YVES DALMAU: BIOGRAPHY

YVES DALMAU
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BIOGRAPHY

Yves Dalmau studied micromechanics at the Lycée Technique Diderot . He started out as a draftsman in the aeronautics industry during his first five years after high school.

Autodidact, he began his career as sound engineer with the Compagnie d'Art Moderne, specializing in experimental musical performances. He also was a cofounder of this group. A concert pianist recommended him to Club Méditerranée. With Club Med , he not only toured five continents, but he added nightclub, light, sound, and fashion shows to his repertory of experiences. Family tragedy forced him home after five years. In Paris, he joined the Théâtre Gérard Philipe at the zenith of director Phillippe Gonzales's career. Yves collaborated with Anna Prucnal, among other singers, in chanson engagée, a French version of political folk music.

After an engagement of a year and a half at the Paris Opéra, Yves was approached by Jacques Garnier to work with the Groupe de Recherches Chorégraphiques de l'Opéra de Paris (G.R.C.O.P). The Groupe's mission was to expose the Paris Opéra and the Paris Opéra's audience to new choreographic forms. They traveled extensively. It was on tour in Reggio Emilia, Italy that Yves first began informally documenting the repertory of this maverick organization. Sony had just brought out its first video camera equipped with worthy sound quality.

At Garnier's death, Yves was hired by the Centre Georges Pompidou. There he remains at the crossroads of dance, philosophy, and innovative technology. His first encounter with Mon Oncle D'Amérique Productions (MODA) was in 1987. It was a cold Autumn afternoon on the Seine. Yves was filming MODA's Clara Gibson Maxwell on her back, heading downstream as dead Ophelia in Antoine Campo's video-music clip Ophélie Song. He has been Mon Oncle D'Amérique Production's Technical Director ever since.