Éric Vigner
| Éric Vigner | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 27, 1960 Rennes, Brittany, France  |
| Nationality | French |
| Field | Theater director, stage director, scenic designer |
| Training | ENSATT, CNSAD, Paris |
| Works | Lorient, Brittany  France , Russia  Seoul, South Korea  Tirana, Albania  Montreal, Canada  Atlanta, USA  |
| Awards | Nominated to the Molière Awards 1996, French-Corean Cultural Prize 2004 |
| Elected | Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres |
| Website | CDDB - THÉÂTRE DE LORIENT, Centre Dramatique National |
Éric Vigner (Born October 27, 1960 in Rennes, France) is a French stage director, scenic designer and theater director of the CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient, Centre Dramatique National, France
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[edit] Biography
Éric Vigner graduated from the University of Brittany, France, in the visual arts. He then studied in Paris, at the National School of theatre art and techniques (ENSATT) and at the National Drama Academy CNSAD. His consecutive qualifications naturally led towards directorship. In 1990 he founded his own theater company SUZANNE M. Éric Vigner. In 1996 Éric Vigner was appointed by the Minister of Culture (France) to direct Brittany's Drama Centre, henceforth called the CDDB -Théâtre de Lorient. Since 1996 the graphic artists M/M Paris are in charge of the visual communication of the CDDB. Besides Vigner's commitment to contemporary playwrights—such as Marguerite Duras—for which he was awarded the honor of Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1998, Vigner developed a new approach of the French classics. Éric Vigner has chosen a course as a pioneer, an ’inter-lingual’ navigator, by building on dramatic art as common ground. He developed international collaborations to last over the years, searching for a genuine mutual cultural transmission. He directed in different languages and cultural backgrounds, in Korean The Bourgeois Gentleman by Molière and Jean-Baptiste Lully (French-Korean Cultural Prize 2004), in Albanian The Barber of Seville by Beaumarchais (Tirana 2007), in American In the Solitude of Cotton Fields by Koltès (Atlanta 2008) for the U.S. KOLTÈS project.
[edit] Actor
- 1983: L'Instruction written by Peter Weiss, directed by Robert Angebaud, Church in Saint-Étienne, Rennes
- 1984: La mort de Pompée written by Pierre Corneille, directed by Brigitte Jaques, Lierre-Théâtre, Paris
- 1985: Fantasio written by Alfred de Musset, directed by Vincent Garanger, CNSAD, Paris
- 1985: Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare, directed by René Jauneau, Festival de Valréas
- 1986: Elvire Jouvet 40 directed by Brigitte Jaques, International Tour, Film by Benoît Jacquot 1988
- 1988: Chouans ! Film by Philippe de Broca
- 1988: L'Épreuve written by Marivaux, directed by Jean-Pierre Miquel, Festival d'Avignon
- 1989: Sophonisbe written by Pierre Corneille, directed by Brigitte Jaques, Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris
- 1989: Horace written by Pierre Corneille, directed by Brigitte Jaques, Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris
- 1990: Le Misanthrope written by Molière, directed by Christian Colin, Centre Dramatique National de Gennevilliers, Paris
[edit] Theatre Productions
"The theater which I am interested in develops a form for the spectator to project himself into, to reinvent himself. For me, theater is not a place to come to in order to get answers, but a place where it is possible to revisit stories, our ones, the intimate, forgotten ones - in fact an unfamiliar place into which the spectator can enter. Theater needs to carry in itself its counterpart, its paradox : "to be or not to be", to be one thing and at the same time something else. For example, when Cézanne paints apples and says "It is with an apple that I want to amaze Paris", his subject is not the apple. His subject is painting. The same goes for theater. It is not the story we are actually attached to, but the theater itself."
Éric Vigner
- 1988: La Place royale written by Pierre Corneille, CNSAD, Paris
- 1991: La Maison d'os written by Roland Dubillard, Festival d'Automne, Grande Arche de la Défense, Paris
- 1992: Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse based on the works of Alphonse Allais, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Jean Genet, Roland Dubillard, Georges Courteline, Franz Marc, Quartz Brest
- 1993: La Pluie d'été written by Marguerite Duras, Masterclass CNSAD, Quartz Brest, National and International Tour
- 1993: Le soir de l'Obériou - Elizavieta Bam written by Daniil Charms, Theater Laboratory Anatoli Vasiliev Moscow
- 1994: Le Jeune Homme written by Jean Audureau, Théâtre de la Commune Aubervilliers
- 1994: Reviens à toi (encore) (Looking at you (Revived) Again) written by Grégory Motton, Odéon Theatre, Paris
- 1995: Bajazet written by Jean Racine, Created at the Comédie-Française, Paris
- 1996: L'Illusion comique written by Pierre Corneille, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient, National Tour
- 1996: Brancusi contre États-Unis, un procès historique, 1928, Adapted for the stage by Éric Vigner, 50th Festival d'Avignon, Centre Georges Pompidou, Tribunal de Pau
- 1998: Toi cour, moi jardin written by Jacques Rebotier, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient
- 1998: Marion Delorme (Hugo) written by Victor Hugo, Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, National Tour
- 1998: La Douleur (The War) written by Marguerite Duras, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient
- 1999: L'École des femmes (The School for Wives) written by Molière, Comédie-Française, Paris
- 2000: Rhinoceros written by Eugène Ionesco, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient
- 2001: La Bête dans la jungle The Beast in the Jungle adapted by Marguerite Duras, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient, Espace Go Montreal, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- 2002: Savannah Bay written by Marguerite Duras, Comédie-Française, Paris, Nationale Tour
- 2003: ...Où boivent les vaches written by Roland Dubillard, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris, Nationale Tour
- 2004: Le Jeu du kwi-jok ou Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (The Bourgeois Gentleman) by Molière and Jean-Baptiste Lully, National Theater of Korea in Seoul, Opéra-Comique, Paris
- 2006: Pluie d'été à Hiroshima, based on the works of Marguerite Duras La Pluie d'été and Hiroshima mon amour, 60th Festival d'Avignon, Cloître des Carmes, National Tour.
- 2007: Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare written by Rémi De Vos, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris
- 2007: Le Barbier de Séville (The Barber of Seville) written by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, National Theater of Albania Tirana
- 2007: Savannah Bay written by Marguerite Duras, Created at Théâtre Espace Go, Montreal
- 2007: Débrayage written by Rémi De Vos, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient
- 2008: In the Solitude of Cotton Fields written by Bernard-Marie Koltès, 7 Stages Theater in Atlanta
- 2008: Othello written by William Shakespeare, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient, Odéon Theatre, Paris
- 2009: Sextett written by Rémi De Vos, CDDB - Théâtre de Lorient, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris, Espace Go, Montreal
[edit] Opera Productions
- 2000: La Didone Opera composed by Francesco Cavalli, Musical director Christophe Rousset, Montpellier Opera
- 2003: L'Empio punito Opera composed by Alessandro Melani, Musical Director Christophe Rousset, Leipzig Opera
- 2004: Antigona Opera composed by Tommaso Traetta, Montpellier Opera, Chatelet Theatre, Paris
[edit] Scenic Designs
- 1983: L'instruction written by Peter Weiss, directed by Robert Angebaud
- 1984: La Casa Nova written by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Robert Angebaud
- 1984: Peinture-sur-Bois written by Ingmar Bergman, directed by François Kergoulay
- 1985: Pusuda Le Guetteur written by Cahit Atay, directed by François Kergourlay
- 1986: La Place royale written by Pierre Corneille
- 1990: La Maison d'os written by Roland Dubillard
- 1992: Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse based on the works of Alphonse Allais, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Jean Genet, Roland Dubillard, Georges Courteline, Franz Marc
- 1993: La Pluie d'été written by Marguerite Duras
- 1993: Le soir de l'Obériou - Elizavieta Bam written by Daniil Charms
- 1994 : Le Jeune Homme written by Jean Audureau
- 1994: Reviens à toi (encore) written by Grégory Motton
- 1996: L'Illusion comique written by Pierre Corneille
- 2000: Rhinocéros written by Eugène Ionesco
- 2000: La Didone Opera composed by Francesco Cavalli, Musical director Christophe Rousset
- 2001: La Bête dans la jungle adapted by Marguerite Duras, based on the play of James Lord and the novel by Henry James
- 2002: Savannah Bay written by Marguerite Duras
- 2003: ...Où boivent les vaches written by Roland Dubillard
- 2003: L'Empio punito Opera composed by Alessandro Melani, Musical director Christophe Rousset
- 2004 : Le Jeu du kwi-jok ou Le Bourgeois gentilhomme written by Molière, music by Jean-Baptiste Lully
- 2004: Place des Héros (Heldenplatz) written by Thomas Bernhard, directed by Arthur Nauzyciel at the Comédie-Française
- 2007: Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare written by Rémi De Vos
- 2007 : Le Barbier de Séville (The Barber of Seville) written by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
- 2007: Savannah Bay written by Marguerite Duras
- 2007: Débrayage written by Rémi De Vos
- 2008: In the Solitude of Cotton Fields written by Bernard-Marie Koltès
- 2008: Othello written by William Shakespeare
- 2009: Sextett written by Rémi De Vos
[edit] Gallery
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La Pluie d'été.jpg
La Pluie d'été
Written by Marguerite Duras
Directed by Éric Vigner
Photography by Alain Fonteray
Jean-Baptiste Sastre (Ernesto) -
Le jeu du kwi-jok ou le Bourgeois Gentilhomme.jpg
Le jeu du kwi-jok
ou Le Bourgeois Genitlhomme
Written by Molière and Lully
Direction & Scenic design by Éric Vigner
Photography by Alain Fonteray
National Theatre of Korea, Seoul -
La Bête dans la jungle.jpg
La Bête dans la Jungle
Adapted by Marguerite Duras
Based on the novel by Henry James
Direction & Scenic design by Éric Vigner
Photography by Alain Fonteray
Jean-Damien Barbin (John Marcher) -
"...Où boivent les vaches.".jpg
"... Où boivent les vaches."
Written by Roland Dubillard
Direction & Scenic design by Éric Vigner
Photography by Alain Fonteray
Micha Lescot (Felix) -
Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare.jpg
Jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare
Written by Rémi De Vos
Direction & Scenic design by Éric Vigner
Photography by Alain Fonteray -
Sextett.jpg
Sextett
Written by Marguerite Duras
Directed by Éric Vigner
Photography by Alain Fonteray
Anne-Marie Cadieux, Micha Lescot, Maria De Medeiros, Johanna Nizard -
Savannah Bay.jpg
Savannah Bay
Written by Marguerite Duras
Direction & Scenic design by Éric Vigner
Photography by Alain Fonteray
Catherine Hiegel -
Ordet.jpg
Ordet (La Parole)
Written by Kaj Munk
Directed by Arthur Nauzyciel
Scenic design by Éric Vigner
Photography of the Scenic Project -
Débrayage.jpg
Débrayage
Written by Rémi De Vos
Direction & Scenic design by Éric Vigner
Photography by Alain Fonteray
With the actors graduated from La Manufacture, Drama Academy of Francophone Switzerland -
Othello ou le Maure de Venise.jpg
Othello
Written by William Shakespeare
Direction & Scenic design by Éric Vigner
Photography by Alain Fonteray
Samir Guesmi (Othello), Michel Fau (Iago) -
La Pluie d'été au Stella.jpg
La Pluie d'été
Written by Marguerite Duras
Adapted & directed by Éric Vigner
Photography by Alain Fonteray
Éric Vigner and Marguerite Duras -
Savannah Bay rehearsal.jpg
Savannah Bay
Written by Marguerite Duras
Direction & Scenic design by Éric Vigner
Photography by Alain Fonteray
Catherine Samie and Éric Vigner
