Théâtre du Silence (Theatre of silence) was a
dance company created by Jacques Garnier and
Brigitte Lefèvre
Brigitte Lefèvre (born 15 November 1944) is a French ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. She was director of the Paris Opera Ballet from 1995 to 2014.
Early life and education
Lefèvre attended the Paris Opera Ballet School from the age of ...
.
History
Founded by two
Paris Opera Ballet dancers, Théâtre du Silence was one of the most famous dance companies in
France. Its debut took place in 1972 at
Théâtre de la Ville in
Paris. From 1974 to 1985 the company was located in
La Rochelle.
Théâtre du Silence created many contemporary dance ballets, mostly choreographed by Jacques Garnier or Brigitte Lefévre.
Choreographers such as
Maurice Béjart,
Merce Cunningham, David Gordon, Robert Kovitch ou Lar Lubovitch worked for the Théâtre du Silence and played an important role in spreading contemporary dance in France.
Repertory
Jacques Garnier
* ''Suite de danses'',
on a
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...
music, costums by Bruno Crespel;
* ''Pas de deux'',
Anton Webern music, costumes by Reynaldo Cerqueira, danced by Brigitte Lefèvre and Jacques Garnier;
* ''La Nui''t,
musics by
Jean-Pierre Drouet Jean-Pierre Drouet (born 30 October 1935) is a French multi-instrumentist percussionist and composer.
Born in Bordeaux, Drouet studied with René Leibowitz, Jean Barraqué and André Hodeir. In India, he deepened his knowledge of non-European ins ...
, Diego Masson and
Michel Portal
Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz".
Early life
Portal was born in Bayonne on ...
, danced by Nicole Chouret, Katia Grey, Brigitte Lefevre, Catherine Morel, Annette Mulard, Françoise Vaussenat, Martine Vuillermoz, Richard Duquesnoy, Jean Guizerix, Patrick Marty, Jacques Namont, Didier Schirpaz, Georges Teplitsky, Jean-Marc Torres;
* ''Leda'', on a
Paul Éluard
Paul Éluard (), born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (; 14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952), was a French poet and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement.
In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a matronymic borrowed from his maternal ...
text danced by Brigitte Lefèvre,
Daniel Gélin
Daniel Yves Alfred Gélin (19 May 1921 – 29 November 2002) was a French film and television actor.
Early life
Gélin was born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, the son of Yvonne (née Le Méner) and Alfred Ernest Joseph Gélin.
When he was ten, ...
(narrator);
* ''Flashback'', creation in
Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of So ...
, in August 1974,
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...
's music, danced by Martine Clary, Mireille Conotte, Élisabeth Nicolas, Michel Bouche, Jacques Garnier, Olivier Marmin, Dragan Mocic, Catherine Morelle, Serge Bonnafoux;
* ''Construction'',
creation in
Lausanne, musics by Émile de Ceuninck, danced by Martine Clary, Mireille Conotte, Catherine Morelle, Élisabeth Nicolas, Michel Bouche, Serge Bonnafoux, Olivier Marmin, Dragan Mocic;
* ''L'Ange'',
Jean-Pierre Drouet's music, claim by Saint Maur, with
Gérard Frémy
Gérard Frémy (12 March 1935 – 19 January 2014) was a French pianist, composer, and percussionist.
Biography
A student with Yves Nat at the Conservatoire de Paris, Frémy ended his studies by winning First prize at sixteen.
He was designat ...
(musician), Jean-Pierre Drouet (musician), Michaël Denard (angel), Brigitte Lefèvre (She), Jean Guizerix (man);
* ''Aunis'',
danced in 1980 by Jacques Garnier, André Lafonta and Lari Léong.
Brigitte Lefèvre
* ''Mikrokosmos'',
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...
music, danced by Brigitte Lefèvre, Michaël Denard, Jacques Garnier;
* ''Un certain temps'',
Terry Riley's music, danced by Martine Clary, Mireille Conotte, Catherine Morelle, Élisabeth Nicolas, Michel Bouche, Jacques Garnier, Olivier Marmin, Dragan Mocic;
* ''Oiseau triste'',
Maurice Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...
's music, choreographed by Jean Guizerix;
* 'Oiseau de feu'', by Michaël Denard (1980);
* ''SummerSpace'',
Merce Cunningham.
Dancers
* Martine Clary
* André Lafonta
* Alexander Veal
* Lari Léong
* Jean Guizerix
* Michaël Denard
* Serge Bonnafoux
* Olivier Marmin
* Dragan Mocic
* Catherine Morelle
* Mireille Conotte
* Nicole Chouret
* Annette Mulard
* Françoise Vaussenat
* Martine Vuillermoz
* Richard Duquesnoy
* Patrick Marty
* Jacques Namont
* Didier Schirpaz
* Georges Teplitsky
* Jean-Marc Torres
* Katia Grey
* Nicole Chouret
* Josyane Consoli
* Cooky Chiapalone
* Élisabeth Nicolas
* Michel Bouche
* Stéphanie White
* Philippe Tresserra
* Nicole-Claire Perreau
References
*
External links
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