Emmanuel Gallot Lavallée


Mime and pantomime - Improvisation technique - Acting with masks


Emmanuel Gallot Lavallée

Attends from '76 to '80 the "Jacques Lecoq" School in Paris, graduating as an "Actor" and in "Theatrical Pedagogy". He then moves to Switzerland, where he teaches until '82 Theatrical Improvisation at the Dimitri School. He later returns to Paris and specializes in "Character Analysis" and "Comic Theatre of the Art".

In 1981 he creates in Paris with Silvia Marcotullio the International Theatre Company. From 1982 to 1988, he acts and directs the Company, performing in the most significant shows: '84 "Concerto per pentola", "Adamo ed Eva"; '85 "Delirium"; '86 "La Creazione del mondo"; '87 "Racconti et piano"; '88 "Sepultae res"; '89 - '90 "Waterloo"; '94 - '96 "King Lear"; '97 "Clown celeste"; '98 "Le Jeu: Conferenza - Spettacolo"; presented in Europe at major International Festivals and Shows.

In 1984 with Silvia Marcotullio, he founds and directs the "International School of Theatre". The school is accredited and authorized under the Delibera G.R. n°770/2002 - Det. n° 2818/2010 – Det. n°G13653/2015 of the Lazio Region, to award the professional qualification titles of Actor, Assistant Director, and Director, and since 2008, it has been included in the European Actor Training Programs with the Qualification of Actor at EU Level 4. In April 2016, the Academy was authorized by the Ministry of Education to issue the First Level Academic Diploma in Acting (DM 251/16).

In 1995 he specializes in "Relaxation Techniques and Martial Arts" at the "Dojo Zen" in Rome, and in '97 he travels to India, to Rishikesh, where he deepens his study of "Zen Practices", "Martial Arts", and "Epic Indian Theatre": study of the Mahabharata (narrative analysis and myth P. Brook).

From '84 to today, he conducts seminars, stages, and professional training workshops and specialization courses in Italy and abroad, for actors, cultural operators, and teachers, including the most significant ones: 1992 and 1993 FSE Course for "Actor specialized in theatrical techniques" and "Comedy and characters"; in 2005, he conducts theater teaching seminars at "La Catolica" University of Lima (Peru) on "Myths and tales of the four continents." Still in Peru, he participates in the "Urubamba Theatre Festival" with performances and a conference-show on the theme "Anthropological Theatre as a Spectacle." In 2006 and 2007, he conducts theatrical training courses for "Il Comic Lab" by Serena Dandini. In 2007 and 2008, he directs the theater workshop in collaboration with the Associations "Alice nel mondo" and "Ridere per vivere" producing the documentary film: "When the Roma had wings." From 2008 to 2012, he collaborates in Lima (Peru) with the Keto Company and teaches at the Troisi National School in Florence. He also conducts training courses for doctors and healthcare workers: "Clown de hospital". In June 2015, he conducts a workshop on breathing techniques aimed at staging a show presented at the Circomondo Festival in San Gimignano (Siena) - International Festival of Social Circus. In September 2017, he leads a training course at the University of Florence on the theme of communication in hospitals. In 2018, he conducts seminars at Giallomare Teatro in Florence and participates as a director in the Gommalacca Teatro project for Matera European Capital of Culture.

In 2004, he opens L'Ecole des Clowns - a theatre company school for Street Theatre (clown and music).

Since 2012 to today, he continues to train street clowns with the Circo d'Abruzzo, participating with clown and theatrical performances in various summer events.

In 2017, he creates the company-laboratory for the homeless "Angeli Scaduti" recognized by the ASL of Rome Trastevere.

 

He has numerous publications to his credit. In 2005, he writes and publishes with Editions les deux oceans Paris: "Clown Celeste, or: the knowledge of theatre as knowledge of inner theaters". The book is also published in Peru (Ediciones Solar, Lima 2009) and in Italy (Edizioni Cartman - Karma Series). Between 2010 and 2024, he publishes the books "What is a clown", "A Clown in Search of God", "School of Theatre, School of Life", "The Boh Tree - Zen Stories", "The Art of Clowning" (Cartman Editions); "Diary of a Clown" (Meef Editions); "A Life as a Clown" and "The Pilgrimage of a Clown" (Editori Riuniti); "Little Spiritual Stories" and "Angels with Green Wings" (Meef Editore); "The Art of Wondering", "Fallen Angels", "The Circus of Abruzzo", "When I Grow Up I Will Be Small", "Acts of Grace", "Like a Horse in a Teapot", "One Day We Will Be Swallows - Diary of a Teacher Who Teaches How to Fail" (Cartman Editions).