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Julie Taymor By Laura Weber. “I put myself into situations where I’m forced to do something, to create, to respond, to see differently.”. Who is she?. American director/costume designer/mask & puppetry maker . She is widely known for directing the stage musical , The Lion King . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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“I put myself into
situations where I’m
forced to do something,
to create, to respond, to
see diff erently.”
JULIE TAYMORBY LAURA WEBER
American director/costume designer/mask & puppetry maker.
She is widely known for directing the stage musical, The Lion King.
Japanese and Indonesian influences in her work
WHO IS SHE?
Born on December 15, 1952, in Newton, Massachusetts.
Her father, Melvin Lester Taymor
Her mother, Elizabeth Bernstein
Parents were supportive and trusting “I always believed Julie wasn’t
going to do anything destructive to herself.”
Found an interest in international folklore and mythology, and also developed a passion for theatre. involved in a theatre in Boston
WHERE DID SHE COME FROM?
Traveled to Sri Lanka and India at 15
Moved to Paris at 16 Mime school of Jacques
Lecoq
Studied at Oberlin College from 1969 to 1974 She studied theatre and
mythology Graduated with a degree
in folklore and mythology
EDUCATION
Traveled to Indonesia, Japan, and Bali. Japan Indonesia Bali
Returned to the states in 1979 Elliot Goldenthal
collaborating on numerous projects over the years
LIFE CONT.
Japan studied the art of puppetry and
Japanese theatre. “I received from my experience
in Japan an incredible sense of respect for the art of creating, not just the creative product. To me, the process was also an incredibly important aspect of the total form.”
Indonesia Worked with many different
theatres
Bali Founded Theatre Loh.
TRAVELS
Ancient ceremony “the energy and
concentration with which these elderly men performed this ritual -- without an audience, for purely spiritual purposes -- has informed and inspired all of my subsequent work.”
Theatre Loh An international company The Way of Snow and Tirai.
BALI
Michael Eisner asked Jul ie Taymor because of her history African costumes, with stylized
animal masks worn on their heads, leaving their human facial expressions fully visible.
demonstration on stage, in a theater, with stage lighting.
Given free rein to stage Directed the production,
designed the costumes, co-designed the masks and puppets and re-wrote many of the fi lm's scenes and songs. .
In al l , the production employed over 100 puppets representing 25 diff erent species .
Opened on Broadway on November 13, 1997 The New York Times hailed it as "the
most memorable, moving and original theatrical extravaganza in years."
received two Tony Awards
THE LION KING
.
Stage The Tempest (1986)
Director, puppetry. Oedipus Rex (1992)
Director, puppetry The Lion King (1997)
Director, lyricist for the song Endless Night, costume designer, co-mask designer, co-puppet designer
The Magic Flute (2005) Director. at Metropolitan
Opera (NY), live broadcast for theatrical (HD). DVD selling at Opera house only.
This Is It (2009) production consultant, designer
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (2010) Director, co-author, mask
designer
Filmography Fool's Fire (1992) (TV) Oedipus Rex (1993) (opera) Titus (1999) Frida (2002) Across the Universe (2007)
experience with cross-genre and cross-cultural.
The Tempest (2010)
WORKS
“One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I can go to the real place. I can go to the Coliseum, and I don't have to fake
it.”
American director of theater, opera and fi lm Designer and innovator
She is widely known for directing the stage musical, The Lion King First women director to receive
Tony Award
Used experiences from Japan and Indonesia in all of her work
Involved in making puppets, masks, costumes and stage sets.
CONCLUSION
Questions?
THANK YOU!
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