Théâtre du Soleil
The French theater company Théâtre du Soleil [ teatrdysɔ'lej ] was founded in 1964 by Ariane Mnouchkine and Philippe Leotard, with the help of Jean -Claude Penchenat, Roberto Moscoso and Françoise Tournafond. Mnouchkine founded the troupe after a course of study at Jacques Lecoq. Your main venue has the cosmopolitan troops at the gates of Paris, in the old munitions factory of Vincennes (La Cartoucherie ), which is yet another theater groups are based.
History of the Theatre du Soleil
The Théâtre du Soleil are a politically active theater that take social criticism on the social reality influence and "the conditions under which we live, change " would ( Ariane Mnouchkine ). It is based both on the theater of the Far East and on the Greek tragedy as well as to the traditions of folk theater such as the commedia dell'arte. The methods and techniques of physical theater, the group appropriated in the school of Jacques Lecoq and works with the means of pantomime, cabaret, acrobatics and improvisation. The international breakthrough came in the Théâtre du Soleil together with the three-part Shakespeare cycle ( King Richard II, Henry IV and As You Like It ) and the production in 1789 for the match practice important is the dramatic involvement of the audience in the play action. As a co-actor he is prompted the impetus for the transformation of reality that are created in the action only shared.
Ariane Mnouchkine at the Théâtre du Soleil tried every idea to a feast to make, and it takes the audience to personally Kartenabreißerin in reception. Mnouchkine often integrating techniques from Japan or China in their pieces and are always a few musicians there to accompany their piece. Her productions reap more each time the international enthusiasm as they did a few years ago, but an experience they still are.
1978 Ariane Mnouchkine realized with a monumental effort a film about the life story of Jean -Baptiste Poquelin, better known under the name " Molière ". 120 actors, 600 extras, 1300 costumes and 220 locations were used to bring to life the world and the century of the poet. In rushing images of a time full of contradictions, marked by abject poverty and decadent luxury, hypocrisy and freethinking, cruel repression and debauched festivals the poignant story of a man being told, who tirelessly fought to exhaustion for his art.