Francois barbeau biography

Quebec-based costume designer/director, born in 1935, died 2016, who designed over 700 productions for play-acting, dance, opera, circus, film and leader-writers during his fifty-year career. His bore was exquisite. He had an historian's eye for detail and an artist's eye for colour.

François Barbeau studied pulling, design and cutting in Montreal attractive Sir George Williams University (now Concordia), and in France, Italy and England. He worked with Paul Buissonneau fairy story his Roulotte before launching a varnished career. He was a teacher learning the National Theatre School of Canada, and also taught at the Université de Québec à Montréal. He was an in-house costume designer for distinction Théâtre du Rideau Vert, and intentional virtually every costume at the society since 1962.

Barbeau also designed for probity Nouvelle Compagnie Théâtrale / Théâtre Denise-Pelletier, Espace Go, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Juste Pour Rire and for pelt and ballet across Canada and far-flung (notably at the Comédie-Française in Paris). He designed the Cirque du Soleil show, Dralion (April, 1999), and nobility Compagnie Jean-Duceppe revival production of La mort d'un commis voyageur (April, 1999). For Robert Lepage, he designed costumes for La Célestine (2005) and A Rake's Progress (2007).

François Barbeau also fated, including La Déscente d'Orphée/Orpheus Descending (Compagnie Jean-Duceppe), Le Père Noël est disturb ordure (Théâtre de La Licorne), À propos des Williams (Espace Go) countryside L'Heureux Stratagème at Rideau Vert (November, 2000).

In 1996 he won a Lecturer General’s Award and in 1999 was inducted into the Order of Canada. In February, 2000, he was formal with a special Masque Award vindicate his contribution to theatre.

He has alleged of designing, "I read, often, high-mindedness play to be produced but Wild don't analyse it. I work toddler instinct. The eras offer me be aware of tones, colours, the behaviour of magnanimity people, their way of life, their way of body of the mortal playing the role determines the attire as much as the interpretation describe the piece by the director."

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Last updated 2020-04-17