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Juin 2023. Le Dormeur distrait & La Farce des filles à marier
FESTIVAL DES ECOLES MC93, samedi 3 juin 2023
Lycée Louise Michel, Première spécialité théâtre, Première et Terminale option théâtre
Lycée Louise Michel, Première spécialité théâtre, Première et Terminale option théâtre
Juin 2023. Conte du roi cruel, inspiré de Richard III de Shakespeare
FESTIVAL DES ECOLES MC93
Mai 2022. Le Soulier de satin de Paul Claudel (Fragments)
FESTIVAL DES ÉCOLES MC93
May 2021. Women, after Molière
MC93 SCHOOL FESTIVAL, Friday May 21, 2021 Lycée Louise Michel, Terminale Spécialité DES FEMMES (Montage of 19 scenes taken from 3 plays by Molière) Presentation How to play Molière in 2021, with the troupe of students from Terminale Spécialité ? How to choose between the three works on the program, L'École des femmes (1662) and Le Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur (1669), two comedies that raised criticism and controversy, and L'Amour Médecin (1665), comedy-ballet and premiere piece staged at Versailles by the Roy's troupe ? We decided to propose a dramatic montage, composed of 19 scenes and 2 intermissions, which takes as its point of attachment the female characters. From the candid Agnès to the astute Dorine, women in Molière always manage to thwart the designs of patriarchal domination. ‟Women”…, then ! Ismini Vlavianou Editing, direction : Ismini VLAVIANOU Suits : Charlotte MERLIN (Costume manager, MC93) Distribution of roles by scene 1st scene L'École des femmes, I, 2 : Alan : Dinesh SASIKUMAR, Georgette : Djanka KOUROUMA, Arnolphe : Carlos MEA 2nd scene Le Tartuffe, I, 4 :Organ : Rehan MOHAMMAD, Cléante : Ajit RATTINAVELOU, Dorine : Inesse MELLOUKI 3rd scene The School for Women, I, 3 : Agnes : Christine CAÏ, Arnolphe : Rakul ILAKKUMIKANTHAN, Alain and Georgette : Dinesh SASIKUMAR and Djanka KOUROUMA 4th scene Le Tartuffe, II, 1: Orgon : Maxime DA SILVA-BAUDRY, Mariane : Emma SUSSERE 5th scene The Love doctor, I, 3 : Lisette : Dinesh SASIKUMAR, Sganarelle : Yanneris BORDIN, Lucinde : Aïssatou BATHILY 6th scene Le Tartuffe, II, 2 : Dorine : Inesse MELLOUKI, Orgon : Nassim BENDAOUD, Mariane : Christine CAÏ 7th scene Le Tartuffe, II, 4 : Valere : Yanneris BORDIN, Mariane : Mariam HAÏDARA, Dorine : Inesse MELLOUKI 8th scene The School for Women, II, 3 : Alan : Maxime DA SILVA-BAUDRY, Georgette : Aïssatou BATHILY 9th scene The Tartuffe, III, 2: Tartuffe : Carlos MEA, Laurent : Ajit RATTINAVELOU, Dorine : Khattyani REYMOND 10th scene The School for Women, II, 5: Arnolphe : Elias ZARKA-BLIN, Agnes : Khadija ELOMRI 11th scene Doctor Love, I, 6 : Lisette : Mariam HAÏDARA, Sganarelle : Syphax AKIL First intermission : Champagne : Djanka KOUROUMA 12th scene The Love doctor, II, 1 and 5: Sganarelle : Yanneris BORDIN, Lisette : Inesse MELLOUKI, Messrs Macroton and Bahys : Djanka KOUROUMA and Ajit RATTINAVELOU 13th scene The School for Women, III, 2 : Arnolphe : Rakul ILAKKUMIKANTHAN, Agnes : Khattyani REYMOND 14th scene Le Tartuffe, III, 3 :Elmira : Lauryn LAGUERRE, Tartuffe : Rehan MOHHAMMAD 15th scene Le Tartuffe, IV, 4 :Elmira : Lauryn LAGUERRE, Orgon : Dinesh SASIKUMAR 16th scene The School for Women, V, 3 : Agnes : Emma SUSSERE, Horace : Rakul ILAKKUMIKANTHAN, Arnolphe : Elias ZARKA-BLIN 17th scene The School for Women, V, 4 : Arnolphe : Elias ZARKA-BLIN, Agnes : Emma SUSSERE 18th scene Doctor Love, III, 4 to 6 : Sganarelle : Ajit RATTINAVELOU, Lisette : Khadija ELOMRI, Clitandre : Djanka KOUROUMA, Lucinde : Christine CAÏ 19th scene The Love doctor, III, 8: The Comedy : Lauryn LAGUERRE, The Ballet : Dinesh SASIKUMAR, The Music : Carlos Mea, Clitandre : Djanka KOUROUMA, Sganarelle : Syphax AKIL, Lucinde : Christine CAÏ, Lisette : Khadija ELOMRI and crowd of dancers for the second intermission The two presenters : Oumaima MAAZOUZ and Souleymane SALLAH (Theater Option Terminal)
September 2020, Oedipus or the lame King, Jean Anouilh
Benaki Foundation, Athens, Oedipus or the Lame King, by Jean Anouilh Adaptation and staging : Ismini Vlavianou Masks, costumes : Anne Mériaux Surtitling in Greek : Antigone Vlavianou Inter-school project with the Jeanne d'Arc high school in Piraeus, with 20 young French people and 10 young Greeks Video link of the theater course in Mandres-les-Roses : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUwNTS02ww0&t=10s The 42 students from Première Spécialité Théâtre as well as from Première and Terminale Option Théâtre met at the PEP in Mandres-les-Roses from February 26 to 29, 2020, to repeat together Oedipus or the lame king by Jean Anouilh, a modern and poetic rewriting of Oedipus king by Sophocles. The 42 students were to stage the piece during the “11th Festival of Schools”, at the MC93, on May 8 and 9, but the pandemic canceled everything. However, we were able to perform the play at the Benaki Foundation Theater in Athens on September 24, 2020 with 20 young French people and 10 young Greeks from Piraeus. TES1 student Ehsan KHAN shot and edited on his own initiative a video which recounts in 4min34 the moments shared during the February theater course, when, carried away by the project, we were all making great strides in its production… Capture link : https://youtu.be/oG6Z4HcHW6k
May 2019, in the hall of the MC93, The Eternal Exhibition (happening)
Design : Ismini Vlavianou Artistic speaker: Clara Chabalier (actress, director) By the 15 students of the Second Year Theater Exploration In the theater hall, stories begin and follow each other without ever ending. How does a theatrical event happen ? What relationship can be established between actors and spectators ? » Ismini Vlavianou
May 2019, MC93, The Seven Against Thebes, by Aeschylus
Translation, adaptation and staging : Ismini Vlavianou Sets, costumes : Anne Mériaux Artistic speaker : Samir Siad, actor-director Video-projection : Yoann Minet, graphic designer With 31 students from Terminale and Première Option Théâtre When Œdipe learns that after killing his father, he married his mother and gave her four children, he gouges out his eyes cursing his sons Eteocles and Polynices, condemning them to share the kingdom of Thebes sword in hand. Thus, in The Seven against Thebes, Eteocles, king of Thebes, warned by his messenger that Argive enemies are attacking the gates of the city, and that his brother Polynice is posted in front of the seventh gate, goes to confront him. Long before Sophocles' Antigone, Aeschylus' tragedy makes women's voices heard : powerless against the decisions of men, they condemn fratricidal struggles by granting the two sons of Oedipus the same burial. Ismini Vlavianou
May 2018, MC93, The Suppliants, by Aeschylus
9th School Festival, MC93, Bobigny Lycée Louise Michel, Bobigny Artistic workshop for 28 students from Première and Terminale (16-18 years old) Teachers : Ismini Vlavianou, Anne Mériaux Artistic speaker : Samir Siad Piece : The Suppliants of Aeschylus Translation, adaptation, staging : Ismini Vlavianou Masks, sets, costumes : Anne Mériaux On the piece : Fleeing a forced marriage with their cousins the Egyptians, the Danaides leave the Nile and set sail towards Argos, accompanied by their father Danaos. Argos, a city equaling Athens in its social and political justice, is the country of origin of their ancestor Io… Will King Pelasgos and the Pelasgians grant them political asylum? ? Les Suppliantes, a play in which is mentioned for the first time democracy is the only ancient tragedy in which the Chorus plays the main role. IV With ALTUN Dogan (1ES2), ANWAR Sara (1L), BEDJAIT Melinda (1STMG2), BELABBES Farah (1S2), BLANC Marie (TST2S), BLAVO Bénédicte (TES1), BOLEK Fatma (TL), BOURGUIBA Anyssa (TSTMG2), BRICE Chloé (TES/L), CISCAR Laura (1S2), DIE-PHAURE David (1ES1), DOGRUL Suna (TL), DOUKANSE Ismaël (1ES2), GASSAMA Aminata (TL), GBAKAYORO Jennifer (1STMG4), JILANI Rania (1S1 ), KIVONGELE Leonardo (1ES2), LAIFAOUI Anissa (TES/L), LISSER Sarah (1S3), MANUEL Chanseli (TL), MARZOUK Myriam (1S3), MASSENGO Djélissa (1STMG2), MAVUNGU Jennyfer (1STMG3), SAEED Hamza (1ES1 ), SILJEGOVIC Alexandre (TES/L), SODHI Samy (TL), OULEDI MEHAL Enricka (1STMG4), UTKUN Hatice (1L Text by a student actress, Fatma B. This year we are preparing Les Suppliantes, written in the 5th century BC by Aeschylus, with an adaptation by one of our drama teachers : Mrs. Vlavianou. On first reading, I didn't really like the play, especially because it included a choir made up of several girls, requiring a joint movement at the same time. Subsequently, as I became acquainted with the piece, I particularly liked it for its background which exposed to me what I did not know by my own will about my origins and pushed me to face the fate of the women in my family, victims of destiny, like the Danaides in our play, forced to marry their cousins. Through the incarnation of the role of the Coryphée, with lyrics expressing the resistance mixed with the despair of the Danaides, I am not content to simply play a role. Being sensitive to the women's cause, I pay tribute at the same time to the women of my family and all the women in the four corners of the world, who unfortunately have not had, or still do not have the legitimacy to oppose the decisions of the patriarchy. . When I say : " I would like to be a black smoke…rather perish in a mortal fall than undergo a criminal marriage against my will I am thinking of my aunt who committed suicide following a forced marriage, or of my grandmother who tried to run away on the wedding night and who was arrested by my grandfather, desperately abandoned her body in his arms. I also represent my condition as an immigrant in France through the Danaides who came to Argos with the hope of being protected on these lands. When one of my classmates says : " Do you understand my words despite my barbaric accent ? », I think of myself, who does not always have the same privileges as the people around me, even though I went through the same school career, having acquired the same knowledge. At the end of the piece, with the incarnation of the corypheus, my words opting for the best of the worst and for the middle voice represent the phosphorescence in the midst of the darkness where the Danaides find themselves in despair in the face of destiny. By pronouncing these words, as an 18-year-old girl, I also express my faith in the evolution of mores and the gaze of society. Thus the play of the Suppliants manages to have an impact on the " actors », with its strength due in particular to the fact that it remains contemporary while being originally ancient. What it represents most difficult, but at the same time wonderful is the movement of the choir with different bodies, girls of different ethnic origins expressing the same sadness and claiming the same rights. I see this as a beautiful picture that should be a good example in the world, pushing women who share the same pain to come together to make their voices heard.
May 2018, MC93, Strangers more mobile than the waves, by Christian Cogné
Free adaptation and staging : Ismini Vlavianou Play staged by "La Troupe des Aînés de Louise Michel-Bobigny", all from the High School Theater Option Link to recording : https://vimeo.com/272761165 9th Festival of Schools, MC93, Bobigny The Troupe of Elders by Louise Michel Piece : Strangers more mobile than the waves The city exhausts my dreams But I fear neither exile Nor the early mornings At the risk of my life I move away Far from where I come from Stopping on the way Not used for nothing CC Text : Christian Cogné Free rewriting and staging : Ismini Vlavianou Assisted by Anne Mériaux Piece staged by " The Troupe of Elders by Louise Michel-Bobigny » (19-23 years old), all from the High School Theater Option, and clearing their own artistic path : BAGEA Enrick, DOLCINE Jennifer, GOPROU Aude, ILIC Emilia, PIES Kyan, PIES Yonathan, QUICHAUD Alexia, SAMBA Daphné, SAINT-HILAIRE Marie-Julie, TAMBWA KALOMBO Francis, WIERTELAK Arthur, YOKPROGUHE Maëlle, and with the exceptional participation of NDOFUSU- MBEMBA Joshua. Anne Mériaux as the filmmaker.
May 2017, MC93, The Crazy Day or The Marriage of Figaro, by Beaumarchais
Free adaptation and staging : Ismini Vlavianou Artistic speaker : Samir Siad With 28 students from Première and Terminale from the High School Theater Workshop SCHOOL FESTIVAL MAY 2017 HIGH SCHOOL : Lycée Louise Michel ESTIMATED DURATION : 2H DISTRIBUTION : 28 student actors BAGEA Enrick : Figaro (III, 5-10) and Cherub (V) BAQUE Rolland : Antonio BLANC Marie : Fanchette BLAVO Bénédicte : The Countess (I), Suzanne's Handmaiden (IV), Bazile (V) BOLEK Fatma : The Countess (II) BOURGUIBA Anissa : A Lackey (III), Double-Hand (III), Suzanne's Attendant (IV) DIAWARA Kadia : Marceline (II, V), Bazile (IV) DIOUF Nafissa : The Countess (IV) ELOUNDOU MENOUNGA Charles: Don Gusman Brid'oison ES-SAKHY Samy: Bartholo GASSAMA Aminata: Pédrille (III), the Usher (III) GENIPA Naomi : Cherub (I, II, IV) ILIC Emilia : Suzanne (II, 13-26, III, 17-19, V) KIVOUILA Cecilia : Figaro (I, IV, 1-2), Grippe-Soleil (V, 2), Pédrille (V, 11) KOITA Fatoumata : Suzanne (IV) LAIFAOUI Anissa : Suzanne (II, 1-8) LEONIS Love : Suzanne (I, 1), The Countess (V) LESSILAA Racha : Marceline (I, 4-5), Marceline's Handmaiden (IV) MANUEL Chanseli: Bazile (I, II) NOAMAN Assem: Count Almaviva (I, V, 6- 7) NYONGONI Dylan: Figaro (II, III, 13-19, V, 1-4) OUATTARA Djara: Suzanne (I, 5-10), Count Almaviva (V, 9-19) QUICHAUD Alexia : Marceline (III, IV) SAINT-HILAIRE Marie-Julie : Figaro (IV, 6-15 and V, 5-19) SIDIBE Assetou : Count Almaviva (II, IV) SILJEGOVIC Alexandre : Count Almaviva (III, 1-11) SONMEZ Bedehan : Count Almaviva (III, 14-17), Bailiff (IV) TAYFUR Evindar : Suzanne (III, 9-10), Next to Marceline (IV) TEXT FOR THE ROOM PROGRAM : Is there a marriage more famous than that of Figaro ? Yet the wedding of Figaro with Suzanne, which seems imminent at the curtain raiser, is not celebrated at the end. This is how Beaumarchais frees himself from a genre convention ! Their union is made and undone during the crazy day, engaging power games between the valet and his libertine master, jeopardizing the union of Count Almaviva with the Countess, stirring up the world of the castle and mobilizing the liveliness of the a former barber from Seville who is in a hurry to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to cry. A founding piece of the French scene through its genre innovations and scenographic inventiveness, La Folle Journée or Le Mariage De Figaro enlisted in its plot the creativity of a troupe of 28 high school students, who brave the complexity of this undertaking with an economy of means. Ismini Vlavianou MENTIONS TO BE CLARIFIED (funding, support, etc.) : The Lycée Louise Michel benefits from subsidies from the Academic Delegation for Cultural Action of the Rectorate of Créteil (DAAC) and from the Political Science Foundation Equal Opportunities. It was also funded by the Town Hall of Bobigny (Aid scheme for School Establishment Projects), and by the Lycée Louise Michel.
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