Example sentences for: avant-garde

How can you use “avant-garde” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • French-speaking theater lovers can enjoy the classics by Molière, Racine, or Corneille at the Comédie Française (rue de Richelieu) or avant-garde productions at the Bouffes du Nord (Porte de la Chapelle) and Cartoucherie (Bois de Vincennes).

  • Audiences literally boo avant-garde director Robert Wilson for his minimalist staging of Richard Wagner's classic opera, and most critics agree with the verdict.

  • There are also plenty of venues for more “risqué” or avant-garde performances.

  • In Paris before and during World War I, Rivera was a member of the French avant-garde, executing competent Cubist works such as Still Life With Liqueur Bottle (1915).

  • Hot Brass (La Villette) and The New Morning (rue des Petites-Ecuries) attract big American and European musicians, while Le Dunois (rue Dunois) is an intimate place, cultivating more avant-garde music.


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