From Didier and Monica:
Some exciting news!
Welcome Thierry Bidault, our
new managing director.
In the 1980's he worked for Le Splendid, the famous
cafe-theatre in Paris!
Someone who can really make a difference!
New and equally exciting news
to report!
A Great Relief to All!
The Cultural
Affairs Division of the Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division
Department of Parks, Recreation
and
Community Resources
has extended the rent of
the Le Neon Office for another three years!
All members' thanks are extended to the Cultural
Affairs Division
for their support of our theatre!
Please check the new links
on our report on the
Canadian/Washington Theatre
Partnership trip!
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so you can have a reference for the theatrical and dancd company riches
of Canada. Of the links added already, I really like the Flak site
and the Harbourfront sites.
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Invited by the Embassy of Canada in Washington -- as
recipients of the Canadian/Washington Theatre Partnership 2000 grant --
we spent ten truly enriching days in Montreal, Quebec City,
and Toronto.
We met many talented theatre people and saw thought-provoking
plays and dance performances.
We are grateful to Louise Blais, Cultural Counsellor
at the Embassy of Canada, her colleagues, and the Helen Hayes awards for
having organized our trip with such care. And we are grateful to
all the theatre people who welcomed us so graciously, and took time, despite
their busy schedules, to talk about their work, to show their venues, to
introduce us to new plays, and much more.....
We came back energized with more projects than ever!
And we came back with a choice for our third production
of Le Neon's 2000-2001 Season:
"Les Cloisons"
by
Jacques Languirand
Click
for Languirand Biography Link
Les Cloisons is a fascinating short
piece for two actors, one a man, the other a woman.....
This play about dreams, fantasies, and encounters withll
allow us to work creatively on atmosphere, movement, and scengraphy, as
we so much enjoy doing.
Our thanks to those who kindly
received us during our Canada Visit!
We met with these people and
organizations -- and attended these shows:
In
Montreal
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Centre
des Auteurs Dramatiques
Diane Miljours, Directrice;
Crystal Beliveau, Coordinatrice des Activites en Langue Anglaise;
Daniel Gauthier: Responsable
du Centre de Documentation.
http://www.rideauvert.qc.ca/
Theatre
du Rideau Vert
Mercedes Palomino: Directrice
Generale; Serge Turgeon, Directeur General, adjoint;
Guillermo de Andrea: Directeur
Artistique.
Show attended: Qui a
Peur de Virginia Woolf? Play by Edward Albee; French translation
by
Michael Tremblay.
Company: Theatre du Rideau Vert.
Participants in Panel Discussion:
Le
Theatre Americain.
Compagnie
Flak / Agora de la Danse
Cyrille Commer, Directeur
General.
Eva Trudeau: Theatrical
Agent
Agent for Suzanne Miller &
Allan Paivo....
Menno Plukker: Theatrical
Agent
Agent for Robert Lepage,
O Vertigo, Compagnie Flak....and many others....
Show attended: Parfum
de Gardenias -- choreography by Jose Navas;
Performing dance company:
Compagnie Flak; Venue: Agora de la Danse.
Show attended: Jewels
-- choreography by Suzanne Miller;
Dancers: Suzanne Miller &
Allan Paivo; Venue: Agora de la Danse.
Centaur
Theatre
Charles Child: General
Manager.
Show attended: Glenn.
Play
by David Young; Directed by richard Rose.
Venue: Centaur Theatre.
Theatre
de Quat'Sous
Wajdi Mouawad: Directeur
Artistique
Theatre
d'Aujourd'hui
Show attended: Le
Petit Kochel Play by Normand Chaurette ; Mise en Scene by
Denis Marleau.
Company: Theatre Ubu.
Venue: Theatre d'Aujourd'hui
Omnibus
Espace Libre
Show attended: Farce!
Play
by Michael Mackenzie; Mise en Scene by Jean Asselin.
Company: infinitheatre.
Venue: Omnibus Espace Libre.
Dulcinee Langfelter & Compagnie
Dulcinee Langfelder: Directrice
Artistique
Celia Moreno: Directrice
Generale
Rehearsal attended: O
Vertigo Performer: Dulcinee Langfelder
Jacques
Languirand -- Auteur Dramatique (Playwright)
Check out this interesting Radio Canada page on Languirand's "LaVoie
c'est.....les autres"
Biography
of Jacques Languirand
In
Quebec City
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Theatre
du Trident
Show attended: Arcadia
Play
by Topm Stoppard; French Translation by Jean-Marie Besset.
Mise en Scene by Bernard Alain.
Venue: Theatre du Trident.
http://www.canadiantheatre.com/t/theatredutrident.html
Michel Bernatchez: Producer
-- Ex Machina (Robert Lepage)
In Toronto
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Tarragon
Theatre
Show attended: Liquor!
Guns! Karate! Play by Morwyn Brebner; Directed by Jackie Maxwell.
Venue: Tarragon Theatre.
Factory
Theatre
Show attended: The
Geometry of Venice. Play by Michael mackenzie; Directed by Ken
Gass.
Venue: Factory Theatre.
Harbourfront
Centre
Show attended: In Spite
of Wishing and Wanting. Choreography by Wim Wandekeybus;
Company: Ultima Vez.
Venue: Harbourfront Center.
Theatre Passe-Muraille
Show attended: White
Mice. Play written and directed by Darren O'Donnell; Company:
Mammalian Diving Reflex. Venue: Theatre Passe-Muraille.
Playwrights' Union of Canada
Michael Petrasek: Manager
http://www.culturenet.ca/tta/
Theatre Francais de Toronto
Guy Mignault: Directeur
Artistique
Toronto
Theatre Alliance
Jessica Fraser: Executive Director
Darren
O'Donnell: Playwright
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