Theatre and the performing arts, approached through creation (films, teasers and digital tools for companies, opera houses and venues), through mediation, and through reflection on what makes a performance alive.
Giving talks and conferences 6 May 2026
A synthesis of my contribution to the round table at Chaillot Augmenté × TMNlab on 6 May 2026.
Commissioning films and video content strategies 15 March 2016
A film by Benoît Labourdette (6’44s, 2016).
Websites, video platforms, digital cooperation spaces 7 September 2015
Conception, design and production of the editorial site for an opera, “The Cunning Little Vixen” by Leos (…)
Commissioning films and video content strategies 7 February 2015
Production of three unique films for a very singular exhibition.Opéra Comique and Stage Costume (…)
Moving screenings 24 May 2014
A film designed to be screened on the city walls on a travelling basis.Yannick Marzin, director of the (…)
Theatre and its contradictions 2 July 2026
The enabling frame, from the rehearsal room to front-of-house.
Theatre and its contradictions 28 June 2026
From the domination of aura to shared experience.
Theatre and its contradictions 27 June 2026
Overturning representation.
Theatre and its contradictions 26 June 2026
What theatre can produce that no other art produces as directly.
Theatre and its contradictions 22 June 2026
What the fear of stepping on stage protects.
Theatre and its contradictions 21 June 2026
The decisive work in a creative process is work on the people who create.
Theatre and its contradictions 20 June 2026
When does the theatre begin, and who is its author?
Theatre and its contradictions 19 June 2026
Staging the reality of the encounter, not only the performance.
Theatre and its contradictions 17 June 2026
Why the houses of subsidised theatre do not look like their city, and what cultural rights make it possible to change.
Theatre and its contradictions 16 June 2026
A theatre that manufactures elsewhere and comes to consume places and people.
Theatre and its contradictions 15 June 2026
On the standard set on the process, the reciprocity between stage and house, and the confusion between artistic quality and domination.
Theatre and its contradictions 14 June 2026
The Ethics of Documentary Theatre.
Theatre and its contradictions 13 June 2026
When the cultural sector funds its own critique without changing its practices.
Theatre and its contradictions 12 June 2026
Reflections on the programme note and the place it gives the audience.
Theatre and its contradictions 8 June 2026
Why perfectly executed shows remain dead, and how to work on what makes a performance alive.
Cultural policies and digital revolution 21 April 2026
At a time when anyone can be a creator, what could theatres, national stages and drama centres become for the people who live around them?
Philosophy of artistic creation 24 July 2022
Short reflexion on the definition of reality.
Drones 24 July 2020
A film by Sandra Abouav and Benoît Labourdette (3’27s, 2020).
Documentaries 23 February 2020
A film by Benoît Labourdette (1’28s, silent, 2020).
Performing arts 22 September 2018
Recital by Karina Desbordes (soprano), Sylvie Lechevalier (piano) and Benoît Labourdette (video).
Performing arts 28 March 2016
Video capture of a collective creation directed by Benoît Labourdette. Played on March 26, 2016 at the CNSAD (15 minutes).
Performing arts 15 March 2016
We designed, me and the stage director Louise Moaty, a video installation to shoot live on stage of the (…)