As the Prague Quadrennial will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2007, we have chosen to organize the French exhibition around the theme of transmission. First of all, between scenographers and theatre architects for the past 40 years, but also between the old and the new generation. Handing down of tradition and sharing knowledge or new working methods being absorbed into the French tradition. That is why, this 11th Edition of the International Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture is placed under the aegis of André Acquart, whose innovative work was honoured during the first quadrennial in 1967, and who received the Gold medal at the 1983 edition.
- Jean Marc Stelhé
Education: School of Arts Décoratifs in Geneva
Collaboration with theatres: Théâtre of Carouge
Continuing collaboration with directors: François Simon, Philippe Mentha and Roger Blin,Benno Besson , Matthias Langhoff
Additional information: He started to work at the Théâtre of Carouge in 1963, where he designed and built sets, especially for the producers François Simon, Philippe Mentha and Roger Blin.
- Yves Collet
Continuing collaboration with directors: Philippe Adrien Elisabeth Chaillou, Adel Hakim, Claude Buchwald, Brigitte Jaques-Wajeman,Emmanuel Demarcy-Motta
Additional information: During the 2005-2006 season, he created, along with Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota and the Collectif artistique of the Centre dramatique national/la Comédie de Reims, "Ionesco suite" from Ionesco.
- Gérard Didier
Education: School of ENSATT
Continuing collaboration with directors: Philippe Adrien, Jeanne Champagne , Alain Françon, Maurice Bénichou ,Jacques Kramer ,Marc Paquien
- Stéphane Braunschweig
was born 1964
Additional information: He was at the head of the Centre dramatique national / Orléans-Loiret-Centre for many years. Since July 2000, he is in charge of the Théâtre National of Strasbourg.
- Daniel Jeanneteau
was born 1963
Education: School of the National Theater of Strasbourg
Continuing collaboration with directors: Claude Régy
Additional information: He now also works as a producer himself: "Iphigenia in Aulis" by Racine (2001), "The Ghost Sonata" by Strindberg (2003), "Blasted" by Sarah Kane.
- François Delarozière
was born 1963
Education: Beaux-Arts of Marseille
Collaboration with theatres: Royal de Luxe
Additional information: He invents, builds and operates machines and automations for all the company’s performances written and produced by Jean-Luc Courcoult, such as "La Véritable Histoire de France," (1990).
- Laure Pichat
was born 1973
Education: School of architecture Paris-La Villette, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre in Lyon
Continuing collaboration with directors: producer Jean-Yves Ruf
Additional information: She also works as an architect on diverse projects, and more specifically as a theatre consultant for the playhouse of Saint-Brieuc.
- Aurélie Thomas
was born 1974
Education: School of the National Theater of Strasbourg
Continuing collaboration with directors: Producers: Jean-Louis Martinelli, Jean-Yves Ruf , Guillaume Delaveau
Additional information: She also worked with Christophe Rauck designing costumes for La Vie de Galilée (2004) and the scenography for The Inspector General by Gogol (2006).
- André Acquart
Continuing collaboration with directors: Jean-Marie Serreau, Roger Blin, Jean Vilar ,Roger Planchon,Gabriel Garran
Additional information: Born 1922 in Vincennes, stage designer and painter, specialized in mural design. Graduate from the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Algiers. His first vvork for tne tlheatre were sets for J. Anouilh´s Thieves' Carnival in Algiers is 1950. Noteworthy among his work are sets for Geneťs The Blacks and Screens produced by R. Blin, for Peter Weiss' Marat-Sade produced by Jean Tasso, for Shakespeare's Macbeth produced by G. Rétoré, for Troilus and Cressida produced by R. Planchon, for Bizeťs Carmen, A. Césaire's A Season in Congo, Sartre's The Devil and the Good Lord in the production of G. Wilson, for Corneille's Surēre produced by H. Gignoux, and for a large number of plays produced at the Théâtre de Lutēce, Théatre Sarah Bernhardt, Théâtre de l'Est Parisien, Théâtre de la Cité de Villeurbanne, Odéon-Théâtre de France, Théâtre National Populaire, the Strassbourg National Théâtre, the theatre in Essen, Amsterdam and elsewhere.
