Alain Maratrat

Alain Maratrat born 1950 is French actor theater and opera director known for his innovative interpretations and staging He has shared his longtime exploration of the body as an instrument of theatrical expression through workshops and classes for actors dancers and singers throughout the world He was a winner of a Golden Mask award in 2006 as director of the opera Il Viaggio a Reims Alain Maratrat was born in Paris into a family far from the world of art his father was a train conductor and his mother had stopped working as a dressmaker to raise her children He attended the Institute National des Arts du Spectacle in Brussels Belgium from 1969 to 1973 and thirty years later joined 3 fellow students from the class of 73 to play their younger selves in Trente Ans a Peine a play by JeanClaude Carrière which was based on their acting aspirations and experiences at INSAS In 1974 Maratrat was invited to join Peter Brook s company the International Centre for Theatre Research and he remained an active member of the company for nearly 20 years participating in most of the companys successful productions He acted experimented and traveled the world with Brooks multicultural assembly of actors dancers musicians and other performers They participated in theatrical encounters with audiences in native villages asylums schools and a prison as well as traditional theaters throughout the world Working with Brook fed and developed Maratrats interest in creating theater that would touch and enliven ordinary people regardless of their culture Since leaving Brooks company Maratrat has managed active careers as an actor film theater and television theater and opera director and acting teacher He has performed in films by directors Claude Berri Amos Gitai Michel Deville and Alain Berberian and plays directed by Bruno Bayen Philippe Mantha Gabriel Garran Peter Brook Dominique Mühler Bernard Sobel and Gaston Jung Maratrat has directed theatrical productions of Ferenc Molnárs Liliom 1991 Dumas The Three Musketeers 1993 and Gaston Salvatores Staline 1994 Brazs Rencontres 1995 was staged after a yearlong collective workshop He directed Goldonis The Impresario from Smyrna and The Dance Lesson 1996 In 1998 he directed The Conference of Birds with the Teatro Kismet and a group of international actors in Bari Italy and in 1999 he traveled to South Africa to direct Romeo was a Shoeshiner with social centers in the townships of Pretoria More recent productions include Shakespeares A Midsummer Night s Dream 2003 Chekhovs The Three Sisters 2004 Ibsens Peer Gynt 2004 Marivauxs The Dispute 2005 Shakespeares The Twelfth Night 2006 and Schillers Marie Stuart 2011 Source Article Alain Maratrat from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30