Pollock

Paul Desveaux, Fabrice Melquiot

Show in English with French surtitles

Between Jackson Pollock’s genius and Lee Krasner’s spirit; between the inhibitions of the former and the frustrations of the latter; between the inherent difficulty of conceptualizing « abstraction » and the painter’s own instinctive gestures; between the cowboy from Arizona and the Jewish girl from Brooklyn; a bumpy road leads to Jackson Pollock’s death in 1956 at the age of 44.

That’s what genius is Pollock It’s on your face like a mark of shame that you’d like to hide but it’s got you in its grip and won’t let go.

Company presentation

Paul Desveaux has been developing the activities of his company based in Normandy since 1997. He creates in France and abroad classical or contemporary texts in a staging work mixing theater and choreographic approach. His partnership with Fabrice Melquiot has led him to stage numerous works by this author, including an American trilogy devoted to Janis Joplin, Diane Arbus and Pollock. This show presented at the Manufacture was created in 2018 at the Abrons Arts Center in New York by two American actors.
Paul Desveaux is also the pedagogical director of ESCA school.

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Fabrice Melquiot - Writer

Fabrice Melquiot has published about forty plays with L’Arche Editeur. Melquiot has received many awards including two from the Syndicat National de la Critique, France. In 2008, Melquiot received the Prix Théâtre de l’Académie Française for his entire body of work. His texts have been translated and performed in a dozen languages. From 2012 till 2021, he has served as director of Théâtre Am Stram Gram in Geneva, International Center of Creation for Children and Youth.

Distribution

With Jim Fletcher and Michelle Stern
Director Paul Desveaux
Stage designer Paul Desveaux
Light Laurent Schneegans

Production

Production Compagnie de la Vallée/L’Héliotrope.

The production of Pollock is made possible with funding from the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in partnership with FACE Foundation; Abrons Arts Center, New York; Institut français-Paris & Region Normandie; Le Tangram – Scène nationale d’Evreux; and Compagnie L’Héliotrope. Compagnie La Vallée/l’héliotrope is supported by the Ministry of Culture – DRAC Normandie, and Region Normandie.