Robert Lepage

Robert Lepage (born on December 12th, 1957 with Quebec) is a Director, a Scénographe, a dramatic author, a Acteur and a Cinéaste Québécois. Recognized by the international critic, it creates and carries to the scene of original works which upset the codes of traditional scenic realization, in particular by the use of new technologies. It draws its inspiration in the modern history and its work, modern and strange, transcends the borders.

Biography

Studies

Very early, Robert Lepage is discovered an interest at this point pronounced for the Géographie which he dreams to become professor about it. Attracted by all the forms of art, it comes from there to be interested in the theater. In 1975, whereas it is seventeen years old, it enters to the Conservatoire of dramatic art of Quebec. In 1978, it makes a training course with Paris, under the direction of Alain Knapp. In its return, it takes part in several creations in which it cumulates the roles of actor, author and director.

Beginnings with the theater

In 1980, it joint with the Theater Is located. In 1984, its part Circulations is a national success and receives the price of the best Canadian production to international About fifteen theater of Quebec. It is the following year, with the part the Trilogy of the Dragons , which it becomes known of the world public. He will create then the parts Vinci (1986), the Polygraph (1987-1990) and the Tectonic plates (1988-1990).

Director and artistic director

From 1989 to 1993, Lepage occupies the artistic position of director with the French Theater of the National center of arts to Ottawa. Parallel to this new function, it continues its artistic step by presenting the Needles and opium (1991-1996), Coriolan , Macbeth , the Storm (1992-1994) and has Midsummer Night' S Dream (1992), part which enables him to become the first North-American to direct a part of William Shakespeare to the Royal National Theater of London.

It is successfully that it puts in scene, at the time of the same program, the operas the Castle of Blue Beard and Erwartung (1992). In 1993, it signs the setting in scene of the world tour of the spectacle of Peter Gabriel, The Secret World Tour . It returns to the lyric scene by ensuring the setting in scene of the Damnation of Faust , in Japan in 1999, then in Paris in 2001. In 2000, it takes part in the Métissages exposure to the museum of the Civilization of Quebec. In 2002, it makes team with Peter Gabriel again by ensuring, with its request, the setting in scene of the spectacle Growing Up Live . In North-American round, this spectacle is greeted by the critic everywhere on her passage.

The Project Ex Machina

In 1994, Lepage founds its own company of multidisciplinary creation, Ex Machina with Quebec. He and its new team will present back-to-back the Seven Branches of the River Removed (1994), Dream the one night of summer (1995) and a spectacle solo, Elseneur (1995-1997).

It is under its impulse that the multi-field production center the Dalhousie Barracks is born in June 1997, in Quebec. In these new buildings, it presents the Geometry of the miracles (1998), Zulu Time (1999), the Hidden side of the moon (2000) and Put It Azul (2001), a biographical part on the painter Mexican Frida Kahlo .

Cinema

In 1994, Lepage scénarise and carries out its first feature-length film, the Confessional , presented the following year to the Quinzaine the realizers of the Cannes festival. Two years later, it carries out the Polygraph . In 1998, it signs a bearing film on the Crise of October, No , for which it calls upon its actress-fetish again, Anne-Marie Cadieux, to camp the main role. In 2000, it carries out its first film in English language, Possible Worlds . In 2003, it adapts for the cinema its part the Hidden side of the moon , undoubtedly its most known work internationally.

Actor

In addition to incarnating roles in the majority of his parts, Robert Lepage plays in some of his films: No , Possible Worlds and the Hidden side of the moon . In this last, he camps the two main roles and, whereas the world tour of the part continues, he passes the torch to his colleague Yves Jacques. He also holds of the big roles in two films of Denys Arcand: Jesus of Montreal (1989) and Stardom (2001). It briefly appears in Ding and Dong: the film (1990), in Montreal seen by… (1991) and in Hearing (2005). More recently, it holds a role in the film In the cities, of Catherine Martin. One also finds it in the second volume of the picture story revisited Mars and Avril (ED. of the Water melon, 2006), of which it signs the foreword and in which it lends its features to the cosmologist Eugene Spaak.

Recent projects

In February 2004, Lepage presents The Busker' S Opera to the Montreal Festival in Lights. He also collaborates with the specialist in robotics Louis-Philippe Demers, and puts in scene While waiting for the subway , a jaquemart especially created for Lille 2004, capital European of the culture. In September 2004, it presents Célestine to Barcelona, beginning of a European round.

In 2004, he collaborates with the Cirque of the Sun by creating the spectacle KÀ , presented permanently to the MGM Grand Hotel with Las Vegas. In 2005, it puts in scene, for the Royal Opera of London, an opera drawn from the novel 1984 of Georges Orwell, whose Maestro Lorin Maazel ensures the musical direction.

In 2005, Lepage founds in Quebec its own cinematographic production company, Equal Films. He cherishes for a time the idea to carry to the big screen his part to success the Trilogy of the Dragons , as well as other projects of young Québécois authors. But, for lack of financing, it is seen constrained to close this company in July 2006.

Its last spectacle solo, the Project Andersen , based on the life of Hans Christian Andersen, is currently in world tour. It prepares the part Lipsynch , as well as a new project of opera.

At the beginning of 2007, he is the member elect, equal with the German director Peter Zadek, of the Prix Europe for the theater, higher distinction European in the field. Peter Zadek not being presented to the handing-over of the price, this one is given entirely to Lepage.

In October 2007, at the request of Ex Machina, Patrick Caux and Bernard Gilbert publish a book, '' Ex Machina. Building sites of scenic writing '' (Editions of North - the Moment Even) explaining the step and the course of the company.

Catalog of films

; Realizer

; Actor

With the theater

; Playwright
  • 1984: Circulations
  • 1985: the Trilogy of the Dragons
  • 1986: Vinci
  • 1987 : the Polygraph
  • 1988: the Tectonic plates
  • 1991: Needles and opium
  • 1995: Elseneur
  • 2000 : the Hidden side of the moon
  • 2006: the Project Andersen
  • 2007: Lipsynch

Artistic director

In music

; Director
  • 1993: Secret World Live (spectacle of Peter Gabriel)
  • 2002: Growing up Live (spectacle of Peter Gabriel)

Honors

External bonds

  • Official site of the Project Ex Machina
  • Official site of In extremis Images
  • Ex Machina. Building sites of scenic writing

References

Random links:AMD 5x86 | Championship of Switzerland of football D2 1950-1951 | Andre Biancarelli | Extremely of Lenlon | God is year Astronaut | Asheville,_la_Caroline_du_Nord