Jean Blaise (born 1951) is a French artistic director for special events.
Blaise was born in 1951 in
Algiers
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. His family left
Algeria
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for the Parisian suburbs and settled in
Ris-Orangis
Ris-Orangis () is a Communes of France, commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris.
Inhabitants of Ris-Orangis are known as ''Rissois''.
History
The commune of Ris-Orangis was creat ...
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In 1976 he received his Licencié en lettres and became head of a cultural center in the
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...
region, then another in
Seine-et-Marne, and a third in 1980, in
Guadeloupe
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In 1982-1983, he founded the
Centre de recherche pour le développement culturel, or Research Center for Cultural Development, in
Nantes
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In 1990, he created the festival Les Allumées in Nantes.
In 1997 the festival Fin de Siècle took the baton from Les Allumées.
In 2000, he created
Le Lieu unique in Nantes.
In 2002, he became the artistic director of the first
Nuit Blanche, in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
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In 2007 he organized the cultural event
Estuaire 2007.
References
External links
Projet EstuaireJean BlaiseLa biennale Estuaire
1951 births
Living people
French theatre directors
People from Algiers
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