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CHARLOTTE LEQUEUX

17 rue Olivier Métra -75020 PARIS; Tel : 06 08 68 02 36; lequeuxcharlotte2@gmail.com

BIOGRAPHY

Isabelle Lequeux (Charlotte) is as much a character as any of the actors, singers, or dancers she magically transforms as a professional make-up artist. Hers is an increasingly rare gift in stage, film, and video.

For Clara Gibson Maxwell , Charlotte constructs a mask, for both her face and body, to bear a necessary burden of catharsis. The construction of this mask involves a specific technical craft. Charlotte has gleaned this craft from meetings with remarkable people. She collaborated with light designer Henri Alekan on George Bigot's Trial of Kooletchof in 1990. Alekan made cinema history with his shading of light and darkness. She worked on films designed in the round, such as Pierre Tchernig's Émile Reynaud. La Bibliothèque de Babel and Borges stand out among the plays she has done. Borges starred blind actor Bruno Nettaire. Nettaire brought about her encounter with French film legend Arletty , also blind in her twilight years. Robert Wilson , with whom she has worked on operas and films, has been a seminal influence on Charlotte's work. Her experience is one of sizing up and getting along with people from all walks of life and levels of expertise during extended movie shoots on locations, television sitcoms, commercials, and video clips.

Charlotte had just begun her training with wig maker Daniel Blanc when she met Clara in 1988. She has followed her in every Mon Oncle D'Amérique (MODA) production since then, contributing enormously to an evolving stage persona ever since.

With MODA, Charlotte has toured to the United States for several extended residencies, in New England and Arizona.