Julie Taymor By Laura Weber
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JULIE TAYMOR
BY LAURA WEBER
“I put myself
into
situations
where I’m
forced to do
something, to
create, to
respond, to
see
dif ferently.”
WHO IS SHE?
American director/costume
designer/mask & puppetry
maker.
She is widely known for
directing the stage musical ,
The Lion King.
Japanese and Indonesian
influences in her work
WHERE DID SHE COME FROM?
Born on December 15, 1952,
in Newton, Massachusetts.
Her father, Melvin Lester
Taymor
Her mother, Elizabeth
Bernstein
Parents were supportive and
trusting
“I always believed Julie wasn’t going
to do anything destructive to
herself.”
Found an interest in
international folklore and
mythology, and also developed
a passion for theatre.
involved in a theatre in Boston
EDUCATION
Traveled to Sri Lanka and
India at 15
Moved to Paris at 16
Mime school of Jacques Lecoq
Studied at Oberlin College
from 1969 to 1974
She studied theatre and
mythology
Graduated with a degree in
folklore and mythology
LIFE CONT.
Traveled to Indonesia, Japan,
and Bali.
Japan
Indonesia
Bali
Returned to the states in
1979
Elliot Goldenthal
collaborating on numerous
projects over the years
TRAVELS
Japan
studied the art of puppetry and
Japanese theatre.
“I received from my experience
in Japan an incredible sense of
respect for the art of creating,
not just the creative product. To
me, the process was also an
incredibly important aspect of
the total form.”
Indonesia
Worked with many different
theatres
Bali
Founded Theatre Loh.
BALI
Ancient ceremony
“the energy and concentration
with which these elderly men
performed this ritual -- without
an audience, for purely
spiritual purposes -- has
informed and inspired all of my
subsequent work.”
Theatre Loh
An international company
The Way of Snow and Tirai.
THE LION KING
Michael Eisner asked Julie Taymor
because of her histor y
African costumes, with stylized animal
masks worn on their heads, leaving
their human facial expressions fully
visible.
demonstration on stage, in a theater,
with stage lighting.
Given free rein to stage
Directed the production, designed
the costumes, co -designed the
masks and puppets and re -wrote
many of the film's scenes and
songs. .
In all, the producti on employed
over 100 puppets representing 25
dif ferent species .
Opened on Broadway on November
13, 1997
The New York Times hailed it as "the
most memorable, moving and original
theatrical extravaganza in years ."
received two Tony Awards
.
WORKS
Stage
The Tempest (1986)
Director, puppetry.
Oedipus Rex (1992)
Director, puppetry
The Lion King (1997)
Director, lyricist for the song
Endless Night, costume designer,
co-mask designer, co-puppet
designer
The Magic Flute (2005)
Director. at Metropolitan Opera
(NY), live broadcast for theatrical
(HD). DVD selling at Opera house
only.
This Is It (2009)
production consultant, designer
Spider-Ma n: Turn Of f the Dark
(2010)
Director, co-author, mask designer
F ilmography
Fool's Fire (1992) (T V)
Oedipus Rex (1993) (opera)
Titus (1999)
Frida (2002)
Across the Univer se (2007)
experience with cross-genre and
cross-cultural.
The Tempest (2010)
“One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that
film does allow me to be more literal. I can go to the real place. I can go to
the Coliseum, and I don't have to fake it.”
CONCLUSION
American director of theater,
opera and film
Designer and innovator
She is widely known for
directing the stage musical,
The Lion King
First women director to receive
Tony Award
Used experiences from Japan
and Indonesia in all of her
work
Involved in making puppets,
masks, costumes and stage
sets.
THANK YOU!
Questions?
http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=eP26
URw3Pp8
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