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Valence Meeting in February 2013
Acting… Arnaud’s notes
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Valence Meeting - Group Repartition within the Acting Workshop (rehearsal groups) Rehearsal Group I. Scenes from : Cyprus, France (scene 2), Italy (scene 4) and Spain. Elena Costa Lisa DiFebbo Silvio Falco Evi Hadjipieri Isabeau Kunter Julie Reyne [memory] Hannah Sting guest star : Dario Galy. + Mιlissa Psaltopoulos.
Rehearsal Group II. Scenes from: France (scene 1), Germany (scenes 1 and 2), Greece and Poland. Quentin Brunet Sasha Genito Lamia Khenniche Marcelina Malczak Scenes from: Czech Republic, Germany (scene 3), Italy (scenes 1, 2 and 3). Valentine Poncet [memory] Pauline Vincent
Rehearsal Group III. Dario Galy Maciej Leszczynski Sabina Mlckovska. Barbora Mόllerova. Corentin Piroux [memory] David Quaranta Jitka Rasochova. Antonio Spassiano Jan Volin.
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Cyprus: the mother : Lisa DiFebbo. Carla : Julie Reyne. Anna : Isabeau Kunter. Barbara : Hannah Sting. the teacher : Evi Hadjipieri. Czech Republic : Mr. You : Jan Volin. Mrs. They : Jitka Rasochova. Ms. I : Barbora Mόllerova. Mrs. Why : Sabina Mlckovska. France: 1st scene : Molly : Lamia Khenniche. Rick, the father : Quentin Brunet. the boss : Sasha Genito. Clients of the market : Valentine Poncet, Pauline Vincent, Marcelina Malczak. 2nd scene : Amy : Elena Costa. Carrie : Zoe Qesko. Lauren : Evi Hadjipieri. Mike : Silvio Falco. Bob : Dario Galy. a little girl : Hannah Sting. other children : Isabeau Kunter, Lisa Di Febbo, Julie Reyne. Germany: 1st scene : the teacher : Pauline Vincent. Sender : Sasha Genito. Receiver : Valentine Poncet. other classmates : Lamia Khenniche, Marcelina Malczak, Quentin Brunet. 2nd scene : Disabled person : Marcelina Malczak. Helper : Lamia Khenniche. 3rd scene : the bullied person : Maciej Leszczynski. other children : Corentin Piroux, Davide Quaranta, Dario Galy, Antonio Spassiano, Jan Volin, Jitka Rasochova, Barbora Mόllerova, Sabina Mlckovska. Greece: Narrator : Marcelina Malczak. Slave trader : Quentin Brunet. Slave purchaser : Pauline Vincent. Slaves : Valentine Poncet, Sasha Genito, Lamia Khenniche. People : other groups.
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Italy (Chieti): 1st scene : Don Tony : Corentin Piroux. Vito : Davide Quaranta. 2nd scene : Antonio : Antonio Spasiano. Salvatore : Corentin Piroux. 3rd scene : the 15yo boy : Maciej Leszczynski. the "boss" : Corentin Piroux. the barman : Davide Quaranta. Calogero : Dario Galy. 4th scene : Amber : MΚlissa Psaltopoulos. Bobbie : Isabeau Kunter. Cathy : Zoe Qesko. Poland: Narrator : Pauline Vincent & Marcelina Malczak. Girl : Valentine Poncet. Spain: Maria : Julie Reyne. Pau : Lisa DiFebbo. Monica : Elena Costa. Monica's boyfriend : Silvio Falco.
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Valence Meeting - Conduite (settings, props, curtains, music & sounds, cast scene by scene) SCENES' CONDUITE 1) Czech Republic (1rst part). Sabina, Barbora, Jitka, Jan. Under the stage. Closed curtains. 4 chairs. -> open the curtains. 2) Germany I. Sasha, Valentine, Pauline + Quentin, Lamia, Marcelina. music : bell ringing, classroom. On stage. A classroom : the white board with geography on it, 5 chairs. 3) Germany III. Dario, Maciej + Sabina, Barbora, Jitka, Corentin, Davide, Antonio, Jan. music : bell ringing, classroom. On stage. the same classroom : drawing on the black board. 4) Cyprus. Evi, Isabeau, Julie, Hannah + Elena, Lisa. music : bell ringing, classroom. On stage : the same classroom : the black board with maths on it. -> close the curtains. 5) Czech Republic (2nd part). Sabina, Barbora, Jitka, Jan. Under the stage. Closed curtains. 4 chairs. -> open the curtains. 6) Poland. Marcelina, Valentine, Pauline. music : The Girl with one Eye by Florence + the Machine. On stage . Empty stage. Only lighting effects. -> close the curtains. 7) Germany II. Lamia, Marcelina + Quentin, Sasha. Under then on the stage. Coming from the exterior door (Marcelina and Lamia), Coming from the main door (Sasha), Coming from the stage door ΰ jardin (Quentin). 8) Spain Elena, Lisa, Julie, Antonio + Evi, Isabeau, Zoe, Hannah. On stage, closed curtains. 4 chairs ΰ cour, empty space ΰ jardin, the white board with the bus drawed. 9) Czech Republic (3rd part). Sabina, Barbora, Jitka, Jan. Under the stage. Closed curtains. 4 chairs. 10) Greece.
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Marcelina. music : film music. -> open the curtains. Quentin, Pauline + Sasha, Lamia, Valentine. On stage. A table with coffee on it ΰ cour. White board with "Slave auction" on it. -> close the curtains. 11) Italy IV. Isabeau, Mιlissa, Zoe. music : car sounds. On stage. Closed curtains. 5 chairs in front of the audience, figuring the car. -> open the curtains. 11) France I. Quentin, Lamia + Sasha, Marcelina, Valentine, Pauline. On stage. A table with coffee on it in the middle of the stage, two chairs, then remove the chairs for the market place (the boxes to carry), then adding it for the last scene. -> close the curtains. 12) France II. Elena, Dario, Evi, Zoe, Antonio, Hannah + Lisa, Silvio, Isabeau, Julie. music : schoolyard. Under and on stage. Closed curtains. Crossing the room. 13) Italy I. Corentin, Davide. On stage, closed curtains, the tale under the stage. -> open the curtains. 14) Italy II. Corentin, Antonio. On stage. A table with baskets on it. 15) Italy III. Dario, Corentin, Davide, Antonio. On stage. the same table without the baskets. -> close the curtains. 16) Czech Republic (4rd part). Sabina, Barbora, Jitka, Jan. Under the stage. Closed curtains. 4 chairs.
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Valence Meeting - List of Costumes (conception stage) Costumes: Cyprus: . casual schoolwear. . casual for the mother. . something more dessed up for the teacher : a black skirt and a black jacket (female suit with a skirt), white shirt, maybe female glasses with small correction. Czech Republic: Black casual wear. France : 1st scene : . a blue worker suit for the father and very dirty white tee-shirt. . casual younger teen wear + a pair of girly pyjamas for the girl. . casual wear for the boss and the staff. 2nde scene : . for the girls : maybe shorts, clothes with vivid colours, noodle necklaces. . for the adults : casual wear. Germany: 1st and 3rd scenes : . casual schoolwear. . same thing as in the Cyprus scene for the teacher. 2nd scene : . a pair of crutches. Greece: . black clothes. . some sheets, pieces of fabric. Italy (Chieti): 1st scene: . a suit for the mafioso with a tie and a hat (borsalino), maybe a cigar. . jeans and tee-shirt for Vito. 2nd scene: . same thing for the mafioso. . jeans, white shirt and apron for Antonio. 3rd scene: . a suit for the mafioso too. . an apron for the barman, why not. Maybe white shirt, black trousers and black vest. . jeans and tee-shirt for the teen and for the dealer. Poland: . Black clothes and masks. Spain : . casual wear. . a pair of crutches.
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Valence Meeting - List of Props and Settings (conception stage) List of props and settings: Cyprus: Decoration for the white board with geometry on it. Some girly accessories (on monday with Marie-Antoinette). Czech Rep.: a railroad station painting for the white board. tabloids, newpapers with absurd text on it. decorating a shoe box. leaflet from Amnesty International. France 1: a coffee pot. costumize the blue worker suit and the tee-shirt of the father. France 2: noodle necklaces for the girls. making some costumes more girly. Germany 1: decoration for the white board with geography. the secret message. Germany 2: piece of fabric looking like a wooden stair. Germany 3: nothing. Greece: money bags. stamps with codes barres for the slaves. poster SLAVE TRADE poster FREEDOM posters "SOLD" for the slaves. Italy 1: cigare Italy 2: nothing Italy 3: newspaper enveloppe money Italy 4: something for the white board to figure a car. Poland: empty stage. Spain: same for the white board to figure a bus.
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Valence Meeting - Group Repartitions for Workshops ACTING
CREATING
Quentin Brunet (France) 16 +++ Elena Costa (Spain) 15 ++ Lisa DiFebbo (Chieti) 17/18 + Silvio Falco (Nettuno) 16/17 -/+ Dario Galy (France) 15 +++ Sasha Genito (Nettuno) 16/17 -/+ Evi Hadjipieri (Cyprus) 17 +++ Lamia Khenniche (France) 17 +++ Isabeau Kunter (Germany) 15 ++ Maciej Leszczynski (Poland) 14 +++ Marcelina Malczak (Poland) 16 +++ Sabina Mlčkovskα (CR) 17 -/+ Barbora Mόllerovα (CR) 17 + Corentin Piroux (France) 16 +++ Valentine Poncet (France) 15 ++ Zoe Qesko (Greece) 17 +++ Davide Quaranta (Nettuno) 17/18 + Julie Reyne (France) 16 +++ Jitka Rasochovα (CR) 16 Antonio Spasiano (Nettuno) 17/18 + Hannah Sting (Germany) 14 + Pauline Vincent (France) 16 +++ fluent Jan Volνn (CR) 17 ++
Arnau Botines (Spain) 14 ++ Lucie Charrel (France) 16 ++ Andriani Chrysanthou (Cyprus) 17 +++ Chiara del Rosario (Chieti) 17/18 +++ Theodora Demetriou (Cyprus) 17 +++ Giorgia DiBernardino (Chieti) 17/18 +++ Lucile Laporte (France) 16 + Lena Rockel (Germany) ? + Clιmence Marcon (France) 15 -/+ Aleth Marti (Spain) 15 ++ Merle Siegrist (Germany) 15 ++ Lucile Teyssedou (France) 15 + Mikolaj Tomzik (Poland) 16 -/+
Assistant directors from France: Eloοse Cabello 17 ++, Sarah Delaby-Rochette 17 +, Margot Petro 17 + and Mιlissa Psaltopoulos 16 ++. Filming: Matia DiPaolo (Chieti) 18/19 -/+.
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