A video interview with Dominique Serrand, one of the principals of Theater de la Jeune Leune, a Minneapolis theatre which recently closed. Jeune Leune was known for their physical theatre-- I believe that Serrand or one of his partners studied with Lecoq, and others studied with Carlo Mazzone-Clemente of Dell'arte. Also, Chris Bayes either taught or performed there (or maybe both)
The 34 minute interview is quite interesting, and well worth viewing.
(Thanks to Mike Daisey for the heads up.)
Not sure if it will be embedded below-- but if not, view it on Vimeo
http://www.vimeo.com/2880009
Interview with Dominique Serrand from Minnesota Playlist on Vimeo.
Here's their log of the interview.
0:00.00 – 1. Will you miss your building? Peter Brook, Ariane Mnouchkine, and using old spaces to say something new.
3:41.29 – 2. Why couldn’t Jeune Lune survive? Artist-driven work, financial management, and patterns of charitable support from Minnesota’s family dynasties.
7:45.05 – 3. What good and bad do you see in the arts right now? The legacy amendment, the migrant nature of artists, creating new ensembles, the Guthrie’s Kushner festival, health care, and more.
12:07.27 – 4. Is the state of the arts in Minnesota healthy? Healthy institutions versus healthy artists, the United States Artists Foundation, and theater companies in Soviet-bloc Hungary.
16:58.03 – 5. Why does theater matter? Religion and the value of questioning.
19:39.22 – 6. What should we do? Public education, how Dominique discovered theater as a child, and exporting Robert Wilson and Robert Lepage to rural areas.
24:10.06 – 7. What will you do in the near future? Getting used to life without Jeune Lune, risk-taking, and developing a new work with four playwrights.
28:33.23 – 8. What if you were asked to run a new theater? A three-step plan including engaging with public schools, putting artists on salary, and bringing out illuminating, new visions of old work.
