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École Marseille Tél : 04 91 530 000
École Aix-en-Provence Tél : 04 42 600 300
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EPIM drama students meet the artists at the Théâtre du Gymnase in Marseille
A moment of rare intensity when children and grown-ups alike projected their imagination into a living-room revisited by stage director Alexis Moati. An hour and a half-long theater piece that profoundly engaged the children's identification, seeing themselves transformed into pirates, redskins...At the end of the presentation, students were invited to talk with the artists and discovered how difficult it is for a professional actor to play the role of a child. They also discovered how simple sofas as stage sets can effectively replace Walt Disney's most sophisticated film decors.m
[11/03/2010]
As part of the on-going collaboration between the EPIM International Schools and local theaters (the Grand Théâtre de Provence in Aix-en-Provence, the Théâtre du Jeu de Paume in Aix and the Théâtre du Gymnase in Marseille), EPIM students attended the theater piece entitled "Peter Pan or the Little Boy who Hated Mothers". Everyone knows or think they know Peter Pan who is. This strange little boy does not want to grow up and wants to spend his life playing. Walt Disney's pastel rendition of the tale has colored our perception of the story. Yet, when one reads the original tale as written by James Matthew Barrie, one finds a dark romantic story that addresses such issues as family, abandonment, escaping time and being forgotten. EPIM students adhered entirely to the version of the story staged by director Alexis Moati. Their questions at the end of the presentation witnessed to the intensity of their spectator experience: Why was Captain Hook played by a woman actress? What does the fairy Tinkerbelle actually look like? Why did you choose to build a stage set made up of sofas, rather than setting the story in the children's nursery? Answers are as limitless as our imaginations.
