Dominique Caillat

Dominique Caillat

Dominique Caillat (* in Washington, DC ) is a Swiss author who lives in Berlin . She works in the three languages German , French and English .

Life and work

After studying law and passing the state exams in Geneva and New York , she worked as an international lawyer , but from 1988 turned to theater and literature. In 1993 she founded the children's and youth acting school “Theater in der Vorburg ” in Namedy Castle on the Rhine , and worked as a writer and director for the ensemble. By the time the project was completed in 2000, six productions had been created and invited to festivals in Germany and abroad. The play Farewell, Butterfly about the Theresienstadt Ghetto was awarded the Children and Youth Culture Prize of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1998 and performed in the German Bundestag on the occasion of the commemoration day for the victims of National Socialism . Further performances follow in Theresienstadt , Prague , Tel Aviv and Jerusalem , among others .

Dominique Caillat has dedicated herself to the professional stage and literature since 2000. She deals with explosive questions and carries out extensive research . The previous topics include a. the Third Reich with the two plays Farewell, Butterfly and We belong together and prologue, scene and epilogue to the children's opera Brundibár . Another focus is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict , with the plays Kidnapping and État de piège or the book La Paix ou la mort . On the occasion of the Darwin year 2009 she deals intensively with the evolution theory of Charles Darwin and today's challenges of bioethics . This is how the stage play " Darwin's Confession ", a work commissioned by the Swiss Academy of Sciences, is created . In 2009 Dominique Caillat's libretto concept for an oratorio about the Children's Crusade of 1212 wins a work grant from the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia .

Works

For the "Theater in the Vorburg"

• Caspar Hauser children's play (1993)
• Les Misérables children's play based on Victor Hugo (1994)
• A castle tells a children's play (1995)
• Bruno's dream children's play (Festivalstern Jugendtheater Rheinland-Pfalz 1996)
• Farewell, butterfly (Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz and Burgfestspiele Mayen 1998; Nine Gates International Festival of Jewish Culture Prague 2000)
• We belong together (Festivalstern Jugendtheater Rheinland-Pfalz and Burgfestspiele Mayen 1999)

For the professional stage

• Prologue, scene and epilogue to Brundibár - (Vienna Chamber Opera and ORF 1999)
• No man's land , play about youth violence (Koblenz, 2003)
• Kidnapping : about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (premiere in the Staatstheater Mainz , followed by a nationwide tour in 2005)
• État de piège : thoroughly processed version of Kidnapping (Théâtre de Carouge, Geneva 2007)
• Darwin's confession (tour through German-speaking Switzerland in 2009)
• La Confession de Darwin : (Tour of French-speaking Switzerland 2009)

"The Eternal Soldier" at the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress

Scenic work in monuments Pieces resumed annually:

• Gladiator Valerius (Amphitheater Trier 2000)
• The Eternal Soldier , (Ehrenbreitstein Fortress 2001)
• The Muse of Stolzenfels (Stolzenfels Castle 2003)
• The art-loving king (Schloss-Villa Ludwigshöhe 2006)

Books

• La Paix ou la mort - Dans les coulisses du drame israélo-palestinien (Labor & Fides, Geneva 2007)

Movies

• Farewell Butterfly , documentary by Olga Struškova (Jerusalem Film Festival, Czech TV 1998)

Awards

• 1998: Children's and Youth Culture Prize from Rhineland-Palatinate for Farewell, Butterfly
• 1999: “Forum Artis plaudit” award from the Mayen-Koblenz district for the play We belong together
• 2009: Contribution to the Pro Helvetia Foundation for The Children's Passion , oratorio libretto

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1. ↑ ^{a b} biography of Dominique Caillat (self-portrayal)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Dominique Caillat: Farewell, butterfly - brief description of the piece
3. ↑ Farewell, Butterfly on Remembrance Day for the Victims of National Socialism, address by Antje Vollmer
4. ↑ Short biography of Dominique Caillat  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Imprimerie Basel)  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Dominique Caillat: We belong together - short description of the piece
6. ↑ ^{a b} Dominique Caillat: Prologue, scene and epilogue to Brundibár - brief description of the piece
7. ↑ ^{a b} Dominique Caillat: Kidnapping - short description of the piece
8. ↑ Dominique Caillat: État de piège - short description of the piece
9. ↑ Announcement of the play État de piège  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Interview (French.) With Dominique Caillat - Scenes Magazine November 2007  
10. ↑ ^{a b} Dominique Caillat: La Paix ou la mort - Brief description of the book
11. ↑ Dominique Caillat: La Paix ou la mort - Les Editions Labor et Fides (French)
12. ↑ Introduction by the author to Darwin's confession - (last section)
13. ↑ Michele Faller (dramaturgy): "The piece changed me" - A conversation with the author Dominique Caillat, Darwin's confession (PDF; 1.7 MB) - program booklet, page 8
14. ↑ Michele Faller: "Chimera - hybrid creatures and illusion", Darwin's confession (PDF; 1.7 MB) - program booklet, page 15
15. ↑ Dominique Caillat: Darwin's confession - short description of the piece (author)
16. ↑ Darwin's confession  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Brief description of the piece (Imprimerie Basel)  
17. ↑ Media release from the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia : Contributions to work for 30 Swiss authors ( memento of the original from January 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - (May 7, 2009) 
18. ↑ Dominique Caillat: Caspar Hauser , short description of the children's play
19. ↑ Dominique Caillat: Les Misérables , short description of the children's play
20. ↑ Dominique Caillat: A castle tells , short description of the children's play
21. ↑ Dominique Caillat: Bruno's dream , short description of the children's play
22. ↑ Farewell, butterfly in Prague
23. ^ Dominique Caillat: No man's land , short description of the play
24. ↑ Dominique Caillat: État de piège - quand deux peuples veulent la paix et leurs dirigeants la guerre, 2007
25. ^ ^{A b} Darwin's confession / La Confession de Darwin - performances in German / French
26. ↑ Darwin Theater 2009 (mp3 7MB): DSR 2, “Bühne frei” broadcast on November 6, 2009
27. ↑ Dominique Caillat: Gladiator Valerius - acting tour
28. ↑ Dominique Caillat: The Eternal Soldier - Acting tour
29. ↑ Dominique Caillat: The Muse of Stolzenfels - acting tour
30. ↑ Dominique Caillat: Der kunstsinnige König  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Acting leadership  

Web links

• Homepage of Dominique Caillat - (multilingual)
• " État de piège ": French interview, 35 min., (32MB mp3) with Dominique Caillat about her piece by Jacques Magnol - GenèveActive, December 10, 2007