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Perfume Genius & Kate Wallich / Liquid music x Northrop residency / 2024 © Jayme Halbritter
Perfume Genius & Kate Wallich / Liquid music x Northrop residency / 2024 © Jayme Halbritter
Kate Wallich & Mike Hadreas (Perfume Genius) © Jonathan Pendleton

Perfume Genius / Kate Wallich

The Lesson
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Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique
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Duration: about 1h10

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Mike Hadreas alias Perfume Genius , musique, voix, piano, mise en scène
Kate Wallich , chorégraphie, danse, mise en scène
Alan Wyffels , musique, piano, danse
Tate Justus , danse

The Lesson marks the second collaboration between singer-songwriter Perfume Genius (alias Mike Hadreas) and choreographer Kate Wallich, drawing inspiration from Elfriede Jelinek’s The Piano Teacher, famously adapted by Michael Haneke.

With the support of

Fondation Société Générale 2026 Avec le généreux soutien d’AFD
Karina-Canellakis

Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique

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Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B 

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221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris
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