: Habit
Sept 13, 2012

Art in America
Sight Lines: Peter Sellars, Faustin Linyekula
Sept 12, 2012

Culturebot
Talking “Hot Box” with Brian Rogers and Madeline Best
Maura Donohue, Sept 11, 2012

The New Yorker
Dance: Fall Preview, Faustin Linyekula's "Le Cargo"
Sept 10, 2012

The New York Times
“For terrifically unusual, unpredictable, unnameable performance, we’ve come to expect a lot from Lili Chopra and Simon Dove, the curators of the French Institute Alliance Française’s interdisciplinary festival (joined this year by Gideon Lester).”
Fall Dance Preview
Siobhan Burke, Sept 9, 2012

The Wall Street Journal
Thinking Inside the Box
Lizzie Simon, Sept 9, 2012

French Morning
Le maître du son Céleste Boursier-Mougeneot au FIAF
Matthias Keil, Sept 8, 2012

The New York Times
Fall Music Preview: Bill Frisell
Sept 7, 2012

ArtNexus
Crossing the Line 2012: Bel Borba Is Here
and Brazilian Street Art
Sept 6, 2012

Culturebot
“Crossing the Line has emerged after only a half dozen years as perhaps New York’s premiere festival of contemporary performance work.”
Lili Chopra, Simon Dove & Gideon Lester Discuss
This Year’s Crossing the Line Festival
Jeremy M. Barker, Sept 6, 2012

The Huffington Post
BAM's 'Next Wave Festival': A Breeding Ground For The National And International Performance Arts Scene
Hallie Sekoff, Sept 6, 2012

France-Amérique
Le FIAF franchit la ligne des arts contemporains
Guénola Pellen, Sept 6, 2012

The New York Times
French Institute Alliance Française to Unveil Florence Gould Hall Renovation
Felicia R. Lee, Sept 6, 2012

The New York Times
Fall Theater Preview: David Levine's "Habit"
Steven McElroy, Sept 6, 2012

Village Voice
Fall Arts Guide 2012: Dance, DD Dorvillier /human future dance corps' "Danza Permanente"
Deborah Jowitt, Sept 5, 2012

Time Out New York
Director Brian Rogers and dancer Madeline Best
talk about “Hot Box”
Gia Kourlas, Sept 4, 2012

The Performance Club
Back in the Habit (obvious/lame pun intended, forgive)
Claudia La Rocco, Aug 31, 2012

BroadwayWorld.com
DD Dorvillier’s DANZA PERMANENTE
Comes to The Kitchen, 9/26–30
Aug 29, 2012

Movement Research Blog
Utopian synesthesia: DD Dorvillier in conversation with Jennifer Lacey on Danza Permanente
Jennifer Lacey, Aug 27, 2012

Time Out New York
“This interdisciplinary festival—presented by the French Institute Alliance Française—is one of the season’s great joys… Forget about categories; this is a whirlwind of art.”
Fall Preview Dance: Crossing the Line 2012
Aug 23–Sept 5

The Villager
Expect to get schooled!
Aug 23, 2012

BroadwayWorld.com
Crossing the Line Festival Presents Gérald Kurdian‘s
The Magic of Spectacular Theater 9/18–19
Aug 23, 2012

Time Out New York
Fall Dance Events: Ballet, Contemporary
and Postmodern Dance
Gia Kourlas, Aug 21, 2012

BroadwayWorld.com
Peter Sellars, Sarah Michelson & More Set for FIAF's CROSSING THE LINE Festival Lectures, 9/17-10/6
Aug 16, 2012

BroadwayWorld.com
David Levine Returns to New York
with HABIT at PS122, 9/21-30
Aug 14, 2012

BroadwayWorld.com
FIAF's Crossing the Line Festival to Feature
HOT BOX in September
Aug 9, 2012

Time Out New York
Critics' Pick: DD Dorvillier/human future dance corps
Aug 7, 2012

Time Out New York
Critics' Pick: Jack Ferver
Aug 7, 2012

Time Out New York
Critics' Pick: Sarah Michelson
Aug 7, 2012

Culturebot
David Levine on “Habit” at Crossing the Line/PS 122
Jeremy M. Barker, Aug 7, 2012

Huffington Post
David Levine's 'Habit' Loops 90 Minute Melodrama
With Improvised Movements (INTERVIEW, VIDEO)
Aug 3, 2012

Time Out New York
Critics' Pick: Faustin Linyekula
Aug 2, 2012

Time Out New York
Critics' Pick: Faustin Linyekula and Peter Sellars
August 2, 2012

Guest of a Guest
When Kickstarter Gets Crafty:
The Site's Most Offbeat Projects
July 31, 2012

GalleristNY
David Levine’s ‘Habit’ Will Be Performed
at Essex Street Market in September
Michael H. Miller, July 30, 2012

ArtInfo
Make David Levine a Better Employer
July 24, 2012

The New York Times
Performance Space 122 Announces New Season
Erik Piepenburg, July 23, 2012

The Wall Street Journal
Experimentation Is the Uncle of Invention
Lizzie Simon, July 17, 2012

Culturebot
Season Preview: FIAF’s Crossing the Line
(with Bastille Day Notes)
Jeremy M. Barker, July 18, 2012

French Morning
Crossing the Line 2012 dévoilé par le Fiaf
Oriana Jomby-Diaz, July 17, 2012

France Magazine
Crossing the Line
Tracy Kendrick, Summer 2012

TheaterMania
Bill Frisell, David Levine, Brian Rogers, Peter Sellars Set for Crossing the Line Festival
Brian Scott Lipton, July 6, 2012

BroadwayWorld
French Institute Alliance Française's Crossing the Line 2012 Set for 9/14-10/14
July 6, 2012

Playbill.com
Sarah Michelson, Peter Sellars, Bill Frisell and More Will Take Part in 2012 Crossing the Line Festival
Michael Gioia, July 6, 2012

The New York Times
Crossing the Line Festival Announces Fall Lineup
Robin Pogrebin, July 5, 2012