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Logo. Le Théâtre du Soleil (French: [lə teɑtʁ dy sɔlɛj], lit. "The Theater of the Sun") is a Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble founded by Ariane Mnouchkine, Philippe Léotard and fellow students of the L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in 1964 as a collective of theatre artists.
Before 2006, Cirque du Soleil performed exclusively in tents and permanent theatres, with the exception of the brief arena tours of Le Grand Tour du Cirque du Soleil in 1984 and Fascination in 1992. [ 11 ] 2006's Delirium was the company's first significant touring show for the arena market. [ 245 ]
The theatre collective still continues to create social and political critiques of local and world cultures. Théâtre du Soleil's productions are often performed in found spaces like barns or gymnasiums because Mnouchkine does not like being confined to a typical stage. [12] Similarly, she feels theatre cannot be restricted with the "fourth ...
Eugen (Le Vieux): The guide and the guardian of the theatre. As his character journeys from dark to white, he embodies the cyclical aspects of life where everything old becomes new again. Le Travesti (The Transvestite): He is a dancer wearing the clothes of a wicked woman; his cries resound throughout the theater.
Love Theatre at the Mirage Hotel. The project arose from discussions in 2000 [2] between George Harrison and his friend Guy Laliberté, one of Cirque's founders.Three years of negotiations between surviving band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Beatles widows Olivia Harrison (representing George Harrison) and Yoko Ono (representing John Lennon), as well as Beatles' holding company Apple ...
In 2005, Dragone debuted his fourth production on the Las Vegas Strip with the opening of Le Rêve at the Wynn Las Vegas. For this show he used performers mainly from disciplines related to gymnastics. [6] Like his 1998 show O for Cirque du Soleil, Le Rêve made extensive use of a custom-designed water stage. [2]
In theatre, the conception of "création collective" developed by Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil refused division into writers, actors and producers: the goal was for total collaboration, for multiple points of view, for an elimination of separation between actors and the public, and for the audience to seek out their own truth.
Best Show in a National theatre – La Symphonie du hanneton (The Junebug Symphony) at the Théâtre du Rond-Point; Best Musical – Le Jazz et la Diva at the Théâtre Tristan-Bernard; Best Adaptation of a Foreign Play – André Markowicz and Françoise Morvan for Platonov; Best Playwright – Stéphan Wojtowicz for La Sainte Catherine