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Performing Artists of the LFNYThis is the 5th in our series of articles on various categories of LFNY alumni. The first two were Les artistes du LFNY and Les auteurs du LFNY. The third was Les YouTubiens du LFNY, which gave Internet links to videos (many on YouTube) of LFNY alumni and former staff. The fourth was Les docteurs du LFNY which listed bios and photos of LFNY alumni who are or were docteurs in various fields of medical science. (Click on Archives to the left, to access the first four parts of this series.) We present this article in two parts (preceded by a bit of trivia). First, a listing of all performers by artistic profession (e.g., cinema, theatre, opera, etc) and then a listing by class year of the same people, with more details about their accomplishments. NOTE: If we have incorrectly listed your specialty, profession, or other information, or if you are not listed here but would like to be, please write to us at: AALFNY@gmail.com ------------------------------------------TRIVIA---------------------------------------------- DANS LA FAMILLE Delphine Seyrig ('50) starred in Last Year at Marienbad (1961). Her brother Francis Seyrig ('44) composed the music for that movie. Twin brothers Nicolas Walker ('71) and Malcolm Walker ('71) are both performing artists --Nicolas is a movie actor and Malcolm is an opera baritone. Actress Karine Silla ('83) is the sister of film producer Virginie Silla ('89). Actress Catherine Allégret ('64) is the daughter of French film director Yves Allégret and actress Simone Signoret, as well as the stepdaughter of actor/singer Yves Montand. Mezzo soprano Anna Steiger ('77) is the daughter of famed actors Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom. Actor Xavier Gélin ('66) was the son of French actors Daniel Gélin and Danièle Delorme. Siblings Jean-Christophe ('J.C.') Doo Kingué ('83) and Cécile Doo-Kingué ('93) are both guitarists, the former performing in Germany and the latter in Canada. Sisters Julia Lutzke ('98) and Laura Lutzke ('05) are both violinists. Their parents are also classical string players. Siblings Harley Cross ('96) and Flora Cross ('11) are both movie actors. Sisters Suzanne Goldman ('80) and Nina Goldman ('83) are both ballerinas. Sisters Leilah Broukhim ('96) and Soraya Broukhim ('98) are both performing artists. Leilah is a flamenco dancer and Soraya is an actress. Sisters Sophie Fillieres ('81) and Hélène Fillières are both in the movie industry. Sophie is a director, and Hélène is an actress. AVEC LES COPAINS Delphine Seyrig ('50) co-starred in the first movie version of the Day of the Jackal (1973) which also co-starred her schoolmate Olga Georges-Picot ('58). Lycée classmates Matthew Caws ('85) and Daniel (Prieto Castro) Lorca ('85) are members of the famous rock band Nada Surf. Another famous rock band, The Strokes, has two Lycée pals as members --Nikolai Fraiture ('97) and Julian Casablancas ('96). Classmates and duo-comique Emilie Rosanvallon ('99) and Sophie Fortier Beaulieu ('99) starred together in two two-women stage comedies --COCO ET VERO (2009-2010) and SOPHIE ET EMILIE (2010) in Paris. Early in his career, composer Philip Lasser ('81) studied under famed pianist Gaby Casadesus, who was the mother of soprano Thérèse (Casadesus) Rawson ('60). --------------------------LIST BY ARTISTIC PROFESSION---------------------------- -----MOVIES & TV----- Delphine Seyrig ('50) [deceased October 15, 1990] Olga Georges-Picot ('58) [deceased June 9, 1997] Catherine Allégret ('64) Xavier Gélin ('66) [deceased July 1999] Marianne ('Mariana Lobo') Sauvage ('68) Nicolas Walker ('71) Denis Bellocq ('72) Cedric Noel ('77) Liane Alexandra Curtis ('82) Louise-Alexandra Ehrlich ('83) Karine Silla ('83) Myriam Tekaia ('86) Andre Christopher Heltai ('86) Agathe de Laboulaye ('89) Hélène Fillières ('89) Harley Cross ('96) Jonathan Charles ('02) Flavia Masson ('03) Marcella Grimaux ('05) Matthieu Hauret ('06) Hanna Berthaut ('08) Giselle Brasseur ('08) Flora Cross ('11) Emmett Rahn-Oakes ('13) Kristina Alexandra Makarian ('13) -----THEATRE----- André Jobin ('50) Francoise Rouillon ('68) (théâtre de l'ombre) Nanette Norwood ('77) Lianne Coleman ('78) Gildas Allanic ('79) Emmanuelle Juran ('97) Soraya Broukhim ('98) Sophie Fortier Beaulieu ('99) & Emilie Rosanvallon ('99) (duo comique) Gabrielle Archer ('03) Alexandra Zelman-Doring ('04) Adam Zivkovic ('06) -----OPERA----- André Jobin ('50) (tenor) Jeanne-Yvonne Audigou ('52) (mezzo-contralto) Thérèse (Casadesus) Rawson ('60) (soprano) Malcolm Walker ('71) (baritone) Stephanie Friede ('72) (soprano) Anna-Justine Steiger ('77) (mezzo soprano) Nanette Norwood ('77) (soprano) Alexandra (Homo) Montano ('79) (mezzo soprano) [deceased June 2007] Caroline Casadeus (81) (soprano) Perrine Hanrot ('87) (mezzo soprano) Valérie MacCarthy ('93) (soprano) Sean Christensen ('07) (tenor) -----DANCE & BALLET----- Tanaquil (Leclercq) Balanchine ('47) (ballet) [deceased December 2000] Svetlana (Bielosoub) Caton-Noble ('62) (ballet) Lorca Massine ('63) (ballet) Tibou ('La Tormenta') Lubart ('65) (flamenco) [deceased September 2003] Jean-Pierre Frohlich ('72) (ballet) Sandra ('Chantal') Setton Mariani ('78) (ballet & dance) Suzanne Goldman ('80) (ballet) Nina Goldman ('83) (ballet) Judith (‘Juditka’) Hoenig Adelson ('86) (dance & ballet) Leilah Broukhim ('96) (flamenco) Adrianna de Svastich ('03) (ballet) Cecilia Iliesiu ('09) (ballet) -----MUSIC: CLASSICAL----- Betsy Jolas ('43) (piano, organ, and composer) David Rosenthal ('70) (percussion) Sonia Wieder Atherton ('78) (cello) Elisabeth Zeltser ('95) (violin) Melinda Faylor ('98) (piano) Julia Lutzke ('98) (violin) Violetta Donini ('00) (piano) Laura Lutzke ('05) (violin) -----MUSIC: OTHER GENRES----- Jean-Jacques (‘Nicolas Peyrac’) Tazartez ('67) George Acogny ('71) (musician and music executive) Jonathan Gregg ('73) Colette Michaan ('74) Raoul Björkenheim ('74) Nicholas (‘Nicky’) Haimo ('76) Marco Joachim ('81) Jean-Christophe ('J.C.') Doo Kingué ('83) Mathhew Caws ('85) & Daniel (Prieto Castro) Lorca ('85) [Nada Surf] Annabelle Mouloudji ('85) Alain Nkossi Konda ('86) Karine ('Keniia') N’Diaye ('89) Cécile Doo Kingué ('93) Celine Ottria ('96) Julian Casablancas ('96) & Nikolai Fraiture ('97) [The Strokes] Genevieve Labean ('99) Jessie Friedman ('99) Chloë Temtchine ('01) Tora Fisher ('07) Sophie Loretan ('08) -----BEHIND THE SCENES: DIRECTORS, COMPOSERS, ETC.----- Francis Seyrig ('44) (cinema: composer) [deceased April 1979] Andre Pessis ('60) (music: songwriter) Sylvina Boissonnas ('61) (cinema: producer) Lodovico Gasparini ('66) (TV/cinema: director) Gabrielle Lansner ('73) (dance/theatre/film: creator) Avram ('Butch') Kaplan ('74) (cinema: producer) Julie A. Bloom ('77) (cinema: first assistant director) Paul Rachman ('78) (music videos: producer) Martin Bisi ('79) (music: producer) Claire Atherton ('80) (film editor) Sophie Fillières ('81) (cineaste) Philip Lasser ('81) (composer) Wendy Riss ('82) (screenwriter and playwright) Juliette Senik ('85) (cinema: réalisatrice) Virginie Silla-Besson ('89) (cinema: producer) Nick Louvel ('98) (cinema: editor, assoc. prod., cinematographer) Alexandra Zelman-Doring ('04) (theatre actress, and playwright) --------------------------LIST AND DETAILS BY CLASS YEAR------------------------- -----Class of 1943----- Betsy Jolas (pianist and composer) “born in Paris in 1926, is the daughter of translator Maria Jolas and poet and journalist Eugène Jolas, founder of the well known literary magazine "transition", in which the "Finnegans Wake" of James Joyce was published under the heading "work in progress". She came to the U.S. in 1940, completed her general schooling, then started studying composition..... After graduating from Bennington, [she] returned to Paris in 1946 to continue her studies.....at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris. Prize winner of the International Conducting Competition of Besançon (1953), she has since won many awards, including Copley Foundation of Chicago (1954), ORTF (1961), American Academy of Arts (1973), Koussevitsky Fondation (1974), Grand Prix National de la Musique (1974), Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris (1981), Grand Prix de la SACEM (1982). [She] became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1983. In 1985 she was promoted to Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres. In 1992 she received the Maurice Ravel Prix International and was named "Personality of the Year" for France. In 1994 she was awarded the Prix SACEM for the best première performance of the year for her work Frauenleben. She was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995 and made Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1997.From 1971 to 1974 [she] replaced Olivier Messiaen at his course at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris and was appointed to the faculty in 1975. She has also taught at Tanglewood, Yale, Harvard, Mills College,Berkeley, USC and San Diego University, to name a few. Her works, written for a great variety of combinations, have been widely performed throughout the world by first class artists such as Elisabeth Chojnacka, Kent Nagano, William Christie, Claude Helffer, Kim Kashkashian, and by [these] leading groups : The Boston Symphony Chamber Players, the) Concord Quartet, the Domaine Musical, the Percussions de Strasbourg, the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, the London Sinfonietta, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Philharmonia, etc. Twelve of her works have been recorded for EMI, Adès, CRI, Erato, Barclay, several of which have been the recipients of grand prize gramophone awards.” -----Class of 1944----- Francis Seyrig (deceased April, 1979) “composed the soundtrack to Last Year in Marienbad. [His] career as a composer seems to have been short-lived. Not much information is available concerning his musical output but he was mostly active as a soundtrack composer during the sixties. During the first half of that decade, Seyrig composed music for Last Year in Marienbad (his sister Delphine Seyrig ('50) plays one of the two main protagonists), Le procès de Jeanne D’Arc (a 1962 film by Bresson), as well as Marie Soleil (a film directed by Antoine Bourseiller)." (http://machinemusic.org/2010/02/02/soundtrack-last-year-in-marienbad-on-45-rpm/) -----Class of 1947----- "Tanaquil Le Clercq, one of the greatest of American ballerinas, who was George Balanchine's ideal muse and Jerome Robbins's happiest inspiration at the New York City Ballet in the 1940's and 1950's, died [December 31, 2000]. She was 71..... In a tragic end to her performing career, the still-young ballerina contracted paralytic polio in 1956 while she was at the peak of her powers. At the time she was also married to Balanchine, his fourth wife. Her luminously elegant style, the freshness of her long-legged wit and her mysterious dramatic perfume had attracted an adoring public. The dance world went into shock. Although she remained paralyzed below the waist, Ms. Le Clercq became a teacher at Dance Theater of Harlem, wrote two books and frequently attended dance performances. In 1998, City Ballet opened its 50th-anniversary season with a tribute to her as a charter member of the company and to her legendary status within it. Ms. Le Clercq acknowledged a tumultuous ovation at the New York State Theater from her wheelchair as Peter Martins, the company's artistic director, presented her with a bouquet." (http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/01/nyregion/tanaquil-le-clercq-71-ballerina-who-dazzled-dance-world.html) ".....When she was 15 years old, George Balanchine asked her to dance with him in a choreography he made to be performed at a benefit for a Polio charity. In this ballet, Balanchine was a character named Polio and Tanaquil was his victim who became paralyzed and fell to the floor. Children tossed dimes at Le Clercq, whereupon she got up and danced again. During her tenure with the company, Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Merce Cunningham all created roles for her. She began teaching and as one student recalled: 'She used her hands and arms as legs and feet." Le Clercq contracted polio in Copenhagen in 1956.' " (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanaquil_LeClercq) -----Class of 1950----- Delphine (Seyrig) Youngerman (deceased October 15, 1990) "was a stage and film actress and a film director. Born Delphine Claire Belriane Seyrig in Beirut, Lebanon, she was the daughter of an archeologist and the brother of composer Francis Seyrig ['44]. As a young lady, she studied acting at the Comédie de Saint-Etienne.....at the Centre Dramatique de l'Est [and] at the Actors Studio in New York City where, in 1958, she appeared in her first film, Pull my Daisy. She returned to France in 1960 and was hired by director Alain Resnais to star in his film, l'Année dernière à Marienbad. Her performance brought her international recognition. During the sixties and seventies, Delphine Seyrig worked with the best directors in the film industry including François Truffaut, Marguerite Duras and Alain Resnais. She became one of Europe's most respected actors both on stage and in film, and was named best actress at the Venice Film Festival for her role in the 1963 film, Muriel. Her range was such that she played many diverse roles, and because she was fluent in French, English, as well as in German, she appeared in films in all three languages.... Through the years, Seyrig used her celebrity status to promote women's rights. Of the three films she directed, her most important was the 1977 production Sois belle et tais-toi that included actresses Shirley MacLaine, Maria Schneider and Jane Fonda, amongst others, speaking frankly about the level of sexism they had to deal with in the film industry.....In 1989, Seyrig was given a festival tribute at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival, France. She was married to the American painter, Jack Youngerman (born 1926) who had studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She died in Paris in 1990 [at the age of 58] and was interred there in the Cimetière du Montparnasse." (http://www.filmbug.com/db/211012) -----Class of 1952----- André Jobin : « Ténor, comédien, metteur en scène (né le 20 janvier 1933 à Québec). Après 10 années passées à New York, il se rendit à Paris où sa famille s'était établie et commença l'étude de l'art dramatique..... Il devint membre de la Compagnie Jean-Louis Barrault-Madeleine Renaud avec laquelle il joua en Europe ainsi qu'aux États-Unis et au Canada en 1952. Parallèlement, il étudia le chant, d'abord avec sa mère..... Comme chanteur, il débuta en 1958 dans Nouvelle-Orléans, comédie musicale..... Il aborda l'année suivante l'opérette classique..... dont les premiers rôles mettaient en valeur son double talent de chanteur et de comédien. Il se tourna vers l'opéra en 1963, interprétant le rôle titre d' Orphée, L'Apothicaire et surtout le rôle de Pelléas dans Pelléas et Mélisande..... Il se rendit en Australie (1968)..... et fit ses débuts à la télévision dans le rôle d'Ange Pitou de La Fille de madame Angot. Il tint ensuite le rôle de Guy Florès dans L'Auberge du cheval blanc au théâtre du Châtelet de Paris. En 1970, il joua La Chauve-Souris à Genève et La Veuve joyeuse à la télévision. Sa carrière prit une nouvelle orientation au milieu de 1971 alors qu'il ..... joua à Londres le rôle de Gaylord Ravenal dans une production de Showboat de Jerome Kern. Son succès comme tête d'affiche fut considérable si bien qu'il resta près de trois ans à Londres, chantant ce rôle 935 fois. Il fit sa rentrée à Paris en 1974 dans Les Aventures de Tom Jones puis entreprit une série de représentations de Il était une fois l'opérette...... Il s'illustra à nouveau sur l'immense scène du Châtelet (1978), interprétant le rôle de Michel Andrassy dans la reprise de Rose de Noël ...... le quotidien L'Aurore écrivit (17 novembre 1978) : « André Jobin est le ténor-maison par excellence. Il a de la jeunesse, du souffle, de la séduction et il est de ceux qui ne craignent pas plus le contre-ut que la demi-teinte. » Sa participation à l'enregistrement de l'opérette Le Petit Duc lui valut en 1968 un Grand prix du disque...... Il s'est produit plus de 2000 fois sur les scènes parisiennes et il a joué 96 rôles différents dans quelque 170 villes à travers le monde. Il aborda également certains rôles de ténor comme Werther, Roméo, Le Cid (Massenet) et Don José..... » (http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/emc/andre-jobin) Jeanne-Yvonne Audigou (mezzo-contralto): Played in (among others): Lakmé by Léo Delibes, Lille, 8 octobre 1973 Rigoletto, Opéra de Metz, December 1974 Le retour d'Ulysse dans sa patrie (Monteverdi) Le Havre, 8 janvier 1984 -----Class of 1958----- Olga Georges-Picot (January 6, 1940 - June 19, 1997) “was a French actress. Born in Shanghai, China, she was the daughter of Guillaume Georges-Picot, the French Ambassador to China, and a Russian mother. Olga studied acting at the Actor’s Studio in Paris. Her acting career covered many diverse French and English films and television roles. She was featured in Playboy Magazine’s Sex in the Cinema and also on the front cover of the periodical Adam. She played significant roles in three classic mainstream films: Denise, the OAS mole, in The Day of the Jackal (1973); Countess Alexandrovna in Woody Allen’s Love and Death (1975); and Julie Anderson in Basil Dearden’s The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970). Her break-through role in the movies was as Catrine in the Alain Resnais’ film Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968). Biographical information on her life and career is very limited and often incomplete. Apparently she suffered from severe depression for unknown or unpublished reasons; her bouts with depression apparently led to her suicide jump on Thursday, 19 June 1997, from the 5th floor of an apartment building that overlooked the river Seine, in Paris, France." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Georges-Picot) -----Class of 1960----- Thérèse (Casadesus) Rawson "a étudié le piano et le chant tandis qu'elle obtint un "master" d'anglais à la Sorbonne. Elle poursuivit ses études à l'université de Pennsylvanie et reçut un diplôme de littérature française en 1977. Pendant plus de 20 ans, elle enseigna la langue et la littérature françaises au "Curtis Institute Music", notamment la diction et le répertoire pour les chanteurs. Elle-même soprano, elle s'exprime dans le répertoire français du 19 ème et du 20 ème siècles et a récemment fondé un petit ensemble de musique de chambre le "Bach Ad Libitum Ensemble". [Elle] est également conférencière et très impliquées dans les relations culturelles franco-américaines : elle est d'ailleurs présidente de l'association des Ecoles d'Arts Américaines de Fontainebleau. Récompenses : Palmes Académiques et Chevalier des Arts et Lettres en 2001." (http://www.casadesus.com/famille/therese-casadesus.html) "Between 1968 and 1970, Sylvina Boissonnas, a young French heiress and patroness of the arts, financed the production of some fifteen films that would prove highly influential while remaining largely unknown outside of France. Under the banner of “Zanzibar Films” (a name taken from the Maoist island nation in East Africa), a decidely informal collective of about a dozen artists, writers, and students began to make their first films. While the New Wave filmmakers had been in their late twenties and early thirties when they began filmmaking, the Zanzibar directors were younger (Philippe Garrel, one of the key figures, was just twenty) and were inspired by the heady spirit and times of May 1968. These filmmakers quickly became the darlings of Henri Langlois, who often showed their films at the Cinémathèque Française in late-night screenings. Despite their diversity, the Zanzibar films were marked by minimal scripts, the use of nonactors and improvisation, and strong ties to both the art world and the world of fashion. (Several of the Zanzibar participants spent time in Warhol’s Factory in the mid-1960s.) Their films represented the French equivalent of the American underground, and these young cinéastes quickly became the radical dandies of May 1968." (http://www.ptarmigan.fi/events/selections-from-the-zanzibar-films) Andre Pessis: "I have had 16 hit songs and been on 7 number one albums including the Bonnie Raitt “Luck Of The Draw” multi platinum CD that won 3 Grammys. In 2010 I had 27 cuts on major releases including the HBO Movie “Grey Gardens” that won 6 Emmies and 2 Golden Globes. I have 13 Platinum records and one Diamond album (ten platinum). I have won 4 ASCAP awards. I have been recorded by: Huey Lewis and The News, MR Big, Tim McGraw, Waylon Jennings, Journey, The Dead, Ratdog, Southern Pacific, Glenn Medeiros, Ann Wilson of Heart, Gregg Rolie, Paul Carrack and Laura Branigan. I have had songs on major Motion pictures including the theme song from “Pink Cadillac” (Clint Eastwood), a song on “I Love you Phillip Morris (Jim Carrey) as well as numerous TV shows including: Sesame Street”, the theme song for the CBS Prime time reality show “There Goes The Neighborhood” as well as the Theme song for “Pride Fighting.” I was President of the San Francisco chapter of “The Recording Academy” and a Governor for more than eleven years. And taught the business and craft of songwriting at WCS, Sonoma State and UCSF. In 2011 I had "The Song Of The Year" in Japan with MR Big with a song that we donated to the Tsunami victims and raised over $300,000 so far. I have 6 songs on the current Mickey Hart Album Superorganism.” (www.linkedin.com/pub/andre-pessis/6/5aa/470) -----Class of 1962----- Svetlana (Bielosoub) Caton-Noble: "Between the age of 8 and 15, her ballet training took place in Belgium with Lydia Pavlova, a Russian expatriate ballerina from the Maryinsky Imperial Theater. Her participation in the prestigious Concours de Danse in Paris, brought a scholarship offer at the School of the Paris Opera as well as an invitation to study with the legendary Russian teachers Olga Preobrajenska, Liubov Egorova, Mathilda Kseschinska. This foundation led to the first professional engagement in Belgium with the Théatre Royal de Liège. In the USA, she danced with several Ballet Companies: Wisconsin Ballet, New Repertory Dance Theater, Fedicheva Ballet Company, Orlando Ballet..... Her dance repertoire includes nineteen century classical and romantic ballets (Les Sylphides, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Midsummer Night’s Dream), early twentieth century ballets (Les Biches, La Boutique Fantasque, Fairy Doll) character dances and new contemporary works. Her choreographic works include full length story ballets: Hansel and Gretel, Snowmaiden, Menotti’s The Unicorne, the Gorgon and the Manticore, The Little Prince and many short works: Solitude in Three, O, Master of All Living!, Invitation au Voyage, Danse Macabre, Schubert Pas de Deux. She is a graduate of the Lyçée Français de New York, has a BA in French and Russian literature from Hunter College and post graduate studies from LIU at C.W. Post College. She has been teaching ballet since 1978" (http://www.lumiereballet.com/studio/faculty) -----Class of 1963----- Lorca Massine "was born in New York and came from an Artistic family. He began studying classical dance at the age of ten under the guidance of his father, Léonide Massine and at fifteen he started his artistic career alternating classical dance with that of character dance and with prose performances. At seventeen he began to dedicate his time to choreography forming a ballet company (European Ballet); a year later he entered into the Béjart Company (Ballet of the XX Century) where he learned different aspects of modern dance and directing. He then began a career as a choreographer choosing New York as a starting point: there he prepared a ballet for the Work Shop, the New York City Ballet School where the Director, Balanchine, invited him to join him in his company. Lorca accepted and remained there for more that three years working on the choreography for Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and others. From then on he worked on the choreography for more than fifty performances; from 1981 to 1983 he was dance director at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome; in February 1990 he founded the "Ballet Teatr De L'Est" Company in Lodz, Poland; since September 1991 he has been the dance director for the Teatro dell'Opera in Varsavia....." (http://www.arena.it/en-US/PersonnelDetailen.html?idpersonnel=33) -----Class of 1964----- Catherine Allégret (actress): « Simone Signoret et Yves Allégret ont une fille, comment s'appelle-t-elle ? Catherine ! Ainsi naquît Catherine Allegret le 16 avril 1946 à Neuilly-sur-Seine. En réalité, se fut Yves Montand qui fit office de père dès ses 3 ans alors que sa mère avait délaissé le réalisateur pour rejoindre l'acteur. Elle a d'ailleurs publié en 2004 un livre sur sa relation avec son beau-père, intitulé Un monde à l'envers. Elle grandit donc dans un univers plutôt propice à la manifestation de talents. Elle entre au Théâtre de l'Atelier ..... et fait ses débuts dans Ce soir on improvise. Sa première apparition au cinéma dans le film de Peter Ustinov, Lady L, se fait aux côtés de Paul Newman. Elle suit sa voie avec succès dans des films comme Compartiment tueurs de Costa-Gavras, Tout peut arriver de Philippe Labro et L'Aventure, c'est L'Aventure de Claude Lelouch..... Les années 80 sont marquées par son entrée dans la série Navarro où elle incarne Ginou, une tenancière d'un café-restaurant, qui donne à l'actrice une image de femme à la fois maternelle et malicieuse. Elle tient ce rôle dans l'ensemble des saisons de la série..... Longtemps absente des grands écrans, elle revient au cinéma dans Mariages ! en 2004 avec Jean Dujardin et Mathilde Seigner. Mais son retour est réellement marqué par son rôle dans La Môme en 2007 où elle incarne "grand-mère Louise". En 2008, elle effectue un nouveau retour, cette fois-ci sur les planches, dans Les Demoiselles d'Avignon..... Mais Catherine Allegret n'est pas seulement comédienne et actrice, elle a publié plusieurs livres dont une biographie intitulée Des souvenirs et des regrets aussi...... » (http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-14607/biographie/) -----Class of 1965----- Tibu Lubart (flamenco) (died in an automobile accident in Spain at the age of 56, on September 26, 2003): "Tibu 'la Tormenta' (Henriette Yedid-Halevi Lubart), of Sephardic-Gypsy descent, comes from a very musical family. Her father, trained as a concert pianist..... played the piano, sang and put his children to sleep with the recorder; her grandmother was an interpreter of Arab song, her great-aunt sang, danced and played the piano; her uncle was a violinist for the silent-movies. Her brother is an accomplished musician, composer and percussionist. She began her life attending rehearsals of her mother's classical French theatre productions at Vassar College. Her future was decided at age four when she saw Carmen Amaya dance. At age five, she began taking dance lessons in Spain and the U.S. as well piano lessons..... Accustomed to the stage, she toured in dance companies during school vacations. She [studied] at the Lycée Français de N.Y. and [obtained] a B.A. in Anthropology at City College of N.Y. She began in the Tablao Flamenco circuit, rubbing shoulders with most of the best performers of the time..... [For fiteen years she performed with her husband] in the Festivales de España in the summer, and in countless peñas, theatres and universities during the winter. Together they traveled to N.Y. and performed at Carnegie Hall, the New School, Columbia University and la Sangria. They represented Spain in the Smithsonian Institute's Folklife Festival in Wash. D.C..... [and] were featured in an NBC TV documentary. They toured the western US, working in countless theatres and universities..... Upon returning to Spain, they opened a Tablao (La Fragua) where she worked with the legendary Juana Pipa, renowned for her beautiful arm-work. When her younger son became deaf from meningitis, she began teaching handicapped children, song-signing the flamenco dance. She received a Choreographer's Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and worked for the Texas Commission on the Arts. She performed in the Houston tablao (El Rincón Andaluz) and worked with Audrey Hepburn for U.N.I.C.E.F. She opened a dance academy in Sevilla, where she helped the Asociación Cultural de Sordos win first Prize in the Concurso Nacional de Baile Folklórico de Sordos. She moved back to Jerez, and gave workshops and recitals. She performed in the Bienal de Sevilla, and throughout Europe and the U.S....." (http://www.deflamenco.com/noticias/obituario.jsp?codigo=FLA|570) -----Class of 1966----- Xavier Gélin « est un acteur, producteur, scénariste et réalisateur français né le 21 juin 1946 à Paris, décédé le 2 juillet 1999 à Paris. Fils de Daniel Gélin et Danièle Delorme. Il tourné des films, plusieurs dramatiques et feuilletons à la télévision, et joué au théâtre. Il s'était ensuite lancé dans la mise en scène de cinéma .....De 1976 à 1980, il avait participé aux productions d'Yves Robert et Danièle Delorme à la Guéville, leur maison de production, dans des films tels que Un éléphant ça trompe énormément ou Nous irons tous au paradis d'Yves Robert. L'année suivante, il avait créé sa propre société de production, Hugo Films, et avait notamment produit Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David et La Lectrice. Xavier Gélin avait réalisé deux comédies, Coup de jeune en 1993 et L'Homme idéal en 1997.» « Il avait joué dans une vingtaine de films, principalement dans les années 70 : "Le diable par la queue" (Philippe de Broca, 1968), "L'ours et la poupée" (Michel Deville, 1969), "L'aventure c'est l'aventure" (Claude Lelouch, 1971), "Salut l'artiste" (Yves Robert, 1973), "Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob" (Gérard Oury, 1973), "La gifle" (Claude Pinoteau, 1974), "Une histoire simple" (Claude Sautet, 1978), "La Boum-2" (Claude Pinoteau, 1982). » (http://www.monsieur-biographie.com/celebrite/biographie/xavier_gelin-3736.php) & (http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-19059/biographie/) Lodovico Gasparini "(born in Madrid, 1948) is an Italian film director, specializing mostly in series and miniseries television, television movies and television dramas. As a boy he attended the Lycée Chateaubriand in Rome. After obtaining a degree in political science at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", a year of studies in acting at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Rome, and a course in cinema from New York University, he made his debut in cinema in 1971 as a second assistant director. In 1982 he made his debut as director with No thanks, the coffee makes me nervous, and after that Italian Fast Food in 1986. He then began to focus on television." (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodovico_Gasparini) -----Class of 1967----- Jean-Jacques Tazartez: "Nicolas Peyrac, de son vrai nom Jean-Jacques Tazartez, né le 6 octobre 1949 à Rennes, est un chanteur français, auteur-compositeur-interprète, et romancier. [Il] a passé une partie de son enfance en Bretagne..... Lorsque ses parents divorcent, il passe un an à New York avec sa mère, avant de retourner vivre avec son père en Bretagne. Fils de médecins, il suit des études de médecine, tout en se passionnant pour la photo, l'écriture et la guitare..... Entre 1974 et 1980..... il interprète ses propres chansons, enchaînant les succès : So far away from L.A., Et mon père, et Je pars. Il se produit à l'Olympia en 1979, Bobino en 1981. La même année, il interprète le rôle d'un chanteur dans le film Ils sont fous ces Normands. Il apparaît également en 1985 dans le téléfilm Le passage. [Il] participe à la comédie musicale Le Rêve de Mai, un album conceptuel sorti à l'occasion du 10e anniversaire des événements de Mai 1968..... En 1990, il écrit et compose la chanson Au cas où pour Caroline Verdi. En 1991, il signe avec son ami Christian Reyes un documentaire Capital mental ou les chemins de la performance pour FRANCE 2. Après une période de dépression (suite à la disparition de sa mère) et de difficultés personnelles, il s'éloigne de Paris en 1993,pour s'installer en Californie, puis à Montréal..... En 1994, [il] publie un premier roman, Qu'importe le boulevard où tu m'attends et poursuit sa carrière au Québec, se partageant entre composition de nouveaux albums et concerts. De retour sur les scènes parisiennes en 1996, il se produit au Casino de Paris, puis à Bobino en 1997. Il sort plusieurs albums et effectue des tournées de concerts à la suite. En 2005..... sort un double album retraçant trente ans de carrière : Toujours une route. En 2006, il sort un nouvel album, Vice-versa et entame une tournée en France.....2006 est aussi l'année de parution de son second roman : J'ai su dès le premier jour que je la tuerais. 2009 voit la sortie de Case Départ, l'album du retour aux sources, musicales bien sûr mais aussi retour à la Bretagne natale..... Son troisième roman, Elsa, sort en librairie cette même année." (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Peyrac) -----Class of 1968----- Marianne ('Mariana Lobo') Sauvage (actress) is a Talent Manager at Si Entertainment in Los Angeles. In the 1990's, she was a publicist for several TV shows, including The 10th Annual American Comedy Awards, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In: 25th Anniversary Reunion, and Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration, to mention but a few. In the 1970's she co-starred in several movies including Survival Run (1979), Acorralados (1976), El valle de los miserables (1975), and Island of Lost Souls (1974). Françoise Rouillon: « C’est la rencontre de trois femmes [en 1975]..... qui ont mis en commun leurs expériences de graphistes et de danseuses, pour expérimenter à partir d’une technique traditionnelle, le théâtre d’ombre. Depuis 1977, elles créent et jouent des spectacles, principalement en direction du jeune public. En 1986, Françoise Rouillon, marionnetiste et comédienne rejoint la compagnie..... Dès le début, le Théâtre de l’ombrelle s’inspire de formes artistiques contemporaines (danse, peinture, cinéma) tout en gardant la fraicheur et la naïveté propres au théâtre d’ombre. Plusieurs disciplines se mélangent: danse, mime, travail sur les masques, les marionnettes, les objets, recherches graphiques et plastiques avec les décors, jeux de lumière et de couleur.....» (http://www.theatredelombrelle.fr/compagnie/a-quatre/) -----Class of 1970----- David Rosenthal is the principal percussionist with the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and a percussion instructor at California State University, San Francisco. "A miracle has occurred at San Francisco Ballet – the RAkU CD has been released [in March 2012]..... Composed for the SF Ballet Orchestra conducted by Martin West, it was recorded at the legendary George Lucas Skywalker Sound Studio in Marin shortly after RAkU premiered..... Notable performances include David Rosenthal who plays “I love her” in Morse code on the marimba (this to simulate the fact that the original Zen monk, on whom RAkU is based, was known to stutter.)" (http://www.sfballetblog.org/2012/03/joy-and-power-the-music-of-raku/) -----Class of 1971----- Nicolas Walker (actor): "He was Trey Clegg on "Capitol." He was Jimmy O'Herlihy on "General Hospital," and Max Buchanan on "One Life to Live." He's appeared in "Nash Bridges," "Seinfeld," "Frasier" and numerous other TV series. But for us fans of the daytime soap "Santa Barbara," Nicholas Walker is the one who had the unenviable task of portraying the baddest of bad guys -- Frank Goodman, who had molested B.J. as a child..... 'I started my USA acting career landing roles both at the Circle in the Square and NBC’s 'The Doctors' in the same week. It was pretty heady. So I was doing Circle in the Square by night and 'The Doctors' by day. My first soap was with Kathleen Turner and Alec Baldwin. Ironically Alec and I both got our start at 30 Rockefeller. It was a pretty exciting time.....' " (http://brbtv.blogspot.fr/2012/07/brbtv-talks-to-nicholas-walker.html) Malcolm Walker (baritone) "studied voice at l’Ecole d’Art Lyrique of the Paris Opera. He has worked with the most important conductors of our time: Abbado, Rattle, Haitink, Salonen. He has sung, among other places, at Wiener Stadtsoper, Opéra de Paris, Maggio Fiorentino, Fenice, the Operas of Seattle, Geneva, Tel-Aviv, and numerous major international festivals. He has taken part in many recordings, one of which won a Diapason d’Or. He has been professor of voice at the Conservatoire National de Musique et de Danse de Paris since 2004..... [He] is also frequently invited to join the juries of international voice competitions, and to give master classes in the USA, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany." (http://www.ecole-alexander.fr/anglais/malcolmwalker_ang.html) George Acogny “was born in Africa in the mid fifties. He is a multi faceted talent, speaks 6 languages fluently and plays several instruments. In the early seventies, he started playing in bands in Europe, which led to a record deal with the WEA label Strings, under which he recorded two albums with guest musicians like Larry Corryel and Michael Brecker. In the early eighties, Acogny took a trip to Africa with Peter Gabriel, which carved both their careers and shaped what is now known as world music. They sampled new sounds and recorded different rhythms in collaboration with various artists like Youssou Ndour […… ] Acogny lived in England collaborating with Peter Gabriel on various projects and met with David Gilmour from the group Pink Floyd, who introduced him to various rock bands. In the mid-eighties Acogny scored the music to the film Playing For Keeps. In the early nineties, Acogny moved to Los Angeles and went on to music-supervise over 20 films including: City of Angels, The Crow II, Spawn, The Saint, Jungle 2 Jungle, The Ghost and the Darkness, Virtuosity, Save the Last Dance, The Bone Collector and Rabbit Proof Fence, which gave Gabriel a Golden Globe nomination for the instrumental score in 2003. Acogny also has a passion for animation, and music-supervised, wrote, and produced songs for The Rugrats in Paris, The Rugrats Go Wild and The Wild Thornberrys movies. He has worked with artists like Aerosmith, Sting, The Dave Matthews Band, Wycleff Jean, Snoop Dogg and many others. Acogny has also worked on very successful European projects like the record-setting Asterix, Mission Cleopatra, which is the biggest box office success in France to date, for which he wrote the end title with Snoop Dogg and executive produced the music. His pride is certainly the ground-breaking Manu Dibango album Wakafrica, which sold over one million copies worldwide. “ (http://www.radioswisspop.ch/cgi-bin/pip/html.cgi?lang=en&m=entity&sid=10586cef350f84b4912f8961f33e2a0733f7a) -----Class of 1972----- Denis Bellocq (actor): Appeared in several TV shows (including Law and Order) and several films (including Crossing Delancey and The Professional) during the period 1980 - 1995. He is currently a French Teacher and a cartoonist / illustrator. Stephanie Friede "one of the most in demand international sopranos, was born in New York City and is a graduate of Julliard and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Important appearances during the last years include: “Minnie” in Puccini’s LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, e.g. at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, the New York City Opera, at the Vlaamse Opera, Antwerpen, at the Zurich Opera and at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. [She] has appeared regularly at the Zurich Opera , e.g. as “Minneleide" in Pfitzner’s ROSE VOM LIEBESGARTEN, in the title role of Strauss’ SALOME, "Sieglinde" in DIE WALKÜRE and “Brünnhilde" in SIEGFRIED..... Besides her performances at leading opera houses, the artist devotes a big part of her time singing concerts, e.g. Mahler’s 8th Symphony..... at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Shostakovich’s 14th Symphony in Zürich, Janaceck’s GLAGOLITIC MASS with the Halle Orchestra..... [and] Beethoven’s 9th Symphony under Kurt Masur with the London Philharmonic Orchestra to name some. Important future engagements include: "Santuzza" in CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA at the German Opera Berlin, "Marta" in d’Alberts TIEFLAND at the Gran Teatro del Liceu, Barcelona, the title-role in LADY MACBETH VON MZENSK at the New National Theatre, Tokyo as well as the "Foreign Princess" in RUSALKA at La Monnaie, de Munt, Bruxelles." (http://www.stephaniefriede.com/biography.html) Jean-Pierre Frohlich (ballet): "His voice was soft but his convictions were strong when Jean-Pierre Frohlich declared: 'I've always wanted to work with Jerome Robbins. I admire his honesty, his perfectionism, his integrity.' As a student at the School of American Ballet, Mr. Frohlich danced children's roles with the New York City Ballet in the 1960's. He joined the company in 1972 and was appointed soloist in 1979. He appeared in ballets by Mr. Robbins and was a memorably mischievous Puck in George Balanchine's Midsummer Night's Dream. Today [January, 1997], at 42, he is one of the company's assistant ballet masters, and his specialty is the Robbins repertory. He has recently been Mr. Robbins's rehearsal assistant for Brandenburg, a ballet to excerpts from four of Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos..... During the regular course of a season, Mr. Frohlich, known to his colleagues as J. P., continues to rehearse Mr. Robbins's ballets, making sure that they stay in shape. Mr. Frohlich has also staged works by Mr. Robbins for companies abroad....." (http://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/19/arts/a-ballet-master-at-the-elbow-of-a-master-of-ballet.html) -----Class of 1973----- Jonathan Gregg "is a New York-based pedal steel guitarist who has played and/or appeared on recordings with the Doc Marshalls, Arty Hill, Roger McGuinn, Eric Brace (and Last Train Home), Chris Rael, Jesus H. Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse, Edward Rogers, Deena Shoshkes, Piñataland, Mark Donato, Scott McClatchy and many others. He plays a 2003 Zumsteel D-10 through a 1973 Fender Dual Showman Reverb with a Harry Kolbe Soundsmith cabinet, and is available for live performance, sessions and lessons. Active on the music scene since the '80s, Jonathan played guitar with the Mundanes, Lonesome Val, Life in a Blender and various other aggregations with or with members of They Might Be Giants, the Spin Doctors, Richard X. Heyman et al. He also led his own band, Jonathan Gregg and the Lonesome Debonaires, who recorded three critically acclaimed CDs on their own Jagdisc label: Blue on Blonde, Unconditional and The Hardest Goodbye." (http://jagtunes.com/) “For over 30 years, Gabrielle Lansner has traveled between the worlds of dance, theater and film. Her creative work has crossed interdisciplinary boundaries, moving from pure dance works to dance/theater pieces to musical theater and film. In 1997, she formed gabrielle lansner & company and has created eight original full-length works for the company that have performed to critical acclaim: “Lansner has a gift for creating vivid dramatic landscapes out of an almost seamless merging of text and movement.” – (The New York Times) Lansner has recently shifted focus to filmmaking as a new way to create her work…..Her first short film “Dad” has been screened at NewFilmmakers Film Festival 2010 at the Anthology Film Archives/NY, the Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Newport Beach Film Festival and won the Award of Merit for Experimental Film from the Accolade Competition in La Jolla, CA.” (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1364710038/the-stronger-a-short-film) -----Class of 1974----- Avram (‘Butch) Kaplan (film producer) "was born in New York City and received a classical French education from the Lycée Francais before moving at age 15 to Israel and attending agricultural high school, where he matriculated in dairy farming. He then subsequently joined the Israeli Defense Forces and served as a paratrooper for three years in the standing army, and later in the reserves. In 1982, Kaplan entered the film business as the Israeli distributor at CIC (an equivalent to Paramount and Universal in Israel). In 1987, he returned to the United States and began working in production in Los Angeles, going on to produce various television shows including Red Shoe Diaries for Showtime, Strangers for HBO, Allies for CBS and Beyond Belief for Fox. Kaplan's feature producing credits include The Patriot..... Lawnmower Man 2..... and Lake Consequence. Kaplan also served as line producer/UPM on Buffalo 66..... It was while producing She's So Lovely, starring John Travolta and Sean Penn, that Kaplan formed a working relationship with John Q. director Nick Cassavetes." (http://www.filmbug.com/db/342574) Colette Michaan "has been influenced by many genres of music, including: North and West African, Cuban, Jazz, R&B, Caribbean, Bayaka Pygmy, Gnaoua, Indian, Arab, and the music of Cape Verde. In 2004, Colette released her debut album First Cause [.....] Her second album Querencia, a recording of World Music with a Cuban core, was released in 2010 [.....] In 2012, Colette toured Morocco with her band, performing at the Lotus Club in Marrakech. The tour culminated with a concert at the renowned Essaouira Gnaoua Festival [.....] Michaan has performed with Youssou N’Dour in Senegal, Fathy Salama in Egypt, Toi Pinto in Cape Verde, Julio Cambara Palacio and the Cuban Express in Curacao, Harry Whitaker, John Stubblefield, and Hubert Laws. From 1999 to 2002 Michaan was an adjunct faculty member in the Jazz and Contemporary Music Department at the New School in New York City. Colette has recorded on albums by Harry Whitaker, Richard Bona, and Kaissa. She has also performed with Kenny Barron at the Jazz Yatra Festival in India (1986), Richard Bona at the St. Louis Festival in Senegal (1995), and Gnaoua Maâlem Abdelkebir Merchane at the Essaouira Gnaoua Festival in Morocco (2012) [.....] In recent years, Colette has performed in NYC venues such as SOB’s, Havana Central, Son Cubano, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NJPAC, Shapeshifter Lab, Drom, Barbes, Cienfuegos, and more. Michaan finds her joy in music and communicates it onstage, ‘Playing music is vital to me,” she affirms, “I am grateful for the desire to play, the ability to play, and for each opportunity to play.’ (http://colettemichaan.com/) Raoul Björkenheim : “Born in Los Angeles in 1956, [he] has spent much of his life shuttling between New York and Helsinki. Descended from a family of musicians, Raoul first tried his hand at playing violin, trading that in for a trumpet before finally settling on the guitar. Having played in rock bands as a teenager, he studied first at the Helsinki Conservatory, then at the Berklee College of Music in Boston before moving back to Helsinki in 1981.Since then he has been an active member of many music scenes, developing a bold approach to playing electric guitar and composing eclectic music for big bands, symphony orchestras, films, modern dance companies and his own groups. Björkenheim formed several bands upon his return to Helsinki [.....] [and] has been a soloist with the Helsinki Symphony Orchestra, the Avanti Chamber Orchestra, the Radio Symphony Orchestra, the UMO big band and the Tampere philharmonic, with material ranging from Rachmaninov’s “Vocalise” to Turnage’s “Blood on the Floor”, as well as his own concerto “Situations” [.....] Björkenheim has been awarded the Georgie Prize for best jazz musician of the year, the Young Finland Award, the Emma prize (finnish grammy) for best jazz recording of the year, and been nominated three times for the Nordic Music Award.” (http://raoulbjorkenheim.com/index.php?page=bio) -----Class of 1976----- "I’m Nicky Haimo and I've been playing guitar and making music since I was twelve. I am a native New Yorker of French origin. I lived in Paris, France, for more than a decade, and I have toured extensively, in both Europe and Asia. Writing songs for children came naturally when I became a father. These songs of love, joy and life in Brooklyn came about while changing diapers, telling my kids stories and rocking them to sleep. Children are a wonderful source of creativity and inspiration. I would like to thank all the very talented musicians that accompanied me on this recording, my friends and family for supporting me through this endeavor and you for visiting!....”(http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bluestrawberries) -----Class of 1977----- Cédric Noël: « Comédien au théâtre, à la télévision et au cinéma depuis quelques années, Cédric ne rime pas aussi vite que son ombre mais cela fait longtemps que le démon de la chanson le travaille. Opiniâtre auteur compositeur, ses chansons évoquent une quête de liberté, aspirent à ré enfanter le monde et nous exhortent ici-bas à ne pas manquer le merveilleux bateau ivre de vivre. » (http://www.quebecpop.com/MenuPrincipal2.htm) Filmography: Les états unis d’Albert, La comtesse de Bâton Rouge, L’homme idéal, Jésus de Montréal, Gargoyle, Salut Victor, Sister, Qui a tiré sur..., Maria Chapdelaine Nanette Norwood (actress, soprano) "most recently worked on the role of Hannah in Tennessee Williams' poignant drama NIGHT OF THE IGUANA. Previously, she played Estelle in NO EXIT, Gwendolyn in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, and Miriam in THE WOMEN at Marymount Manhattan Theatre..... In musical theatre, Nanette played one of the Angels in ANYTHING GOES at the Manhattan Theatre and was a featured singer in a Cabaret at Hizzoner's and the Billymunk's..... Currently Nanette is a soprano soloist with the Oceanside Chorale in Oceanside, Long Island..... In her spare time Nanette enjoys a lot of outdoor sports; volleyball, tennis, swimming, jogging, hiking, sailing, and ice-skating. She is an excellent photographer, capturing the human spirit in her character studies." (http://www.nanettenorwood.com/biography.html) Anna Steiger (mezzo soprano) "was born in Los Angeles, California. She trained with Noelle Barker at the Guildhall School of Music in London from 1977 to 1983 and then with Vera Rozsa at the National Opera Studio from 1985 to 1986. She won the Sir Peter Pears Award in 1982, the Richard Tauber Prize in 1984, and the John Christie Award in 1985. Her professional debut was as Dorabella in Così fan tutte in 1984 with Opera 80. In 1986 she sang the title role in Monteverdi’s L'incoronazione di Poppea at Glyndebourne, and she has since returned to sing in many productions there in roles such as Concepcion in L'heure espagnole. With Glyndebourne Touring Opera, she sang the role of Sashka in the 1987 world premiere of Nigel Osborne's The Electrification of the Soviet Union. From 1988, she sang at other opera houses in the UK, including, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with roles in Parsifal, Jenůfa and The Knot Garden, and the English National Opera in The Makropulos Affair. Abroad, her roles have included Despina in Così fan tutte (Amsterdam, Stuttgart and Zurich), Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Seattle Opera, Stuttgart and Nancy), Governess in The Turn of the Screw (La Fenice), Jenny in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Los Angeles Opera), the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos (Opera Theatre of St. Louis), Concepcion (New York City Opera and Geneva), Serpetta in La finta giardiniera (Frankfurt and Lausanne), and Damigella in L'incoronazione di Poppea at the Salzburg Festival. She has sung many times with Nicolaus Harnoncourt and in 1991 recorded with him the role of Despina with the Concertgebouw Orchestra." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Steiger) Julie A. Bloom "is an American motion picture assistant director (AD). She is a First AD for Boardwalk Empire. She has worked on the first, second, and third seasons. She has been active since 1985 and has also worked on the series New York Undercover, Rome, Damages, and Nurse Jackie and the films Shaft (2000), Men in Black II (2002), Two Weeks Notice (2002), and United 93 (2006)." (http://boardwalkempire.wikia.com/wiki/Julie_A._Bloom) -----Class of 1978----- Lianne Coleman: (actress) "received her BA in Theater: Performance/Production from Marymount Manhattan College. After following a different career path for many years, Lianne is making her theatrical debut in Glimpses of a Modest Life. She is currently working as a background actress on several TV shows and films and also works as a commercial print model. Lianne is a native New Yorker and divides her time between her Upper Manhattan neighborhood and the Catskill Mountain Area." (http://www.theateronline.com/actshow.xzc?PK=17341) Sandra ('Chantal') Setton Mariani: "Driven by her passionate love of dance, Chantal has enjoyed ballet, modern dance, jazz, African, and belly dance since childhood. Early training began under Richard Thomas Sr. and Barbara Fallis of The New York School of Ballet, followed by Steps on Broadway, Broadway Dance Center, The Ailey School, Maja, and Serena Studios. Chantal went on to dance with the Boston Flamenco Ballet in a national tour of Don Quixote, The West Boca Theatre Company in Isn't it Romantic, The Hollywood Boulevard Theatre's In Black and White, and the The Colden Center's South Pacific and Guys and Dolls..... In addition to appearing in numerous stage productions (recipient of the "Curtain Up" critics award for Outstanding New Performer in a regional production of Wendy Wasserstein's Isn't it Romantic), Chantal has performed for film, television, spokesperson, and commercial work." (http://www.chantalmariani.com/) Paul Rachman (music video producer): "(Born in NY, on September 13, 1962) He is an American film director who directed the highly praised 2006 documentary on punk music American Hardcore which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures Classics. He is also one of the founders of the Slamdance Film Festival. He started his career as a music video director with low budget videos for hardcore punk bands Gang Green and the Bad Brains. He was later signed to Los Angeles based Propaganda Films where he directed music videos for bands Alice in Chains, The Replacements, Kiss, Pantera, Joan Jett, and Roger Waters among many others. He made his feature film debut with the low budget film noir Four Dogs Playing Poker starring Forrest Whittaker, Tim Curry and Balthazar Getty, released by Warner Home Video. He lives in New York City." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rachman) Sonia Wieder-Atherton " est une violoncelliste française née en 1961 à San Francisco. Après ses études au Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris dans les classes de violoncelle de Maurice Gendron et de musique de chambre de Jean Hubeau, elle étudie avec Mstislav Rostropovitch, puis deux ans au Conservatoire Tchaïkovski de Moscou [.....] En 1986, elle est lauréate du concours de violoncelle Rostropovitch. Dès lors, elle joue en soliste avec l'Orchestre de Paris, l'Orchestre national de France, l'orchestre national de Belgique, l'Orchestre philharmonique de Liège, l'Orchestre philharmonique d'Israël, l'Orchestre Gulbenkian de Lisbonne, l'Orchestre de chambre de Lausanne, l'Orchestre philharmonique du Luxembourg. Elle est invitée régulièrement par de grands festivals internationaux. Des compositeurs lui dédient des œuvres : Henri Dutilleux, Georges Aperghis (Le reste du temps, Profils pour le duo qu'elle forme avec Françoise Rivalland), Pascal Dusapin (entre autres un concerto pour violoncelle, Celo), Betsy Jolas ('43) En 1999, l'Académie des beaux-arts en France lui décerne le Grand Prix Del Duca. Elle est aussi compositrice et occasionnellement arrangeuse, notamment pour son disque Un divan à New-York. Elle a composé la musique originale du film l'Amour conjugal. " (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Wieder-Atherton) -----Class of 1979----- Gildas Allanic (actor): "I have been working in computer technology for the past quarter century as a programmer, Project Manager and Manager. I grew up in NYC and came out to the Bay area 11 years ago to chase fame and fortune. My wife Debbie recommended that I take acting classes through Stanford Continuing Education as a way to de-stress. I am not sure that I’m any less stressed, but since 2006 I have had a blast taking classes and performing. [Played in] Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertold Brecht at the Dragon Theater, Palo Alto, 2006, and Door #3 at the Pear Avenue Theater, Mountain View" (https://sites.google.com/site/studio33ca/Home/ensemble/gil-allanic) Alexandra (Homo) Montano (mezzo soprano) [deceased June 2007] " 'is an absolutely marvelous singer who combines her natural musicality with a splendid mastery of a very broad repertoire. It is always a pleasure to hear her sing.' (Philip Glass) She is one of the most versatile singers now performing. Her stunningly rich and beautiful voice finds a home in music across the spectrum – from the simple yet vibrant textures of early music to new mysteries of compositions from the 20th and 21st centuries. She has been hailed by critics: John Von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune has called her ‘a major vocal discovery, her gorgeous voice like dark velvet at the bottom, radiant and clear at the top.' Ms. Montano has delivered powerful and personal interpretations in recordings and performances of Dufay, Hildegard von Bingen, Handel, Mozart, Mahler, Debussy and Fauré. She made her Broadway debut in the fall of 1996 in Julie Taymor's Juan Darien, [and] appeared in The difficulties in crossing the field composed by David Lang..... in April 1999. As a champion of contemporary repertoire she plays keyboards and sings in tours with Philip Glass. On his Sony Classics recording of Naqoyqatsi she is a featured soloist along with Yo Yo Ma. [She] has premiered operas of Tan Dun and Meredith Monk. She has performed and toured music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods with the Waverly Consort, Ensemble for Early Music, Voices of Ascension, Concert Royal and The Newberry Consort. In 2001, she made her Avery Fisher Hall debut singing Bach's Mass in B minor with Musica Sacra. She sang Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer at Tanglewood in 2002 and Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall in 2003. In February, 2006 she will sing in Steven Blier’s Festival of Songs and in David Lang’s new opera Anatomy Theater..... For more traditional repertoire, she will sing the Neue Liebslieder of Brahms and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. [Her] most recent recording is Reflejo Medieval, a collection of Spanish Medieval cantigas..... This is a follow-up to her collection of French songs, L'Heure Exquise." (http://www.alexandramontano.com/AMbiography.pdf) Martin Bisi "is an American producer and songwriter. He is known for recording important records by Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Material, Bill Laswell, Helmet, Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, White Zombie, Boredoms, Angels of Light and Herbie Hancock's Grammy-winning song Rockit. In 1979, Martin Bisi started BC Studio with Bill Laswell and Brian Eno in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, where he recorded many of the No Wave, punk bands, and hip-hop of the early 1980s including Lydia Lunch, Foetus, Live Skull, and Afrika Bambaata. In 1982 he recorded the instruments for Whitney Houston's first recorded appearance as a lead singer -the song "Memories" on Material's One Down LP. In 2002 Bisi recorded The Dresden Dolls' critically acclaimed debut album, and in 2005, mixed the surprise break-out CD by Serena Maneesh of Norway. Starting with a solo record in 1988 - Creole Mass - Bisi also recorded his own material. Other solo works were All Will Be Won, See Ya In Tiajuana, Dear Papi I'm In Jail, Milkyway Of Love, and more recently in 2008, Sirens Of The Apocalypse, and Son Of A Gun in 2010." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bisi) -----Class of 1980----- Suzanne Goldman "is an accomplished dancer and choreographer who has worked with the American Ballet Theater and Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet of San Francisco. Currently, Goldman is, she says, “spearheading a dance project with three other female dancers” that helps them overcome the frustrations of career and motherhood. In her studies and performance career, she asks, “What role does society play in defining our role as a mother and as an individual?” Goldman seeks to answer this and other questions through SUNY Empire State College with her work in women’s studies, law and anthropology at the Metropolitan Center." (http://www.esc.edu/student-connection/issues/articles-prior-to-issue-36/three-suny-esc-students-awarded-leach-fellowships.html) Claire Atherton “is a film editor born in 1963 in San Francisco. Attracted by taoist philosophy and by visual ideograms, she turned to studies of Chinese language and civilization. Then she enrolled in the professional branch of the Ecole Louis Lumière..... According to Atherton, editing shapes the film, giving it body and rendering it visible through a process of shared research, combining intuition and thought. It is from this particular dynamic, created with the filmmaker, that she draws her working force. Some encounters have been of major importance, particularly the one with Chantal Akerman. In 1986, she edited Letters Home, a little-known film with Delphine Seyrig (’50) and Coralie Seyrig....." (http://coalab.cinecoa.com/?page_id=546) -----Class of 1981----- Philip Lasser: "Composer of poetic and lyrical music, [he] has crafted a unique soundworld blending the subtle colors of French Impressionist sonorities with the crisp, direct sounds and rhythms of America’s jaunty musical palette. “I seek content over form, expression over style.” In recognition of his distinct musical voice, Philip Lasser recently received the [2006] Walter Hinrichsen Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. This prize is awarded..... to publish and promote the work of an American composer. [He] was born in New York City [in] 1963. At the age of five, [he] began piano lessons and composing songs for his mother’s voice. At sixteen he entered Nadia Boulanger’s famed Ecole d’Arts Americaines in Fontainebleau, France and his musical ear was forever changed. There he also met the legendary pianist Gaby Casadesus [mother of Thérèse (Casadesus) Rawson ('60)] with whom he formed a long musical relationship, first as her student and then as co-author of Ma Technique Quotidienne..... Following studies at Harvard..... [he] lived in Paris from 1985 – 1988, a pivotal period for his musical development..... In 1988 Lasser entered Columbia University’s masters program in Composition, and undertook intensive studies in counterpoint..... Two years later [he] entered the DMA program at Juilliard..... [His] music has been performed by the Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz and The New York Chamber Symphony and by such artists as Elizabeth Futral, Simone Dinnerstein, Margo Garrett, Lucy Shelton, Cho-Liang Lin, Zuill Bailey, Brian Zeger, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger and Sasha Cooke. [His] works have been broadcast on network television as well as featured on the classical radio station of the New York Times..... Dr. Lasser’ s works have also been broadcast on NPR, and XFM Hong Kong radio RTHK..... [and] can be heard on the New World Records, Crystal Records and BMG RCA/Red Seal labels and on the Telarc label..... Lasser’s recent book, The Spiraling Tapestry: An Inquiry into the Contrapuntal Fabric of Music offers a pioneering view on Bach’s compositional world. Philip Lasser directs the European American Musical Alliance Summer Music Programs, a school dedicated to training young composers, chamber musicians and conductors in the tradition of legendary teacher Nadia Boulanger. The programs are held annually at the historic Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, France. [He] is a distinguished member of the faculty of The Juilliard School since 1994." (http://philiplasser.com/biography/) ● Marco Joachim “is one of the new generation folk singers. Often referred to as the "NY troubadour".....From the cobblestone streets and the coffee house music circuit based in Greenwich Village, he interjected rock and pop elements to acoustic folk, drawing new listeners to The Baggot Inn on Sullivan Street. He writes original songs and is well-versed in traditional folk songs and blues. Marco is from NYC and plays solo acoustic guitar.....with his trusty harmonica. Marco's first CD, "Changing Times,".....is comprised of original songs and new arrangements of folk songs and some blues. His original songs feature strong melodies and hooks with poetic and sometimes dreamy and poignant lyrics. His melodic singing voice can cut through the iciest heart, yet he also can belt out a powerful, soulful blues.....His influences are folk and blues, as well as Woody Guthrie, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, The Beatles and Bob Dylan, as well as most 60s groups. His dynamic finger picking and strumming, and wide range as a singer, make his shows a special experience. His irreverent humor and sometimes-sardonic wit is often heard between songs.....He won the Woody Guthrie Songwriter Award for his composition "Chaplinesque." .....Marco performed at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC in October 2003. You can see his show in the archives at kennedycenter.com.....He has been called "a natural" for his inherent musical ability, and as a folksinger his tuneful singing, ingratiating personality and showmanship have earned him a legion of fans.” (http://www.livingroomny.com/artist/marco-joachim) Sophie Fillières « est une cinéaste française. Elle a signé entre autre les comédies douces-amères Grande petite, Aïe et Gentille. De 1986 à 1990, Sophie Fillières est élève à la FEMIS, section réalisation, 1ère promotion. Elle y réalise plusieurs courts métrages. En 1992, elle réalise Des filles et des chiens, court-métrage de fiction avec Sandrine Kimberlain et Helène Fillières (sa soeur), ..... qui obtient le Prix Jean Vigo. En 1994, elle tourne Grande petite, son premier long métrage avec Judith Godrèche.C'est en 1999 qu'elle réalise Aïe, long métrage avec André Dussollier et Emmanuelle Devos. Elle est également scénariste et a travaillé sur [plusieurs] fils ..... En 2005 sort sur nos écrans son film Gentille avec Emmanuelle Devos et Lambert Wilson. En 2009, elle réalise la comédie Un chat, un chat avec Chiara Mastroianni et Agathe Bonitzer.» i](http://www.cinefil.com/star/sophie-fillieres/biographie) ● Caroline Casadeus, chanteuse lyrique, soprano: « En mai 2004, son disque « Hypnoses » sort chez Universal Classics. Les 12 mélodies symphoniques composées sur mesure par son mari et complice Didier Lockwood, explorent les tourments amoureux d'une femme.....A Paris au théâtre Pépinière-Opéra, du 25 mai au 30 juin 2005, elle partage la scène avec l'homme de sa vie dans un spectacle explosif et plein .....: « Le Jazz et la Diva » ! Repris à la Gaîté Montparnasse à Paris du 12 octobre au 31 décembre 2005 et en tournée nationale et internationale. Nommé aux Victoires de la Musique, le « Jazz et la Diva » remporte le Molière 2006 du meilleur spectacle musical. En 2006, sortie chez Ames, du Stabat Mater de Boccherini et de Soleils Noirs de Dominique Preschez. L' Académie du disque lyrique lui a remis en 2007 l'Orphée du meilleur enregistrement d'opérette ou d'opéra bouffe pour Le Jazz et la diva..... Caroline Casadesus est mariée au violoniste et compositeur Didier Lockwood. Trois enfants : Thomas, David et Mathilde. » (http://www.casadesus.com/famille/caroline-casadesus2.html) -----Class of 1982----- Liane Alexandra Curtis (actress): "....born in NYC on July 11, 1965 [she] made her debut on the pilot of "Sesame Street" (1969) at the ripe age of 4. Liane went to the Lycée Francais de New York and then to the Rudolf Steiner School..... [She] worked behind the scenes throughout her childhood dubbing several foreign films into English [and] was a member of the Metropolitain and City Opera children's choruses. [Her] feature film debut was in John Sayles's Baby It's You in 1983. She was given special permission by SAG to work as an adult even though she was still a minor. [She] currently lives happily in Los Angeles with her husband and three children. She has written several songs which she has been known to play at coffee houses on the Westside of LA from time to time and works in TV and Film as often as she can." "She has garnered a cult following, after such B grade theater and video releases as Critters 2: The Main Course and Girlfriend from Hell as well as smaller roles in higher profile classics such as Sixteen Candles and her feature film debut Baby It's You directed by John Sayles." (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193421/bio) & (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liane_Alexandra_Curtis) ● Wendy Riss "is a television writer, screenwriter, and playwright based in Los Angeles. She was a story editor on HBO's Hung and a staff writer on F/X's The Riches. Wendy has also written the plays Wildfire and A Darker Purpose at Naked Angels, which became the movie The Winner starring Rebecca DeMornay, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Billy Bob Thornton. Wendy received her MFA at NYU's Dramatic Writing Program, where she was named Best Graduate Playwright. She is a member of Israel Horovitz's Playwrights Lab and has received numerous playwriting commissions including the New York Shakespeare Festival's new playwright commission." (http://www.mediabistro.com/Wendy-Riss-instr792.html) -----Class of 1983----- Karine Silla « fait ses premier pas au cinéma dans Sanguine de Christian François en 1988 aux côtés de Clémentine Célarié. Elle alterne entre cinéma et télévision, notamment avec Les Cordier, Juge Et Flic où elle obtient un rôle récurrent durant 16 épisodes. En 2000 et 2002, elle tourne dans Epouse-moi et Peau D'Ange (dont elle signe le scénario) en compagnie de son mari Vincent Perez. L'année suivante elle décroche un petit rôle dans la comédie Moi César, 10 Ans 1/2, 1m39. Amanda Sthers lui offre de jouer aux côtés de Carole Bouquet et Pierre Arditi dans Je Vais Te Manquer en 2009. C'est en 2010 que Karine Silla passe pour la première fois à la réalisation et signe le scénario de Un Baiser Papillon dans lequel elle dirige son mari Vincent.» (http://www.commeaucinema.com/personne/karine-silla,135702) Jean-Christophe ('J.C.') Doo Kingué (guitar/vocals): "Multi-layered and multi-cultural best describes the guitarist, composer and arranger J. C. Doo-Kingué. J. C. spent most of his life New York. Excellent musical knowledge allows him to move in a convincing way, comfortable in different musical styles. Although he grew up with the Blues in New York, J. C. brought to a Worldbeat instrumental jazz album his entire musical and multicultural breadth. Since 2000, J.C lives in Germany. To further his musical career he founded in 2001 the Blues Trio DOOK JOINT......" (http://jazz-in-town-berlin.de/de/event/670/j._c._dook_trio_guit,voc,usa.html) Nina Goldman teaches ballet at Dance New Amsterdam. She "most recently performed at The Royal Opera House’s Lynbury Theatre in Arthur Pita’s The Metamorphosis. She has appeared in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, The Car Man and Edward Scissorhands. On Broadway, she has performed in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Contact, Swan Lake, The Red Shoes and the Phantom of the Opera. Her off-Broadway appearances include Belle Epoque (Lincoln Center), Bloomergirl (City Center) and A Dybbuk (Public Theater). She has worked at NY Theater Workshop, Great Lakes Theater Festival and the Manhattan Theater Club. Nina danced with the National Ballet of Canada, Feld Ballets, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal and the Altogether Different Series, and done pre-production work with Susan Stroman for her ballets for NYCB and Pacific Northwest Ballet. She was rehearsal director for Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company. Nina’s teaching credits includes The Cedar Lake Dance Ensemble, Sarah Lawrence College, Peridance/Capezio Dance Center, Joffrey Ballet School, Logrea Dance Academy. Guest teacher for Random Dance, Rambert and New Adventures Dance Companies." (http://www.dnadance.org/site/studio/ballet/4/) Louise-Alexandra Ehrlich (actress): Formation/Training: JACK WALTZER FPA Paulette Frantz, Alain Janey. BALANCHINE Danse New York. ROSELLA HIGHTOWER Cannes. Cinema: DIGGITY de Tom Reeve. Rôle: Emily. LILY, A SONG FOR BERLIN de J. Franco. Rôle: Lily. Television: ENQUETES RSERVEES de christopher >Barnier. HOPITAL de Laurent Levy. LE TUTEUR épisode Le Poids du Secret d'Edouard Moiaro........ (http://www.agencesartistiques.com/Fiche-Artiste/161233-louise-alexandra-ehrlich.html) -----Class of 1985----- Matthew Caws & Daniel Lorca : "Nada Surf is an American alternative rock band which consists of Matthew Caws (guitar, vocals)..... and Daniel Lorca (bass, backup vocals). Basd in New York and formed in the 1990s, Nada Surf continues to tour, and their most recent studio album, The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, was released in 2012. Concerning the band's name, Matthew said: "It's actually referring to something much more existential, it's just surfing on nothing. Being lost in your head or in your imagination but you know, whenever I listen to music I always find myself off somewhere. Somewhere in space. You know, in mental space and it's a reference to that." They met at the Lycée Français de New York; both spent some of their childhood in France and Belgium, and played in many bands, including The Cost of Living and Because Because Because..... In 1996, the band released High/Low, their debut album which was recorded and mastered within a 19-day period. The recording was paid for by Elektra before the band signed its contract that January. That summer, as Nada Surf toured the United States with Superdrag, their song Popular became a summer anthem, and the band toured overseas. In 1998, the band released The Proximity Effect, their follow-up album, in Europe..... From 1999 to 2002, the band took regular day jobs: Caws worked at a Brooklyn record store, [and] Lorca worked on some computer projects..... In 2002, the band released Let Go, a critically acclaimed album..... In 2010, the band released If I Had A Hi-Fi [and in 2012 released] The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, an album which included the single "Waiting for Something." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nada_Surf) « Après des études de lettres et de cinéma, Juliette Senik travaille comme assistante réalisatrice, réalise des Nuits magnétiques pour France Culture et des documentaires. Son premier court métrage Entre nous (le GREC, 1995), est sélectionné entre autres à Pantin et Locarno. En 2004, elle réalise un premier 52’ pour France 3, Dans la force de l’âge, un documentaire sur des adolescents en BEP confrontés au 4ème âge, 1er prix au festival de Lorquin. Elle poursuit avec des films qui suivent de près des jeunes gens aux prises avec le monde : Flics de France (France3), Classe Louvre (France5), Thomas (Arte). Elle réalise aussi un film sur une chef d’orchestre allemande, Judith (Arte), et une histoire de Marcel Frydman, PDG débarqué de Marionnaud, Les tontons parfumeurs (Planète).» (http://www.chazproductions.fr/2010/08/juliette-senik.html) Annabelle Mouloudji, « fille de Nicolle Tessier et de l’acteur et chanteur Marcel Mouloudji, dont elle est le deuxième enfant, est née le 26 juillet 1967. Elle vit à Paris avec son compagnon David et leurs deux fils. Après avoir brillé dans le domaine de la danse, sa carrière débute au cinéma en 1984 dans Un été d’enfer, aux côtés de Thierry Lhermitte, Véronique Jannot et Corynne Charby. Mais le grand public la découvre véritablement à la rentrée 1987. Au mois de septembre, le TOP 50 tombe simultanément sous le charme de trois nouvelles artistes de talent : Vanessa Paradis, Patricia Kaas, et Annabelle, avec la chanson Fuis, Lawrence d’Arabie, qui atteindra la 12e place des meilleures ventes de disques en France. L’année suivante, la chanteuse renoue avec le succès avec Casanova Solo, son deuxième titre. Fait rare à l’époque, ses clips vidéo sont tournés comme des films grand écran. Le troisième et très osé Impunément, sera d’ailleurs censuré [.....] Annabelle est une artiste complète : elle chante, elle danse et assure le show comme la comédie. On la retrouve ainsi simultanément sur un disque au profit des enfants du Liban, dans une comédie musicale, au cinéma ou dans une série télévisée américaine. Au début de la décennie 90, Annabelle réalise pourtant que la variété n’est pas sa vocation et décide de se consacrer à sa passion : le jazz. Au grand damne de ses fans, elle quitte la France pour les Etats-Unis. Pendant deux ans, elle apprend auprès des meilleurs artistes de jazz américain. Après de nombreuses représentations à New York, elle intègre le Sunset Jazz Club de Paris en 1996, puis le Quartet en 1999. Elle écume alors les festivals aux côtés des plus grandes, Nina Simone ou Tania Maria. Alors que de nombreux ex-chanteurs des années 80 tentent désespérément des retours souvent inattendus, Annabelle a depuis bien longtemps quitté le show-biz pour une carrière délibérément discrète, personnelle et décalée. Dès lors, la qualité et le caractère priment sur la popularité. En 2000, c’est un magnifique album de contes pour enfants [.....] On la retrouve encore dans Bonne Nouvelle Louisiane, une comédie musicale d’un genre nouveau. Après avoir préfacé un ouvrage dédié à son père, Annabelle publie en 2011 La P’tite Coquelicot aux éditions Calmann-Levy. Un ouvrage biographique à l’image de l’artiste et sa carrière, pudique, sincère et résolument vivante.» (http://www.misscorail.com/Pages/AnnabelleMouloudjiPortrait.aspx) -----Class of 1986----- Myriam Tekaïa (actress) co-starred in the 2011 film Le cochon de Gaza (When Pigs Have Wings) "un film belgo-germano-français écrit et réalisé par Sylvain Estibal..... Il aborde le conflit israélo-palestinien avec humour et dérision. L'histoire se déroule en 2005, dans les semaines qui précèdent le retrait de Gaza par les Israéliens. [Myriam joue le rôle] d'une jeune colon russo-israélienne, Yelena." Filmography: Le matin va venir (short) (2007), SarahetClara (short, 2004), Xin lian (2004), Märchen (short) (2004), A Bright Interval (short) (2003) Andre Christopher Heltai (actor) "was born in New Jersey to a Danish mother and a Hungarian father back in the late 60s. His passion for film motivated his move from the theatre scene in New York City to Los Angeles. He has since starred in over 14 independent feature films. He is also a father of two beautiful girls, a photographer, a wire mobile artist and a writer. For years before he had children, he spent his time as a hospice volunteer and subsequently had a documentary film crew following him through the process of caring for the dying. [He] resides in Los Angeles where he recently completed post-production on his freshman film "Adjusting Arbie", under his own shingle, BraverHel Productions, where he is the star, co-director and executive producer. He also recently edited and co-produced the film "The Jackson Pollock Project", a 15 minute short documentary film about a Los Angeles 3rd Grade class delving into the creative juices of artist Jackson Pollock. The film is part of the International Children's Film Festival, which tours across the nation." (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375870/bio) Partial Filmography: Aurora (1998), Trailer: The Movie! (2001), Adjusting Arbie (2005), Time and Tide (2006) Judith ('Juditka') Hoenig (ballet): "A former member of the Chicago Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Batsheva Dance Company and Israeli Ballet and a protégé of Madame Gabriella Darvash, Juditka was a cast member of Phantom of the Opera for two and a half years as well as an accomplished dancer in the style of Bob Fosse...." (http://www.randolphcollege.edu/x14062.xml) Other appearances: JOFFREY BALLET CHICAGO (The Nutcracker, Billboards, and various repertoire); BALLET CHICAGO (Gretel in Duell’s Hansel and Gretel and solo variation in Duell's Improvisations in the Fifth Dimension); LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO (Guest Principal Dancer in Strauss’ Capriccio; CYNTHIA GREGORY AND COMPANY (Principal roles in Balanchine’s Tarantella and "Bluebird Pas-de-Deux" from Sleeping Beauty); BAT DOR DANCE COMPANY (Israel) (Principal Dancer in Nils Christe’s Whims of Cupids and Synch.....); CONNECTICUT BALLET THEATER (Guest principal SugarPlum in The Nutcracker) (http://www.juditka.com/resume.html) Alain Nkossi Konda "is a very gifted Multiple Award winning singer/songwriter originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo. At a tender age he went to the U.S.A with his father who was then working as a diplomat for the United Nations Development Program. Says Nkossi, 'My father was a member of the Salvation Army church choir in his youth where they sang songs in harmony. Both of my parents enjoyed singing and have very good voices..... my brother and sisters and I have been singing for as long as I can remember.' During the nearly 30 years he spent in the urban jungle of New York, Nkossi earned a reputation as a hard working musician/producer within the NYC Afro Pop community. He..... effortlessly combines his African musical heritage with his new American homeland, creating what he calls 'Culture Pop' which is a combination of Funk, Soukous and Reggae with Pop hooks, sung in French, English and Lingala. His first album, Adiyoyo Mona Lisa was released in 1998. In 1999, Nkossi became the first artist to be signed by Harry Belafonte for his new label Niger Records/Palm Pictures.....During the spring of 2001, Nkossi and his associate Jim Savitt set up their own production company, Afrikool....." (http://www.last.fm/music/Alain+Nkossi+Konda) -----Class of 1987----- Perrine Hanrot (mezzo soprano): « C'est à 15 ans que [qu'elle] découvre son goût pour l'art lyrique en interprétant la Périchole d'Offenbach au lycée Français de New York. Tout en poursuivant ses études de lettres et de philosophie, elle décide de travailler le chant à Paris puis part se perfectionner à Utrecht aux Pays Bas auprès d'Udo Reinemann puis à Amsterdam pour étudier avec Margreet Honig. De retour en France, elle intègre la formation professionnelle de la Maîtrise de Notre-Dame de Paris. Comme choriste, elle a travaillé sous la baguette de chefs comme Chung, Eisenbach, Minkowski, Nelson. Perrine se produit comme soliste dans des oratorios tels que Magnificat, Messes et Passions de JS Bach, Stabat Mater de Pergolèse, Gloria de Vivaldi. Elle chante régulièrement avec l'ensemble de musique baroque Sprezzatura et le chœur de femmes Britten..... Elle a interprété les rôles de Cupidon (Vénus et Adonis de Blow), Chérubin (Les noces de Figaro de Mozart), Rosine (le Barbier de Séville de Rossini), Madame Noé (Noye's Fludde de Britten). Son attirance pour la musique religieuse et l'originalité de son parcours lui permet d'aborder des styles musicaux très variés puisque son répertoire s'étend du chant Grégorien à la musique contemporaine. L'étendue de sa tessiture lui permet de tenir aussi bien les parties d'alto que celles de mezzo-soprono colorature. La voici aujourd'hui entraînée par Sylvie dans une nouvelle aventure : " Gospellement swing !", pour un Duo de choc et de charme avec deux voix chaudes et envoûtantes ! » (http://sylvie.sicamois.free.fr/perrine%20hanrot.htm) -----Class of 1989----- Virgine Silla-Besson (film producer): "Born in Canada to a family of diplomats, [she] spent her childhood travelling the world. After graduating from the American University in Paris with a degree in Business Administration, she worked for Gaumont during 5 years. When in 1999 Luc Besson founded EuropaCorp, he offered Virginie a position in the venture. A year later, she produced her first film, Yamakasi, a major success in France. Over a period of 10 years, Virginie produced eleven films. In 2010 came the most important film of her career: The Lady. Thanks to the film, Virginie had the privilege of meeting Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon in June 2011, an indelible memory." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginie_Silla) Hélène Fillières « née à Paris le 1 mai 1972 (41 ans), est une actrice, scénariste et réalisatrice française. Fille d'un chef d'escale d'Air France, Hélène Fillières grandit entre l'Europe, le Brésil et les États-Unis. Sa sœur aînée Sophie (’81), réalisatrice et scénariste, la fit jouer, adolescente, dans ses premiers travaux. Après le court-métrage Les Sirènes de Pascal Bonitzer ….. la cadette apparaît en 1991 dans le film de fin d'études de sa sœur, Des filles et des chiens….. Mais elle se lance ensuite dans des études d'anglais - elle publie d'ailleurs plus tard des traductions d'ouvrages de Dorothy Parker. Dans les années 1990, [elle] fut brièvement mannequin.….. Mais c'est encore grâce aux films de sa sœur qu'Hélène Fillières prend le métier d'actrice au sérieux : après un second rôle dans Grande petite en 1994, elle incarne en 2000 l'extravagante héroïne de Aïe, déployant dans cette comédie loufoque un charme non dénué de mystère. Nouveau visage du cinéma français, Hélène Fillières, sollicitée surtout par les réalisatrices, campe une adorable râleuse dans Reines d'un jour de Marion Vernoux en 2001, puis la fille de Catherine Deneuve dans Au plus près du paradis de Tonie Marshall, en 2002….. Souvent à l'affiche de premiers films, de Bord de mer (2002) à De particulier à particulier (2006), elle fait en 2006 ses débuts de réalisatrice avec le court métrage Mademoiselle Y, une réflexion sur le métier d'actrice. En janvier 2004, dans une interview dans l'émission Tout le monde en parle, elle évoque brièvement sa lutte contre un cancer. En 2006, elle s'impose au grand public dans le rôle de Sandra Paoli dans la série Mafiosa, le clan. Elle fut la compagne de l'acteur Thierry Neuvic dont elle se sépare en 2011.» (http://fr.wikipedia.org) Karine ('Keniia) N’Diaye "choriste de talent de Yannick Noah, sort son premier album intitulé Mes tissages. Originaire du Mali et de la France, la jeune chanteuse a vécu aux Etats-Unis. Sa grande expérience de choriste en fait une artiste accomplie, elle a parcouru le monde, a joué sur les plus grandes scènes avec les plus grands. Dans son nouvel album, elle nous livre son univers, un monde à son image : métissé. Keniia nous livre un opus au ton chaud et chaleureux avec des sonorités latines, inspirées du reggae et du rock. Une incitation zen au voyage." (http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/article/people/65035/musique-keniia-sort-son-album.html) "After years of experience singing backup for many artists, Keniia is now offering us her own music. Her songs, for which she is author, composer, as well as arranger, are original because of her many different musical and cultural influences. Keniia is now working on her second album, ICE." (http://www.keniia.com/#!__intro) Agathe de Laboulaye "was born in Paris, France. Versatile and easily-appealing, she began her acting career in 1995 and has since then, forged lengthy line of film and television credits. Her work primarily has been in French film and television series, however notable film credits include the French-made film The Girl (2000) and more notably the comic book science-fiction cult favorite Alien vs Predator (2004). It is in this movie, that Agathe played a member of a expedition team who provided audiences with the nostalgic and famous moment when an "Alien" was born out of a human chest; as seen in the 1970s original Alien (1979). This is also the movie in which she is best recognized for by American audiences." (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209169/bio) -----Class of 1993----- Valerie MacCarthy: (soprano) "..... In 2008, Valerie made make her debut as Renee/Alice in Lost Highway at English National Opera, which was adapted from the movie by David Lynch..... She recently sang Damigella in Le Couronnement de Poppee at Le Grand Théâtre de Geneve..... In January she performed La Seconde in the world première of Jacque Lenot’s J’Etais dans ma maison et j’attendais que la pluie vienne, also at Le Grand Théâtre de Geneva. Last November she appeared with Opéra Français in their concert Folie de l’Opérette at New York’s Florence Guild Hall. She also recently appeared as Marzelline in Fidelio and Clorinda in La Cenerentola with the Florentine Opera. A native New Yorker, Franco-American, Valérie [made] her acclaimed debut at the Tanglewood Festival in Ravel's L'Heure Espagnole under the baton of Seiji Ozawa, and as Leila in Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles with the Holland Park Festival, London. These successes quickly led to an invitation from the prestigious Ravinia Festival to appear as Juliet with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in John de Lancie's Romeo & Juliet Project..... Ms. MacCarthy created and performed a one-woman touring show entitled ‘Off The Hook' - where she offers her personal interpretations of Menotti's The Telephone and Poulenc's La Voix Humaine. The show premiered at New York’s Alliance Française and has since been performed with the Charlemagne Chamber Orchestra in Brussels. She appeared in the Baz Luhrmann production of La Bohème in the role of Musetta, a role which was the vehicle for her Broadway debut. Other performances include debuts at Le Grand Théâtre de Genève (Parsifal) and at Carnegie Hall (Die Fledermaus), and with L'Opéra Français de New York (Les Pèlerins de la Mecque - Gluck), the Orchestra of St. Luke's (Dr. Miracle - Bizet), and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (La Favola d'Orfeo - Monteverdi). In her European recital debut she sang at Amsterdam's renowned Concertgebow de Kleine Zaal. In addition to her extensive musical career, Ms. MacCarthy has a successful international jewelry buisness, and has recently published two books on the art of jewelry design." (http://harwood-management.com/maccarthy.html) Cécile Doo-Kingué: "Considered one of Montreal’s most electrifying guitarists by local press and groove aficionados, Cécile Doo-Kingué blends blues, soul and afro-folk to create a unique sound. Born in New York City, first generation from Cameroon, she has lived in France, USA and is now an adopted Montrealer. This meeting of cultures is reflected in the eclecticism of her music. Her bewitching, incomparable fretwork and deep, suave voice are no longer secret to Montreal’s night-owls. Cécile has sizzled and dazzled with Montreal cult bands Dibondoko and Aliens, played or recorded with Montreal Jubilation Choir, Corneille, Bernard Purdie, Tricia Foster, Senaya, CIndy Doire, Ismael Isaac, Lou Simon, Soul City, to name but a few, and has opened for Manu Dibango and Youssou N’Dour. She has also done her share of mixing, including United Steel Workers of Montreal’s albums Broken Trucks and Bottles and Kerosene & Coal, producing and musical directing, including the main show for the XIIe Sommet de la Francophonie..... " (http://www.cdkmusik.com/bio-E.html) -----Class of 1995----- Elizabeth Zeltser (violinist) “joined the New York Philharmonic at the start of the 2003–04 season. Born in New York City into a family of Russian musicians, Ms. Zeltser began her violin studies at age three, and made her New York debut at age five with the Mannes College of Music Orchestra, performing Vivaldi's Violin Concerto under the baton of Felix Kruglikov. At five, she also appeared on Israeli television with her father, Mark Zeltser, a renowned concert pianist. Ms. Zeltser studied at The Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay. While a student, she won the prestigious Juilliard Concerto Competition, and later continued her studies at the Moscow Conservatory, where she earned her master's degree in music performance. Upon her return to the U.S., she enrolled at the Manhattan School of Music, where her studies were supervised by New York Philharmonic Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow, and by Orchestra violinist Yoko Takebe. [She] has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras in the U.S., Canada, Italy, France, Russia, and South America. Her most recent performances included a European tour in Austria and Hungary with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Zeltser speaks French, Italian, Russian, and English, and is an accomplished swimmer.” (http://nyphil.org/about-us/ArtistDetail?artistname=elizabeth-zeltser) -----Class of 1996----- Harley Cross (actor) "was born in New York in 1978..... [He] made his film debut as Diane Keaton's son in Mrs. Soffel. He went on to portray Tom Berenger's son in Someone to Watch Over Me and Jane Fonda's son in Stanley & Iris. Cross was excellent as Martin Sheen's son in the disturbing horror film The Believers and ..... outstanding as a crafty little boy who's abducted by ruthless hired killers..... in Cohen and Tate. [He played] a deeply troubled and psychotic 12-year-old juvenile delinquent sociopath in the potent and unnerving indie drama The Boy Who Cried Bitch..... In addition to his motion picture credits, Cross has acted in several TV commercials and did guest spots on the TV shows Sister Kate, Law and Order, and Touched by An Angel. An avid sports enthusiast who enjoys scuba diving, horseback riding and ice-skating, [he] is the co-founder of the breath mint company Hint Mint." (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189172/bio) Leilah Broukhim is a flamenco dancer "born in New York of Sephardic Iranian parents, although she has been based in Spain for over a decade. She began her flamenco dance formation with respected New York-based professors who gave her the necessary foundation to follow her growth in Spain. In Madrid, she continued her studies at the renowned dance academy Amor de Dios under great masters of flamenco, including Maria Magdalena, Manuel Reyes, Rafaela Carrasco and Jose Maya, while completing her knowledge of flamenco in Seville with the "Farrucos." Her professional career took off with the two most important flamenco dance companies of the USA: Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana and Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco. Leilah has performed in the principal tablaos of Spain, including Casa Patas, El Corral de la Moreria, El Corral de la Pacheca, El Cafe de Chinitas, Las Carboneras, Las Brujas and El Cordobes..... In 2006, she traveled to Japan where she taught classes and performed in the esteemed Sala Andaluza in Tokyo. Leilah is also the protagonist of Casa Sefarad-lsrael's official promotional video. In 2009, she was a guest artist in Gomaespuma's 10th Festival Flamenco Pa'tos..... In 2010, she performed in the XVII Jornadas Flamencas de la Fortuna-Silla de Oro. Last year, Leilah premiered her show DEJANDO HUELLAS (TRACES) at the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow and presented it again in Paris at the Museum of Art and History of Judaism and in New York as part of the Flamenco Festival USA 2012." (http://www.leilahbroukhim.com/biography.html) Céline Ottria "a commencé la musique tôt, le théâtre très tard. Elle est aujourd'hui musicienne multi-instrumentiste, chanteuse et comédienne. De son adolescence new-yorkaise, elle a gardé les mélodies de Tom Waits, Lou Reed et Leonard Cohen qu'elle chante dans les bars parisiens. Elle a récemment rejoint le groupe italien Nidi d'Arac, pour des concerts, en Italie et en Europe, mêlant musique traditionnelle de l'Italie su Sud, rock et électro-dub." (http://musique.foxoo.com/video,celine-ottria,nx1112141155136402.html) Julian Fernando Casablancas "is an American musician, singer, songwriter and frontman of The Strokes. [He] was born in New York City (in 1978) to Spanish American business mogul John Casablancas, the founder of Elite Model Management, and Danish Jeanette Christiansen, a former model and onetime Miss Denmark in 1965.His parents divorced and his mother subsequently married painter Sam Adoquei. Adoquei helped shape Casablancas' early musical taste by exposing him to music such as The Doors, which was markedly different from the mostly Phil Collins-influenced music he listened to as a child. In 2005, Julian married the assistant to the Strokes' manager, Juliet Joslin. In 2010, they welcomed a son, Cal Casablancas. The first member of The Strokes Casablancas met was Nikolai Fraiture ('97), who attended Lycée Français de New York with him. When he was 14, Casablancas' father sent him to Institut Le Rosey, an elite boarding school in Switzerland. There, he met future Strokes member Albert Hammond, Jr. Casablancas attended The Dwight School with two other future Strokes, Nick Valensi and Fabrizio Moretti. [He] never finished school, but continued to take music classes, where he says he first enjoyed himself in class. Julian Casablancas has said that Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" is his favorite song of all time. In addition, he has also cited Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground as a major influence on his lyrics and singing style..... He has also stated very often throughout his career that Bob Marley is one of his favorite songwriters....." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Casablancas) -----Class of 1997----- Emmanuelle Juran (actress): « Dés quatre ans, elle a une passion pour la récitation de poèmes. Mais ses parents préfèrent qu'elle prenne des cours de violon et de danse. A 6 ans et demi elle part avec sa famille pour la Louisiane..... A 9 ans, elle fait ses premiers pas dans le monde du spectacle en chantant dans le magicien d'Oz et prend des cours de piano. Tout est interrompu par son départ pour New York..... Cette fois-ci, Emmanuelle va au lycée Français. Elle continue le piano, tente plusieurs fois de faire de la danse, mais sans succès. Elle joue ses premiers rôles au lycée dans une troupe francophone et dans son quartier dans une troupe anglophone: Molière, «Les femmes savantes», Musset «Les caprices de Marianne», «On ne badine pas avec l'amour», et en anglais «The Skin of our Teeth» et «The Rhymers of Eldridg ». C'est en interprétant Bélise dans «Les femmes savantes» qu'elle découvre sa passion pour le théâtre. Mais elle ne se sent pas encore le courage d'y consacrer sa vie. Elle débarque à Paris pour faire une école préparatoire aux écoles supérieures de commerce..... Elle intègre l'école supérieure de commerce de Marseille où elle se joint à la troupe de théâtre. Ils montent des spectacles fondés sur des improvisations et des extraits de pièces. Lors de son stage de fin d'étude, on lui pose un ultimatum: le théâtre ou le commerce. Elle choisit enfin le théâtre. Elle obtient son diplôme et va aux Cours Florent où elle est actuellement en troisième année, suit des cours en anglais et en français. Cette année, elle s'est lancée dans l'écriture et l'interprétation de «Putes ou Soumises ?» Le théâtre, c'est une passion, un lieu de divertissement et de réflexion.» (http://putesousoumises.free.fr/Emmanuelle_Juran.htm) Nikolai Philippe Fraiture "(born November 13, 1978 in New York City, United States) is the bass player for the American rock band, The Strokes. Fraiture grew up in New York City with his Russian mother and French father.... [He] has an older brother named Pierre ('95) and a younger sister named Elizabeth ('11). He met future bandmate Julian Casablancas ('96) while attending the Lycée Français de New York. [He] received his first bass at 19, when his grandfather gave it to him as a graduation present, but [he] gave it to Casablancas. It was a two years later that he picked it up and began to play seriously. Fraiture also attended Hunter College with Strokes' guitarist Nick Valensi..... Fraiture married Ilona "Illy" Jankovich in 2004. They have two children: a daughter, Elysia, and a son, Phoenix..... On Saturday, May 19, 2012 for the 37th Season Finale of Saturday Night Live Nikolai played bass alongside The Arcade Fire and guest/musical host Mick Jagger." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Fraiture) -----Class of 1998----- Julia Lutzke: "I am a classical violinist from NYC but have just moved to Boston this summer of 2012. I was raised in a musical family, both parents being professional classical string players (mother is a violinist and father a cellist)..... I play chamber music with them as well as my sister who is also a violinist. I am a member of the Orchestra of St Luke's and I play on Broadway on occasion. I have both my Bachelor's degree and Masters degree in music performance and since school, have been an active freelancer and violin teacher." (http://www.gigsalad.com/julia_lutzke) Soraya Broukhim "has worked as an actor and trained abroad in Russia, England, Bali and Romania. [She is] graduate of Fordham University and British American Academy of Dramatic Arts, National Theatre Institute, Williamstown.T.F, and Saint Petersburg State Arts Theatre Academy..... Soraya is a core-member of the Living Theatre & ALATetc theatre company active as a performer, teacher, and healing artist engaged in the creation and production of social conscious performance projects and community building events. Recent New York City theatre credits are History of the World, SMOPSM & Korach by Judith Malina (Living Theatre), Red Tent Fabrik (Joyce Soho, ALATetc), Fire Throw and Betrothed (Ripe Time Co.), Gut Girls (Chocolate Factory, LIC), Woyzeck (Culture Project), Innocent Erendira (Here), Logic of the Birds (Lincoln Center, Shirin Neshat). Regional Credits: In the Heart of America (Interact Co. PA), Wintertime (San Jose Rep.), Afghan Women by William Mastrosimone (Passage Theatre, NJ), Sodom & Gomorrah (O'Neill National Playwrights Conference).....,Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (CT), and Blue Demon (WTF)..... Film: Push and Love in 3 Minutes. She performed Antigone in Romania as part of an UNESCO/ITI International Theatre Conference. Broukhim has also recently played Simone Weil in award winning film about her life --An Encounter with Simone Weil. (http://bilingualacting.com/author/soraya-broukhim/) Melinda Faylor “ a native of Queens, New York, began piano at the age of four at the School for Strings in NY. She received her BM from the Oberlin Conservatory..... where she was the recipient of the Dean's Talent Award. She received her MM in piano performance at the Manhattan School of Music..... [She] has experience as an accompanist, chamber musician, orchestral pianist and solo pianist..... Summer festivals include the Mannes College of Music IFCP and IKIF Festivals, [and] the Orford, Las Vegas, Tibor Vargas, and Ecole Normale de Musique festivals. She has worked extensively with electronic music and has performed with electronics..... Her passion for contemporary music led her to join Oberlin's CME (2000-2001) and the NY based TACTUS and Delancey ensembles (2003-2006) as well. As a composer, Melinda's song cycle Jouyssance Vous Donneray was premiered at the international Luce Irigaray conference at Hofstra University by gifted soprano Tiffany Dumouchelle. From 2007-2009 Melinda was a founding member of Dames en Feu, a multimedia electronic cabaret/fire dancing ensemble for whom she also composed electronic and instrumental music. In 2009-2010 she travelled throughout Australia and South East Asia….. performing..... at St. John's Southgate in Melbourne, and performing solo piano on 3MBS Classical Radio in Melbourne. She also organized a fire dancing cabaret in Sydney, played a production of RENT the musical and earned her scuba diving certification. Melinda is also a member of Cultures in Harmony, a NY based NPO that brings classical music to developing countries and encourages cultural dialogue across boundaries through the use of music. With CIH she travelled to the Philippines in 2009 where she gave master classes, taught private lessons, helped organize a production at the Cultural Center of the Philippines….. and performed chamber and solo music. In 2010-2011 Melinda has subbed with the Lunatics at Large and Mimesis Ensembles, and has performed on composition concerts at Queens College and NYU. She is currently freelancing, teaching privately, collaborating with modern dancer Loren Groenendaal, is pianist and organist at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Mineola, LI, and is the director of the Arete Ensemble, a contemporary chamber music group." (http://melliebklyn.squarespace.com/biography/) Nick Louvel (film director) "was born on the 15th of January, 1981 in Santa Monica, California. He finished shooting his first feature film, Domino One at 22, then turned his attention to legendary Mississippi writer Barry Hannah for Never Die (2009), his first feature documentary." (http://www.in.com/nick-louvel/biography-341818.html) -----Class of 1999----- Emilie Rosanvallon "d’origine américaine est née à New York dans les années 80. Emilie fait des études en sciences cognitives à Vassar University jusqu’b l'âge de 22 ans. En 2003, elle se lance dans le cirque à San Francisco, où elle s'entraîne aux côtés de Maître Lu Yi en acrobatie et en clown. Suite à ceci, elle se forme aux techniques de théâtre de Jacques Lecoq et de Philippe Gaulier en France. [Ensuite, elle] se produit en tant qu'humoriste à La Comedie des 3 Bornes à Paris (le duo Sophie et Emilie). Elle pratique également le catch sportif dans le cadre de la préparation du rôle titre dans le film "J'adore ça". Son nouveau One Woman Show en anglais "French Bastard" se jouera cet été aux Etats-Unis." (http://www.sophie-et-emilie.com/bios.html) Sophie Fortier Beaulieu (actress): "Née d’une mère franco-américaine, Sophie grandit à Lyon, Paris, Londres et enfin New York où elle obtient un prix spécial pour son interprétation de Mrs. Smith dans La cantatrice chauve de Ionesco. Avant de se lancer définitivement dans le théâtre, Sophie intègre l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, rédige un Master 1 et un Master 2 en linguistique anglaise, et obtient l’agrégation d’anglais à 23 ans." (http://www.sophie-et-emilie.com/bios.html#) Genevieve Labean: "Music inspired Genevieve to dance, and dancing is now part of what inspires her music. Formerly a dancer with the New York City Ballet but shifting her focus to her lifelong passion- singing and songwriting, she has assembled a band and can be seen performing her songs in NYC at venues such as Rockwood Music Hall, (Le) Poisson Rouge, and The Bitter End, drawing people in with her haunting melodies, profound lyrics, and angelic voice. She is also combining her passions, dancing and choreographing to her own music and creating music videos to be projected during shows. Committed to supporting the battle against lung cancer (the disease which took her mother’s life), a portion of proceeds from shows and CDs go to United Against Lung Cancer." (http://www.reverbnation.com/genevievelabean) Jessie Friedman: “Blue Heart Hour is a French-American electro-pop artist. Her music has been described as dark and raucous, angelic and vulnerable, teetering on the raged edge between Nine Inch Nails and La Roux. Blue Heart Hour is AKA Jessie F. The only child of an eccentric painter, Jessie lived in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Spain; all by the age of 10. During her teenage years in New York, she lived mostly in hotels, among them the infamous Chelsea Hotel..... Having had such unusual experiences has certainly given Jessie F. a lot to write about.” (http://www.bluehearthour.com/music/Home.html) -----Class of 2000----- Violetta Donini (pianist) is an accompanist at the Conservatoire d'Epinay sur Seine, a piano teacher, and a free lance musician -----Class of 2001----- "Singer Chloe Temtchine has lived a life beyond her young years, traveling the world and searching for solace amid countless exotic lands and cultures. Each experience has brought her one step closer to her emergence as a soulful new voice on the music scene.....Equally comfortable with R&B/soul production as she is playing her acoustic guitar, Temtchine has delivered a rich collection of original songs that manages to evoke the vocal stylings of Beyoncé even as it suggests the quiet storytelling of John Mayer or Paula Cole......She grew up in New York to parents with diverse cultural backgrounds, got mixed up with the wrong crowd, and left home in her early teens to see if the world had a better path to offer. From her escapades on the streets of Spanish Harlem to singing in cafes on the sidewalks of Barcelona, Chloe’s gypsy road was paved with real-life experiences that resonate with all of us, and she set those events and those feelings to music......Upon her return to America, she gained a deep appreciation of 70’s soul, R&B, hip- hop and world music at the prestigious Berklee College of Music, then set off to pursue her musical career and hone her sound, which blends classic soul music with timeless pop....." (http://www.chloetemtchine.com/about/) -----Class of 2002----- Jonathan Charles (actor) "born and raised in Haiti, later moving to NYC at the age of 10, looks familiar because you’ve seen him on screen in “I Am Legend,” “Enigma,” “Blue Blood,” and sports advertisements for companies like Nike, Footlocker and Converse, gigs he booked himself while acting as his own agent. You may have also seen the twenty-something actor and New York Film Academy and HB Studio graduate in Kid Cudi’s “Mr. Rager” short film last fall and in a handful of commercials....." (http://berbicemarket.com/arts-cutlure/jonathan-charles/) -----Class of 2003----- Flavia Masson (actress): "was born and raised in New York City. She went to the Lycée Français de New York and The Dwight School. She graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor of Arts in Media and Visual Arts. Growing up, she shared her time between New York, France and Italy. Flavia has been studying acting since the age of 7 at The Neighborhood Playhouse School, The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and The Gene Frankel Theatre Workshop, where she was taught by the legendary Gene Frankel." (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2304651/bio) Filmography: The Understudy (2008), The Singer and the Poet (short, 2008), Temperance (short, 2008), Take It to the Fridge (short, 2008) Gabrielle Archer (actress): Performer in the Soul of D.A.W.N. Performing Arts Troupe: "Lead role of Krystal -murder victim- in the one-act drama One Hour 2 Live. The play is about a gang member sentenced to death who is haunted by his victims and comes to terms with what he has done and why. This play is geared towards young adults who live in areas where gang violence is prevalent. The troupe performs in high schools and middle schools throughout the state of NY." (Source: Gabrielle's LinkedIn page) "Our very own Gabrielle Archer, the hard-working actress from Miranda and One Hour 2 Live is in the NJ-based stage performance of Agnes of God. Word on the street is that Gabrielle is also fantastic in Kent Sutton's upcoming web series Abandoned." (http://onewaytv.blogspot.fr/2011/10/gabrielle-archer-in-agnes-of-god.html) Adrianna de Svastich: "Originally from Tuxedo Park, New York, [she] began her ballet training under Leonid Kozlov..... She was then accepted to The School of American Ballet in New York City. She also attended various summer programs with American Ballet Theatre, Miami City Ballet, and The Royal Ballet School in London. During her final year at the school, she performed with the New York City Ballet in Balanchine’s Serenade and Chopiniana ..... [She] was a member of Pennsylvania Ballet II for two years before becoming an Apprentice in 2007. She was promoted to the Corps de Ballet in 2009, and continued to perform with PA Ballet through 2011. Her performing experience with Pennsylvania Ballet includes George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Ballo Della Regina, The Four Temperaments, Square Dance, Theme and Variations, Concerto Barocco and Serenade; Jerome Robbins’ The Concert; Christopher Wheeldon’s Swan Lake and Carnival of the Animals; John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet; Matthew Neenan’s Carmina Burana; Roland Petit’s Carmen, Twyla Tharp’s Push Comes To Shove; Ben Stevenson’s Dracula; Frederick Ashton’s La Fille Mal Gardée and Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella." (http://www.balletfleming.org/adriannadesvastich.htm) -----Class of 2004----- Alexandra Zelman-Doring (playwright, actress) “is a co-founder of Throes Theater. She is the 2008 first-prize winner of the Glascock Poetry Prize which boasts Sylvia Plath and James Merrill among its past winners. Her recent poetry and translation has appeared or is upcoming in The Oxford Magazine, LIT Magazine, The Indy, The Brown Literary Review, The Saint Edmund Hall Magazine, The Strip, Potsherd, The Saint Ann’s Review, Porchlight, The Round, La Prensa, among other places. The writer studied at Brown University, Wadham College, Oxford, and holds a Masters of Fine Arts from Columbia University’s Program in Poetry. Her poems have been translated into Georgian, Turkish, and Spanish. They have been set to music by composers such as Andile Khumalo, and Jiří Kadeřábek..... She is the author of numerous plays including “Light in the Dust” and “To Hold an Apple,” selected by academy award winning playwright and screenwriter Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement) to be performed in Oxford’s New Writing Festival 2011, and recently performed to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She studied acting at HB studios before beginning to work with Polina Klimovitskaya at Michel Howard Studios..... She appeared in “Act Before You Speak” (as Hamlet )—Burton Taylor Studio 2011, “To Hold an Apple” (as Sonia)—Burton Taylor Studio, 2011, "Krapp’s Last Tape" (as Tape)—BeckettOnaBoat, “It is So, If you Think So” (as Amalia) directed by Chisato Wada, written by Luigi Pirandello –Producers Club,xNY, 2010....." (http://www.throestheater.com/?page_id=2) -----Class of 2005----- Marcella Grimaux (actress): Filmography: Wilby Wonderful (2004) "Violinist Laura Lutzke enjoys a musically versatile career, with a passion for solo playing, chamber music and new ways of making music. Born and raised in New York, she served as Concertmaster of the New York Youth Symphony from 2004 to 2007. Her playing has been described as "liquid, radiant and shimmering, with beautifully played solo lines" by "The New York Times". As an avid chamber musician, Laura was one of the "Rising Stars" at the Caramoor International Music Festival, collaborating with artists such as Atar Arad, Pamela Frank and Arnold Steinhardt. She is a current member of the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME), performing regularly at well-respected venues such as Le Poisson Rouge, St. Ann's Warehouse and Galapagos Art Space. Having regularly attended the Open Chamber Music Seminar at Prussia Cove in Cornwall, UK since 2006, she was chosen to participate in their 2010 Autumn Tour, ending with a performance at the Wigmore Hall in London. Laura earned a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School as a student of Lewis Kaplan, and she is now pursuing a second postgraduate degree in Violin Performance with David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Laura performs on an 1822 violin made by Pierre Pacherele, on a generous loan from The Christophe Landon Rare Violins Collection." (http://www.tahoesummerfest.org/programs/classical-music/instrumentalists) -----Class of 2006----- Matthieu Hauret: "I am a recent graduate from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama where I have studied a Masters program in Acting for Screen. So far, I have had the honour to work with notable people such as Martin McKellan (Voice Practitioner at Shakespeare's Globe), Paul Harris (choreographer / movement director best known for his work on Films: Entrapment and Harry Potter; and TV series: Bleak House) and Rebecca Gatward (director BBC TV series: Doctors, EastEnders, Casualty), amongst many others. This and my previous experience working in Theatre and Musical productions in London, Paris and New York has not only allowed me to grow as an artist but also as a person .....” (http://www.castingcallpro.com/uk/view.php?uid=523524) Adam Zivkovic (actor) "is from NYC and attended Princeton University. He has studied acting at Princeton, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, American Globe Theater, and Stella Adler Studio. At Princeton, he appeared on stage in works by Aeschylus, Euripides, Shakespeare, Pushkin, Ibsen, Albee, Neil Simon and Neil Labute, and in films by Mike Jorgensen, Glenn Brown and Jeff Kuperman. He also danced, choreographed and served as Artistic Director for diSiac Dance Company, studied choreography with Susan Marshall, and danced in works by Rebecca Lazier and Mark Morris. This past year, he appeared with Sightline Theater at Dixon Place, choreographed for Friends Seminary at the Vineyard Theater, worked for Maboumines Theater Company, and appeared with Ensemble Dance at FAB Festival, John Ryan Theater and Dixon Place. Most recently, he appeared in Becca Foresman’s two-actor-six-character comedy HALF at the Red Room Theater. He is absolutely thrilled to be part of the Così team!" (http://www.australianmadeentertainment.com/productions/cosi/cosi-bios) -----Class of 2007----- Sean Christensen (tenor): His latest performances include Koyaanisquatsi (chorus) at Avery Fisher Hall with Philip Glass, conducted by Michael Riesman, choral director James Bagwell (November 2011), Natale 2011 recital in NJ at MACC, where the repertoire included art songs by Verdi (December 2011), and the City Wide Opera alumni recital with Andres Andrade (January 2012). Tora Fisher: “New York City singer/songwriter Tora Fisher found her voice -and salvation- through heartache and loss..... In her debut CD, SPILLING OVER, a passionate ode to these very themes, Tora explores these feelings track by track and word by word, having written or co-written all the songs on the album, and delivering something that is nothing short of highly personal and intensely moving, a passionate song cycle that explores the emotions which emanate from the very depths of the human soul..... With a powerful voice and edgy, eclectic style..... twenty-two year old Tora Fisher is a musical force to be reckoned with..... As the daughter of Broadway producers, Fisher spent her early years surrounded by music and the arts, her days filled with singing and dance lessons. Tora’s hard work landed her a coveted spot at the internationally renowned Interlochen Academy for the Arts’ summer session..... Life took an unexpected and cruel turn when..... a plane carrying [13 year old] Tora, her father, stepmother and four others crashed..... Tora was the only survivor. Miraculously she walked herself out of the plane, and when Rescue arrived they found her standing in the snow nearly unscratched. “So many people expected me to crumble,” Tora admits. “I never once, in that plane, thought ‘How can I get through this?’ I simply pushed through that horrific day on raw instinct. But when the dust had settled, then I felt scared because the aches I felt were no longer from my body, but from the bottom of my soul. It was at that moment that I realized my real survival was dependent on music....." Shortly out of the hospital, she sat down at the piano and began to write songs to cope with the overwhelming loss, realizing that this would be the key to expressing herself and moving forward..... Tora left New York for Connecticut, where she began studying at Choate Rosemary Hall college-preparatory school..... She would come to serve as lead in the school musical production, start her very own dance troupe, and even graduate with Cum Laude Society Honors. After graduation from Choate, [she] enrolled in Columbia University. Feeling artistically constricted, she took a leave from studies to focus on her music career. Within two short years she was signed with Chris Keaton Presents and began working on her new album. She has since performed aboard the USS Intrepid, had shows in New York and released her first single, Man of Steel, proceeds of which benefit veterans and their families (philanthropy being another of Tora’s passions).” (http://officialtora.com/full-bio/) -----Class of 2008----- Hanna Berthaut: "Sa première apparition au cinéma se fait dans Le Petit Poucet d'Olivier Dahan où elle incarne Rose, la fille de l'ogre. D'après les critiques1, elle se distingue de la médiocrité des autres acteurs. Sa très bonne prestation, aux côtés de Romane Bohringer (la mère de Poucet), donne un certain relief au film. Sa carrière continue à la télévision dans la série télévisée P.J. en 2003, ainsi que dans les téléfilms Mon fils cet inconnu en 2004 et La Femme coquelicot en 2005. Actuellement étudiante à l'University College de Londres, elle ne devrait pas apparaître prochainement au cinéma." (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Berthaut) Giselle Brasseur: "American/French actress Giselle Brasseur has spent the beginning of her career studying at the prestigious Lee Strasburg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City. Shortly after finishing, she landed her first feature film and lead role as Maggie in PerfectMatch." (http://longstockingdesign.com/tuberville/cast-crew/giselle-brasseur/) Filmography: Tuberville (TV series, 2012), Perfect Match(2012) Sophie Loretan (chanteuse/théâtre): "A l'âge de 10 ans, j'écrivais des chansons basées sur des mélodies déja connues et demandais à ma mère si elle était d'accord que je devienne chanteuse. C'est avec elle que j'ai commencé à chanter à Singapour, au karaoké qu'on avait à la maison. En 2002, j'ai rejoins la troupe de comédie musicale du Lycée Français de New York et ai obtenu des rôles principaux à plusieurs reprises (Hope Hartcourt, dans Anything Goes, Sarah Bernardt dans French Toast). Je prenais des cours de chant en parallèle avec la chanteuse et coach vocale Tina Shafer. De retour dans mon pays natal en 2006 j'ai intégré l'école de musique le Funambule à Nyon, toujours en parallèle de mes études. Etant à l'internat à Coppet, ces cours au Funambule étaient le rayon de soleil de ma semaine, le seul endroit où je me sentais vraiment bien entourée d'artistes avec qui je pouvais partager ma passion et des moments très forts lors des représentations. Après avoir passé mon baccalauréat littéraire en juin 2008, j'ai pris une année sabatique pour pouvoir faire l'école des musiques actuelles, ATLA, à Paris où j'ai eu l'occasion de chanter quelques chansons dans le célébre club de jazz, le New Morning. En 2009, je fais la connaissance de Robin de Haas et de Valéry Maury, au sein des ateliers du Funambule. Robin est toujours mon coach de chant actuel..... Valérie, chorégraphe du spectacle auquel j'ai participé au Funambule, Le Quai des Reves, m'a apprit l'importance de la posture et du mouvement sur scène..... Aujourd'hui en 2011, j'ai décidé de suspendre mes études universitaires pour pouvoir me consacrer à mes passions le chant, le théâtre et l'apprentissage de la langue chinoise. C'est grâce au chant que je me suis épanouie, c'est à travers lui que j'arrive le mieux à m'exprimer et mon rêve est de pouvoir un jour vivre de mon art. J'ai plusieurs projets qui avancent cette année dont Le Casino Show à Montreux avec Deeva-Dance, avec qui j'ai vraiment hâte de débuter cette aventure!" (http://www.deeva-dance.com/fra/index.php?p=122&pp=81) -----Class of 2009----- Cecilia Iliesiu "began dancing at age 3 with Christine Neubert. She studied at The School of American Ballet (SAB) in New York City for 10 years with Kay Mazzo, Susane Pilarre, and Suki Schorer, among others. She also studied at the former Studio Maestro with Francois Perron and Deborah Wingert. Cecilia was choreographed on by Daniel Baudendistel in 2006 for the Studio Maestro Spring Workshop. She also participated in the 2008 Student Choreographic Workshop as a dancer and choreographer. FEATURED ROLES: Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sea Witch in Little Mermaid, Twisted Sister in Dracula, Coffee in Nutcracker, Solo in Moving Life, Solo in Dancerly Response, “Space” Solo and Pas de Deux in Time Gallery....." (http://www.carolinaballet.com/Bio-Iliesiu.html) -----Class of 2011----- Flora Cross (actress) "was born in Paris. Her father is a journalist. She has traveled extensively with her family, most recently to Argentina where she lived for two years. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. Her two brothers are also actors --Eli Marienthal and Harley Cross (’96). [She] attended French schools since childhood , and speaks French, Spanish and English fluently. For high school, she switched to the American school system..... [She] played the lead role of Eliza in the 2005 film Bee Season, opposite Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche and Max Minghella. She auditioned for the part shortly before moving to Argentina, where she was living when offered the role. ‘My manager sent the tape in, and then I was called in for an audition that was very long and very tiring,’ recalls the actor. ‘It went on for five hours. Two weeks later I was told I got the part’..... Her next role was playing the eccentric daughter of Jennifer Jason Leigh's character in director Noah Baumbach's follow up to the critically acclaimed Margot at the Wedding. She worked alongside actors such as Nicole Kidman, Jack Black, John Turturro, and fellow teen actor Zane Pais. Flora plays the co-starring role of Cynthia in the upcoming film Chlorine (currently in post-production)....." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Cross) -----Class of 2013----- Emmett Rahn-Oakes: "First began acting when cast as the young Stevie Longstreet in the Goodspeed Opera House’s production of High Button Shoes. Last year, he sang his way through Paris, France with the Choeur d’Enfants Sotto Voce. Emmett portrayed the mysterious Hoopoe in Stagedoor Manor’s production of Conference of the Birds, a play based on the 12th century Persian epic by Farid Uddi Attar. He has continued studying French and Mandarin at the Lycée Français de New York, where he has written and is currently directing a short play entitled Les Chutés for the Première Scène Festival de Théâtre. ÍSLAND is his first foray into film." (http://www.icelandthefilm.com/cast.html) Kristina Alexandra Makarian (actor): Filmography: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, 2011) |
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