Cyrille Henry│Oswald Aurélie Rusterholtz│A spirit
Flute│Gaëlle Belot Guitar│Marie Langlet Percussions│Chin‐Ping Lin
Lighting│Video / Technical‐manager：Nicolas Simonin Composer│Jérôme Combier Stage designe│Sylvia Rhud Customs│Françoise Klein Technicians│Marien Berthomé & Bertrand Faure Film│Gonzalo Arijon & Marion Aldighieri Arts Administrator│Silvia Mammano K. Lear Stage photographer│Antoine Abrieux
Time : August 14‐15, 20:00 & August 16, 14:30 Venue : The Metropolitan Hall Sponsor： Produced and Performed by
& La Compagnie des Transports Amoureux
Adapted from Shakespeare’s Tragedy of King Lear
Translated into French by Jean‐Michel DÉPRATS
Note： In French, with Chinese and English subtitles, part of the performance uses the French sign language.
Production Team： Adaptor / Director│Marie Montegani Clémentine Yelnik│Lear Emmanuelle Laborit│Cordelia Philippe Le Gall│Fool Marie‐Christine Adam│Gonerill Véronique Affholder│Regan Laurent Valo│A Man Patrice Pujol│Kent
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About K. Lear： which is turning the written words into physical images K. Lear is presented in both spoken and sign language may be a code-transforming work for director. In the in French. The story starts from the nightfall and ends rehearsal of K Lear, she tries to trace the writing in at the coming daybreak. The long and endless dark actors’ singing. She finds the possibility of night in between is symbolic of destiny which King Lear communication between the classic and the modern and Cordélia are trapped in. After the destiny overturns through the actors’ bodies and texture of works. in this long nightmare, King Lear recreates his own path of life following his daughter’s gesture. He is all alone by himself and so close to the death. By the end of the night, he realizes that removing from all the signs of power: his crown, gown and wand, he is nothing but Marie Montegani / Theatre director a man. When the spoken language becomes an After training with Jean-Marie Villégier at the school of instrument of corruption and perversion, how Cordélia the TNS in Strasbourg, Marie Montegani played under make him listen to the truth? his direction in 1992. She then worked with Jean-Louis Hourdin and under the direction of several other Having sign language as its framework of interpretation, famous stage directors until 1998, when she decided to it embodies King Lear’s conversion through this create her own Theatre Company. She initiated stage alternative communication approach. Successfully direction with Racine’s “Andromaque”. delivering spoken Shakespearean text to silent Then, she adapted and directed a show based community would be the biggest challenge given by Baudelaire’s poems and letters and in January 2007, director, Marie Montegani, herself. she inaugurated the International Visual Theatre, with
“K. Lear”, a play in French and in sign language. International Visual Theatre： International Visual Theatre is unusual in that it also Recently, she directed “Le Cid” by Pierre Corneille, teaches sign language to about 800 students a year. “I created in Bruges and staged at the French-speaking want this theater to have a long life here,” Ms. Laborit Festival in Anvers. The play went on tour, in and said. “What’s great is that people who are learning around Paris. French Sign Language here can see it in action in the theater. And they can see that it is not owned by the At the moment, she is working on the staging of a deaf. It can be used by everyone. I once used sign contemporary text, “Ming” by Érick Boronat. language as an act of resistance, but it is really just one She has never stopped stage acting until now; lately in more language. ” a play by Ionesco.
La Compagnie des Transports Amoureux： Clémentine Yelnik / Lear La Compagnie des Transports Amoureux, France is Clémentine Yelnik is an actress, writer and director for established in 1998 by Marie Montegani who is artistic 30 years. director of the company. ‘Transports Amoureux’ was the writing in 17th century at Racine’s time, meaning Actress: in Ariane Mnouchkine’s Théâtre du Soleil ‘the ecstasy of love’. In fact, the director makes the during eight years (Shakespeare, Sihanouk, l’Indiade); most efforts on Racine and Shakespeare’s works. Their with Yuji, painter (taler in Kamishibaï); with Paul Golub works are undoubtedly masterpieces. However, she (12th Night: fairy, artisan, Macbeth: door keeper, questions the response between modern lives and Hamlet: Ophélie, Gravedigger); with Marie Montegani classic works. The interpretation of classic pieces (Andromaque: Phoenix, Cleone), then K.Lear: the king.
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She directed a musical comedy for and by 24 troubled Marie-Christine Adam / Goneril teen-agers. After studying art drama at the CNAD of Paris, she starts playing under the direction of Marcel Bluwal, Wrote La nuit d’un roi where an actor is looking for king Dom Juan de Von Orwath, L’Idiot under direction Lear; She is now writing Michel Vitold at the Comédie Française, Roméo and a feminine clowns’ regard upon our world. Julliet part of Lady Capulet direction Jean Paul Lucet, also played Hécube adaption J P Sarthe direction Jean Emmanuelle Laborit / Cordelia Perimony. Emmanuelle Laborit has impaired hearing since she She also performed in many TV dramas and many was born. Before she learned sign language at seven films, last one being, Hors de Prix, directed by Pierre years old she could only communicate with her mother Salvadori. in her own langage ombrilical. Her book
“Autobiographique Le Cri de la Mouette”, written in Véronique Affholder / Regan 1993, reveals her memory of childhood, the difficulties Véronique Affholder studied followed Anne Delbée and in her adolescence and her early experience of being Jacques Fontaine. She played in “Le Misanthrope” by an independent adult. In the same year, she won the Jacques Fontaine in 1988, “Medea” by Vauthier in 1989, best actress in Molière de la révélation théâtrale in and “Quartett” by Müller in 2003 under Fontaine’s France by her performance in “Les Enfants du Silence”. direction. She works with other directors include She was the first hearing-impaired actress given this “Phèdre” by Racine, with Telmo Herrera in 1994; privilege. She represents as the ambassador of theater “Andromaque” by Racine, with Marie Montegani et in sign language in France. Jacques Fontaine in 1999; “La farce de Maître She has been a member of IVT, International Visual Pathelin” with Patrick Maruta in 2000; “L'Intervention” Theatre, for years and succeeded Alfredo Corrado as by Hugo, with Pierre-François Kettler; and “Rodogune” the director in 2003. She plays not only for the stage as by Corneille, with Jean-Claude Seguin from 2004 to well as for the film and television. After many years of 2007. She came back to Marie Montegani for “K Lear” instability, IVT settled down in the ninth district of Paris in 2007. And she is currently rehearsing “Eneas” which in 2007. And it opened its door with the presentation of is coming in January 2010. “K Lear” in which Emmanuelle Laborit played Cordelia. Laurent Valo / A Man Philippe Le Gall / Fool Laurent Valo has impaired hearing since he was born. Philippe Le Gall followed the formation of the “Classe His natural imagination, poetic physical expression and Libre” in the Cours Florent. He worked in Théâtre with language of hands turn into his approach to theatre. Jean-Michel Ribes, Pierre Guillois, Jean-Michel Laurent commenced his theatrical knowledge when he Rabeux and in movie with Matthieu Kassovitz, Chad was very young. His training was formed after working Chenouga, Laurent Firode. Fascinated by the material with the theatre company “Made in Sourds”. He and construction, he has also engaged in architecture became a professional actor after finishing his high (construction of the marquee "The Raj'Ganawak") in school study. He works for the stage as well as for the Design (furniture ceramics) and as decoration in the film and televison. As far as he concerns, theatre is workshops of the Harmonie Municipale (Theater, Film, both militant and pacific. It allows him to present TV, Foundation YSL, etc). himself in front of the audience. And his words, as his sign language, can be seen / heard in theatre.
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Patrice Pujol / Kent Bardez’s course of writing. Presently she is working in Patrice Pujol is an experienced theatre actor. He has diverse fields: she is a member and a co-founder of trio twenty years working relationship with Serge Noyelle, a Les Achromates. In 2005, she joined l'ensemble Kiosk French avant-garde theatre director, in Macbeth and and started her business on theatre music. Her interest Marathonnerre etc. He also works with other directors for chamber music leads her to meet various music as Joël Dragutin 、 Elisabeth Chailloux 、 Patrick groups as le Concert Impromptu and l'ensemble Cairn. Verchuren. For his work in film, he worked with Antoine Her multiple collaboration with diverse artists took Decaune, Dominique Farrugia, and Laurent Chouchan. place in some unusual spaces like animation He takes part in television work as well. performances on streets, installation of tables in Grenoble Contemporary Art Museum, concerts in Cyrille Henry / Oswald hospitals and practice with dancers. She is a teacher of Cyrille Henry was trained at the school of TNS from Conservatoire Municipal de Musique in Ivry-sur-Seine. 2001 till 2004 where he followed the teachings of S. Braunschweig, A.F Benhamou, F. Rondeleux, C. Marie LANGLET / guitar and theorbe Duparfait, P. Girard, Marc Proulx. He worked with Graduated of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de several outer speakers among whom D. Znyk, E. Musique de Paris (guitar) and graduated of the Houzelot, Mr Cerda, H. Colas and G. Milin. After University of Paris IV-La Sorbonne (master of graduating, he featured in plays of P. Diependaele, C. musicology). Ferran, G. Vincent, Mr Savary, Mr Montegani, R. As guitarist, she plays with the Orchestre National de Brenière and directed several school workshops. In France, also in the Orchestra for the tour of the singer cinema, he worked with D. Walked, B. Nuytten and K. Yann Tiersen, and occasionally with the Ensemble Marciano and in television with K. Biederman, G. Cairn (contemporary music) Bannier, P. Chaumeil, F. Olivier, JM. Thérin. As theorbe player in baroque music, Marie Langlet Aurélie Rusterholtz / A Spirit plays with Le Concert Spirituel, directed by Hervé After graduating from TNS, Nationale Supérieure d'Art Niquet, and with many vocals ensembles. Dramatique de Strasbourg in 1993, Aurélie Rusterholtz interpreted many classic female characters under She enjoys particularly collaborate with comedians (in directions of Jean-Marie Villégier, Joèl Jouanneau, and baroque theater also, like in "Le Médecin malgré lui", Hans Peter Cloos like: Mélisande by Maeterlinck, Molière, setting by Jean-Denis Monory). Philaminte by Molière, Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen and other characters in Racine’s and Brecht’s. She also Chin Ping Lin / Yangqin-Percussion worked with Denis Podalydès or Pierre Guillois to play A brilliant musician with great achievements in contemporary playwright’s work as Emmanuel performing the yangqin, Chin Ping Lin has given Bourdieu’s. From 2006, she has been teaching in recitals and performances in Taiwan as well as in University of Nantes. “K Lear” is the second piece she China, United-States, Brazil, Spain, Poland, France, works with Marie Montegani. and elsewhere.
At the age of 16 she was the youngest invited soloist to Gaëlle Belot / Flutist perform during the first Yangqin World Congress in After her study at CNR in Grenoble, Gaëlle Belot Beijing. She also won first prize in the National Yangqin continued her study research on musical analysis and Competition in Taiwan in 1996. chamber music with Benoît Fromanger, Hacène Larbi, and Pascal Le Corre. She also took Jean-Michel She created the Mei Li De Dao trio for Chinese
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traditional music in 2006 and performed in France at Switzerland and Festival D’automne A Paris. His music Musée Guimet, Festival Les Orientales, Museum of works are published by Lemoine. Cité de la Musique, Radio France and for the Hakka TV in Taiwan. Silivia Mammano / Administrator Silivia Mammano is a professional arts administrator. Nicolas Simonin / Lights, stage and video designer She has 14-years working experiences in various arts Nicolas has firstly worked lights for puppets and dance and culture fields. She finished her professional training when he was 15. After having studied in the National in performing arts in 2003. Since then she has been Theatre School of Strasbourg (France) in the technical assisting many groups to practice their creations by section in 1991, he firstly worked as a lighting designer completing the production process and arranging the for dance, operas and a lot of theatre plays in France, tour of performances. Moreover, she helps these Swiss, Scotland, Finland, Brazil…He improved his groups to analyze and evaluate the possibility of knowledge of video in order to work light in motion and productions making in order to deliver and realize the since then, he works for video design for stage in creative ideas with no boundaries. several theatre plays.
Since 5 years he often takes care about the entire visual aspect of a show, as he also works as scenographer.
Here for K.Lear, he had designed lights and video.
Jérôme Combier / Composer Jérôme Combier initially studied composition, scores, music form analysis and musicology with Hacène Larbi, an important contemporary music composer in France. In 1997, he followed famous composers Anton Webern and Michaël Levinas and had his Master degree under their direction in Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. In the same year, he created L’ensemble Cairn. He is the artisitc director of it at present. In September 1998, he was chosen to have further training in Japan by The Foundation Royaumont. He was also recommanded to a workshop of composition and music techonology by IRCAM, the Institute for Research and Coordination Acoustic/Music in 2001-2002. Villa Médicis in Rome invited him as a resident artist in the following year. His piece ‘Pays de vent, Les Hébrides’ made for Orchestre National de France drew the attention from UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. He has been invited to various arts festivals as Festival Why Note in Dijon, France; Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik in Zurich,
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