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.
