Noëlle Revaz

Le Regard Libre N° 57 - Ivan Garcia

series «The adventures of the stage», episode #4

From ancient tragedy to alexandrine declamation, characteristic of classical theater, via the text-based theater of the 19th century^th From the beginning of the 20th century to the advent of contemporary staging and performance, the dramatic genre has undergone many (counter-)revolutions and evolutions. Each episode of «Les aventures de la scène» focuses on a particular company or artist, whether playwright, scriptwriter, director, dancer or other, or on theorists of the performing arts who have all, in one way or another, helped to shape theater as we understand it today, as a specific way for people to tell stories.

The theatrical scene in French-speaking Switzerland boasts a wide variety of personalities. These include artists who, in the course of their careers, wear many hats: actor, choreographer, director, theater manager and playwright, to name but a few. Sometimes, more rarely, an artist is equally at ease with art and with the more pragmatic and committed aspects of his or her profession, such as union action. For this fourth episode, Le Regard Libre has therefore chosen to present an interview with a well-known figure in the performing arts scene in French-speaking Switzerland: Georges Grbic.