Liverpool Giants 2014: Other Giants from around the world
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/liverpool-giants-2014-giants-brought-7174733
http://www.giantspectacular.com/
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Born
in Paris in 1955, Jean-Luc Courcoult ventured into the artistic world
at the age of 11 through photography. Being of a taciturn and
introverted nature, the creation of images becomes for him a real means
of communication and expression. It is at the age of 14 that he
discovered a taste for theater. He enrolls in courses offered by his
secondary school’s theatre department. His first steps on stage, as a
shy teenager, are a revelation to him allowing him to be master of his
emotions. He quickly decides to make a living from it..
At
the age of 18, Jean-Luc Courcoult leaves his family to enroll in the
Actors Training Institute Leaders of the Faculty of Arts in
Aix-en-Provence. Having very little interest in the theoretical side, he
runs parallel theatre practice workshops at the Theatre Centre, led by
Jean Digne. It is here that he meets Didier Gallot-Lavallée and
Véronique Loève with whom he decides to start constructing a show for
the street, in the dynamics of the event "Aix, a city open to acrobats
and street entertainers." Convinced that it is easier to reach the
audience by going out to play, the small group performs their first
production - Cape Horn - in the villages and parks. It is through this
desire to be part of the urban landscape and to reach out to the
audience that the trio creates the company Royal de Luxe in 1979. From
the earliest productions, like The Mysteries of the large freezer (1980)
or the Bidet Heart (1981), Jean-Luc Courcoult displays his desire to
turn everyday objects into the heroes of marvelous and extraordinary
worlds.In 1984, Jean-Luc Courcoult abandons the role of actor to concentrate solely on that of director. He likes to give the tone, the pulse. Despite fitting in well with the militant movement of the post-May 68 years, Jean-Luc Courcoult refuses to don the costume of the revolutionary artist, preferring to define himself
as an "artisan", a "worker of the theater" condemned to adapt "in order to reach, to lift people's hearts." Above all, he wishes to create stories that bring a new dimension to reality, creating emotion and poetry where you least expect it.
Traveling the globe, from Nantes to Morocco, Cameroon to China, New Zealand to Mexico ... Jean-Luc Courcoult transforms towns and villages into huge theater spaces. In this way, with the saga of the Giants, currently on tour, Jean-Luc Courcoult continues to introduce the world to his magical kingdom through monumental creations staged in the heart of Cities. Constantly challenging theatrical traditions, Jean-Luc Courcoult is constantly offering audiences opportunities to dream of a world where anything is possible.
source: http://www.royal-de-luxe.com/en/jean-luc-courcoult/
Photo by Gavin TraffordSea Odyssey Giant Spectacular in Liverpool. Giants leave Liverpool on a boat.
Photo by Gavin TraffordSea Odyssey Giant Spectacular in Liverpool. Uncle arrives at Chinese Arch.
Photo by Gavin TraffordSea Odyssey Giant Spectacular in Liverpool. The Giants leave Liverpool on a Boat.
Pic Colin LaneSea Odyssey on Sunday..Giant uncle Diver looks back at the former White Star Offices Albion house
Photo by Gavin TraffordSea Odyssey Giant Spectacular in Liverpool. Uncle walks through China Town Nelson Street
Pic Colin LaneSea Odyssey...Smile for Giant dog Xolo goes to sleep in Kings Dock on Friday night
Photo by Gavin TraffordSea Odyssey Giant Spectacular in Liverpool. Uncle and Little Girls and Xolo meet at Kings Dock
Pic Andrew Teebay. Story Newsdesk. The Sea Odyssey Giant
Spectacular....... The 30ft Little Girl Giant walking past Liverpool
FC,s Anfield Stadium Kop.
Photo by Gavin TraffordSea Odyssey Giant Spectacular in Liverpool. Uncle and Little Girls and Xolo meet at Kings Dock
