Transcript JULIE TAYMOR

JULIE TAYMOR
BACKGROUND-
JULIE BEGAN HER PRODUCING AND
DIRECTING VERY EARLY IN LIFE AND TOOK HER TALENT ALL THE
WAY TO A CAREER
AT AGE 7, SHE BEGAN PRODUCING
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYS
 AT AGE 9, SHE WAS STUDYING WITH
BOSTON’S CHILDREN’S THEATER
 AFTER COLLEGE, SHE HELD A
FELLOWSHIP IN INDONESIA AND JAPAN
 IN INDONESIA, SHE CREATED THE
TEATR LOH, A INTERNATIONAL
MASK/DANCE COMPANY
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JULIE TAYMOR
 ROGER
COPELAND, A THEATER
SCHOLAR, DESCRIBED JULIE
TAYMOR WITH THESE WORDS,
“GENIUS IS A WORD THAT I USE
VERY SPARINGLY AND ADVISEDLY,
BUT I DO THINK SHE IS A GENIUS,
AND ONE OF THE FEW WORKING IN
THE THEATER TODAY”
AWARDS
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MACARTHUR “GENIUS” GRANT FOR
THE PLAY, “JUAN DARIEN”
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GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP
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EARNED THE FIRST ANNUAL
DORTHY B. CHANDLER
PERFORMANCE ARTS AWARD
PLAYS THAT JULIE TAYMOR HAS
WORKED ON INCLUDE:
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KING STAG- COSTUMES, MASKS, PUPPETRY
THE GREEN BIRD- PLAY ABOUT TWO TEENAGE
ORPHANS
THE TEMPEST- A WILLLIAM SHAKESPEARE
PLAY
THE TRANSPOSED HEADS- A GROWN UP
PINNOCCHIO STORY
SALOME- OPERA IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN- LOS ANGELES OPERA
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JUAN DARIEN: A CARNIVAL MASS- LATIN
AMERICAN STORY OF A JAGUAR TURNED
BOY; RECEIVED 5 TONY NOMINATIONS
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THE LION KING ON BROADWAY
JULIE TAYMOR’S, THE LION KING
THE LION KING
WON 2 TONY AWARDS- BEST DIRECTION
AND BEST COSTUME
 15 MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION
 NEW YORK TIMES QUOTES THE LION
KING AS, “THE MOST MEMORABLE,
MOVING AND ORGINAL THEATERICAL
EXTRAVAGANZA IN YEARS”
 JULIE MADE A CHILDREN’S CARTOON
DISNEY MOVIE INTO A BRILLANT
BROADWAY PLAY THAT PEOPLE OF ALL
AGES COULD ENJOY
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JULIE TAYMOR’S INFLUENCE ON
THEATER
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IN THE LION KING,
JULIE TAYMOR
DIRECTED,
CREATED
COSTUMES, MASKS
AND OVER A 100
LIFESIZE PUPPETS
INCLUDING A 18
FOOT GIRAFFE AND
A 5 INCH MOUSE
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JULIE TAYMOR
STATES THAT WITH
MASKS, PUPPETS,
AND COSTUMES, “WE
BECOME ENGAGED IN
BOTH THE METHOD
OF STORYTELLING AS
WELL AS THE STORY
ITSELF”
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JULIE TAYMOR’S
COSTUMES WERE
INFLUENCED BY MANY
CULTURES INCLUDING
ASIAN, EUROPEAN, AND
AFRICAN CULTURES
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WITH JULIE TAYMOR’S
GREAT SENSE OF
IMAGINATION WITH
BRIGHT COSTUMES,
MASKS, AND PUPPETS,
SHE BRINGS THE
CHARACTERS TO LIFE IN
THE LION KING
JULIE TAYMOR’S CAREER HAS
BRANCHED INTO FILMS
TITUS ANDRONICUS- DIRECTED BY JULIE
TAYMOR, STARRING ANTHONY HOPKINS
ADAPTED SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY
 MOST CURRENT FILM SHE WORKED ON
WAS FRIDA, STARRING SALMA HAYEK
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CONCLUSION
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“JULIE TAYMOR COMBINED THE WIT AND
GRACE OF AN ACCOMPLISHED
PERFORMER WITH THE CREATIVE
INSIGHT OF A PASSIONATELY COMMITTED
VISUAL ARTIST TO GALVANIZE HER
PACKED AUDIENCE. SHE INSPIRED
STUDENTS AND FACULTY ALIKE IN A
THRILLING DISPLAY OF THE BEST OF THE
LECTURER’S ART”
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EMERSON COLLEGE