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in two acts by French choreographer

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, his debut production. It was first performed on 30 September 2011 at the

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and continued until 1 January 2012. The Kamel Ouali work was inspired by

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's 1897 novel ''

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'' and by the 1992 film version by

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. A filmed version of the work was also shown on wide screens throughout France between 20 and 22 July 2012.

Personnel

*Production: Thierry Suc *Staging and choreography:

*Assistant staging: Marjorie Ascione *Assistant choreographers: Patricia Delon, David Drouard *Air choreographers: Florence Delahaye, Gabriel Dehu *Assistant (comedy): Phillippe Lelièvre *Vocal coach: Nathalie Dupuy *Costumes designer: Dominique Borg *Scenography and decor creation: Bernard Arnould, Elodie Grimal, Antonio Nigro, Sylvestre Guené *Lighting: Jacques Rouveyrollis *Projections: Gilles Papain *Sound: Stéphane Plisson and Alex Maggi *Make up: Déborah Moreno and Maite Gutiérrez *Hairstylist: Any d'Avray *Musical direction:

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and Philippe Uminski *Casting: Bruno Berbères *Label:

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, Pierre-Antoine "Nius" Melki,

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, Benoit Poher,

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, Brice Davoli *3D creation: Philippe Gérard et 3Dlized ;Actors *Golan Yosef - Count Dracula *Nathalie Fauquette - Mina Murray *Gregory Deck - Sorcerer *Lola Ces - Poison *Ginie Line - Satine *Julien Loko - Jonathan Harker * Anaïs Delva - Lucy Westenra *Aymeric Ribot - Dr Abraham Van Helsing *Florent Torres - Angel *Laurent Levy - Dr Seward *Sébastien Sfedj - dancer, story teller and role of Joker of the palace ;Alternative actors * Sébastien Agius - Sorcerer and Angel (replacement for Gregory Deck et Florent Torres) *Fanny Fourquez - Lucy, Satine and Poison (replacement for Anaïs Delva, Ginie Line et Lola Ces) *Julien Lamassonne - Jonathan and Van Helsing (replacement for Julien Loko et Aymeric Ribot) ;Dancers * Brahem Aiache * Salim Bagayoko * Jonathan Ber * Hélène Buannic * Mélodie Cailleret * Joseph Di Marco * Aurélie Giboire (also a double for Nathalie Fauquette as Mina) * Alias Hilsum * Louya Kounkou * Stéphane Lavalle * Clément Le Disquay * Estelle Manas Sahoulamide * Marco Purcaro (also a double for Golan Yosef as Dracula) * Abkari Saitouli * Charlotte Siepiora (also a double for Nathalie Fauquette as Mina) * Roman Bonaton (aerial artist) * Cécile Magdeleine (aerial artist) * Yohann Tete (also a double for Golan Yosef as Dracula) *Other dancers (on contract or training): Melissa Assi, Emmanuel Auvy, Elisabeth Duguêret, Roxane Garrigos, Yoan Grosjean, Yann Herve, Rebecca Journo, Grégoire Malandin, Sandra Pericou, Alicia Rault, Roman Vikouloff {{DEFAULTSORT:Dracula - L'amour plus fort que la mort 2011 musicals French musicals Plays based on Dracula Musicals based on novels