Isaac Alvarez

Isaac Alvarez
Alvarez at the Théâtre du Moulinage
Born26 July 1930
Alexandria, Kingdom of Egypt
Died3 November 2020(2020-11-03) (aged 90)
Aubenas, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Actor
Mime

Isaac Alvarez (26 July 1930 – 3 November 2020) was a French actor, mime, and choreographer.[1] He founded the École du théâtre du mouvement in Paris in 1956 alongside Jacques Lecoq. In 1981, he founded the Théâtre du Moulinage in Lussas.

Biography

During World War II, Alvarez was subjected to Nazi Germany's concentration camps. Upon his release, he would enter the world of theatre, following after Charles Dullin. He met Jacques Lecoq in the 1950s, and they founded the École du théâtre du mouvement in 1956, which would become the École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq.[2]

Alvarez acted in theatrical productions, films, and television series. He collaborated with Jean-Luis Barrault for The Siege of Numantia, which was performed in 1965 at the Chorégies d'Orange.

Alvarez traveled across France to teach with the Comédiens-mimes de Paris.[3] He would teach a young Philippe Decouflé in his acting workshops. In 1981, he founded the Théâtre du Moulinage, which doubled as a theatre and an acting school.[4] After the theatre closed its doors in 2008, Alvarez worked with the Teatro Instabile in Aosta, Italy.

Isaac Alvarez died in Aubenas on 3 November 2020 at the age of 90.

Creations

  • Vie à Pablo Neruda (1978)[5]
  • Mémoire en blanc
  • Le Rire et l'Oubli
  • Sacerdoce pour un caoutchouc
  • Les Chevaliers du naufrage
  • Au candélabre des pas perdus[6]
  • Passeport pour l'éphémère (1989)
  • À bâtons rompus (1990)

Theatre

  • Le Gisant (1958)
  • Compagnie Jacques Lecoq (1959)
  • Les Bâtisseurs d'empire (1959)
  • Hamlet (1960)
  • Le Monstre Turquin (1964)[7]
  • Les Bâtisseurs d'empire (1966)

Directed Plays

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Avis de décès". Mediapart (in French). 10 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Les Enseignants". Ecole Jacques Lecoq (in French). Archived from the original on 21 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Les Comediens Mimes de Paris". Editions EP&S (in French). March–April 1975.
  4. ^ "Ce corps qui m'étonne". Institut Régional du Travail Social (in French). Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Notice de spectacle". BnF Catalogue général (in French).
  6. ^ "Woyzeck ou Franz et Marie, drame populaire avec musique" (PDF). Théâtre de La Commune (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2006.
  7. ^ "Le Monstre Turquin". Association de la Régie Théâtrale (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-11-17.