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It was a surprising diplomatic event on New York’s Upper East Side — one that started with an auspicious “bonsoir,” and ended with an unexpected “au revoir.”

Farmer says “Bonsoir” to one man and Ti Jean shushes him, then issues these instructions: if someone passes you at night and doesn’t speak, you, too, must remain silent, but if the person asks who you are, you must say, “I am who you are,” and if the person asks what you do, you must say, “I do what you do.”

“Bonsoir,” Tsukiko says cheerfully as he approaches, tucking her lighter back in her pocket as she balances her cigarette in its long silver holder.

She has also played with bands such as Yvette Landry & the Jukes and Bonsoir, Catin.

ZinZanni artistic director Reenie Duff, who had long admired Lallone’s work at PNB, approached her to play a ballerina role in “Bonsoir Liliane!”