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MY VIDEO ART
live videoS
Dido and Aeneas
A performance retracing the mythical story of queen dido including a live video shot in carthage and a text inspired by Virgil and Christopher Marlowe
#jazz #classical #myth #antiquity #lovestory #tunisia #carthage #powerfulwoman
---> watch "dido & aeneas" teaser
---> watch NEW YORK edit _ starring actor Gale Harold
---> WATCH french edit _ live performing pianist Paul Lay
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"Dido and Aeneas" has been performed in NEW YORK (French Institute Alliance Française), PARIS (Silencio), LAUSANNE (Musée de l'Élysée), PAU (Théâtre Saint-Louis), LIMOGES (Opéra de limoges)
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VOCELLO
a performance of sacred music with cellist henri demarquette, the vocal ensemble sequenza 9.3 and a live video
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#SACREDMUSIC #SACREDART
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---> GRANDE PIETÀ watch video
---> NITSA watch video
---> FLOW MY TEARS WATCH VIDEO
---> MAGNOLIA watch video
---> PIETÀ watch video
---> SVYATI watch video
---> DÉPLORATION watch video
"vocello" has been performed in montpellier (opéra national de montpellier)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
mendelssohn AND SHAKESPEARE'S masterpiece for orchestra, soloists and choir, accompanied by a live video shot in africa
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#SHAKESPEARE #mendelssohn #symphonic #africa
---> WATCH "PYRAME & THISBE" SCENE
---> watch FINAL SCENE
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"A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" has been performed in PARIS (LE CENTQUATRE); BORDEAUX (OPÉRA NATIONAL DE BORDEAUX), PAU (PALAIS BEAUMONT), LIMOGES (OPÉRA DE LIMOGES), MONTPELLIER (OPÉRA NATIONAL DE MONTPELLIER), CANNES (THEÂTRE CROISETTE)
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Adios
a tribute to the spanish semana santa with flamenco artists on stage and a live video shot in Andalusia
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#flamenco #spain #semanasanta #saetas
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---> watch adios teaser
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"adios" has been performed in MONTPELLIER (OPÉRA NATIONAL DE MONTPELLIER)
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THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
JS Bach's masterpiece for piano accompanied by a live video inspired by the 18th century
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#BACH #GOLDBERG #1741 #CLASSICALMUSIC #piano #MASTERPIECE
---> watch the goldberg variations teaser
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"THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS" has been performed in MONTPELLIER (OPÉRA NATIONAL DE MONTPELLIER)
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shanghai underground
a journey to discover the underground music scene of shanghai: a selection of live musicians accompanied by images shot at night in the most emblematic clubs and venues of the city
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#shanghai #undergroundmusic #electro #avantgarde #china #nightlife #uncensored
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---> watch shanghai underground teaser
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"SHANGHAI UNDERGROUND" has been performed in PARIS (la cité de la musique / philharmonie de paris)
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biennales, museums, residencies & private collections
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SHANGHAI BIENNALE @ Power Station of Art / china
_ curator Benjamin Loyauté
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musée de l'élysée @ la nuit des images / lausanne / switzerland
_ curator Tatyana Franck
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fundaçao sindika dokolo @ luanda triENNALE / angola
_ collection Sindika Dokolo
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LE TRIPTYQUE @ PARIS / france
_ curator Louise Deschamps
ELIZABETH KRIEF & JACQUES MANARDO artist RESIDENCy program @ the invisible dog art center / new york / USA
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music videos
UNIVERSAL MUSIC
ECHOES _Henri Demarquette and Vanessa Benelli Mosell
---> watch official video
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CHIMERA MUSIC
COMIC STRIP _ Sean Lennon
---> watch official video
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BARCLAY
LE ROI DES OMBRES _. - M -
---> watch official video
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short films
for dvd editions
OH ! UN COQUILLAGE
a short documentary about the shooting of Jacques Tati's masterpiece "Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot"
DVD Edition Jacques Tati 'Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot' _ NAÏVE
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PAINTING PLAYTIME
a filmed performance during which children are inspired by the aesthetics of Jacques Tati's masterpiece to produce pictorial works
DVD Edition Jacques Tati 'Playtime' _ NAÏVE
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and also ...
Seasons and events I have curated
Saison théâtrale de la Ville de Pau (Fr)
2016-2020
Concerts @ La Bambouseraie (Anduze, FR)
Since 2019
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Grande soirée des Arts et du Design
à la Résidence de France à Shanghaï (china)
Soundtracks
I have produced
and available on most online platforms
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a queen of hearts
rosemary standley / jazz village
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The Lost Scenes of Puss'n Boots
Moriarty / Naive
The True Story of Puss'n Boots
Moriarty / Naive
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MY STAGINGS
OPERAS
i have directed
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Cosi fan tutte _ Mozart
opera buffa in two acts (1790)
Conductor : Fabio Luisi
ITALY / Festival della Valle d'Itria, Martina Franca
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Chérubin _ MasseneT
opera in three acts (1905)
conductor : Jean-Marie Zeitouni
FRANCE / Opéra National de Montpellier
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Armida _Traetta
one-act opera (1761)
Conductor : Diego Fasolis
ITALY / Festival dellla Valle d'Itria, Martina Franca
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Bluebeard's Castle _ Bartok
one-act expressionist opera (1917)
Conductor : Julia Jones
FRANCE / Opéra National de Bordeaux
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Salustia _ Pergolesi
opera seria in three acts (1732)
Conductor : Corrado Rovaris
ITALY / Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, Jesi
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Il novello Giasone _ Cavalli & Stradella
opera seria in three acts (1671)
Conductor : Antonio Greco
ITALY / Festival della Valle d'Itria, Martina Franca
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La Servante maîtresse _ Pergolesi
intermezzo in two parts (1733)
Conductor : Giacomo Sagripanti
ITALY / Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, Jesi
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La Peintre _ Chien Nan-Chang
contemporary opera (2010)
Conductor : Yip Wing-Sie
TAIWAN / National Theater, Taipei
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Agrippina _ HaendeL
opera seria in three acts (1709)
Conductor : Fabio Biondi
ITALY / Teatro Malibran, VeniCE
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Mahagonny Songspiel +
The Seven Deadly Sins _ Weill
song-play (1927) and sung ballet in seven scenes (1933)
Conductors : Jérémie Rhorer, Walter Kobéra
FRANCE / Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
AUSTRIA / Theater An der Wien, Wien
Altre Stelle
a staged opera recital
conceived and directed by juliette deschamps
for the italian soprano anna caterina antonacci
based on romantic arias
rameau, gluck, mehul, cherubini, berlioz
soprano : Anna Caterina Antonacci
Conductor : François-Xavier Roth
FRANCE / Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Opéra de Dijon
Opéra de Lille
Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence
théâtre de nîmes
LUXEMBOURG / Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg
HOLLAND / Amsterdamer Musiktheater
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Era la notte
a staged opera recital
conceived and directed by juliette deschamps
for the italian soprano anna caterina antonacci
based on masterpieces of baroque music
monteverdi, giramo, strozzi, marini
Conductor : Julien Chauvin
FRANCE / Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Opéra de Lille
Opéra Royal de Versailles
opéra de caen
Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Aix-en-Provence
théâtre de nîmes
AUSTRIA / Theater An der Wien, Wien
LUXEMBOURG / Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg
HOLLAND / Holland Festival, Amsterdam
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theater &
musical drama
i have written and directed
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Sarah Bernhardt Fan Club
a theatrical comedy
written and directed by juliette deschamps
inspired by the life and memoirs
of the legendary actress
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#actress #legend #sarahbernhardt #comedy
---> watch teaser
"sarah bernhardt fan club" has been performed in france (Pau) and russia (perm)
a queen of heart
a staged song recital
written and directed by juliette deschamps
for the franco-american singer
Rosemary standley (moriarty)
#womaninlove #jazzstandards #stagedrecital
---> WATCH TEASER
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"A QUEEN OF HEART" has been performed IN FRANCE :
PARIS (THEATRE DE LA BASTILLE)
PAU, ST RAPHAEL, STRASBOURG, MARSEILLE, NICE, alès, cébazat, st brieuc, montbéliard, arras, suresnes,
niort, vélizy, nanterre, st auban,
st-rémy-les-chevreuse, neuilly-sur-seine
The DVD of the show as well as the CD (jazz village)
are available on most online platforms
rouge carmen
a show based on Mérimée's "Carmen"
written and directed by Juliette Deschamps
in a set by Miquel Barceló
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#carmen #theater #flamenco
#frenchlitterature #spain #drama #barceló
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"rouge carmen" has been performed IN
paris (opéra comique), lyon (les nuits de fourvière),
perpignan (les estivales),
aix-en-provence (le jeu de paume), théâtre de nîmes
nantes (le grand t),
and in luxembourg (théâtre des capucins)
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LE BANQUET
​a show adapted from Plato's "SYMPOSIUM"
written and directed by juliette deschamps
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#philosophy #ancientgreece #socrate #eros
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"le banquet " has been performed IN paris
at the louvre auditorium
concerts, fashion shows & dance performance
i have directed or designed
Le Moulin du diable _ Cie Massala
set design @ Théâtre Jean Vilar, Vitry-sur-seine
D'une rive l'autre : l'angleterre
staging @ Festival de St Riquier
211212 : Concert pour la fin du monde
staging @ Musée du Quai Branly, paris
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Medea _ Soundwalk Collective
set design @ Centre Georges Pompidou, paris
Line Renaud
staging @ L'Olympia, paris
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Lumières et ténèbres
staging @ Festival de St Riquier
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La Conservature
staging @ Canal 93 Bobigny
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All you need is ... _ Travelling Quartet
staging @ théâtre adyar, Paris
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Marithé + François Girbaud
staging @ Paris Fashion Week
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Sophie Hong
staging @ Paris Fashion Week
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Les Françoises
oliva ruiz, emily loizeau, camille, jeanne cherhal
la grande sophie, rosemary standley, iko
staging @ Printemps de Bourges
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Les Saisons de passage / - M -
staging @ world tour
awarded victoire de la musique / best show of the year
orchestre Les Siècles
staging @ Cirque d'Hiver (paris)
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