Pierre Byland
Pierre Byland (born October 6, 1938 in Buchs , Aargau ) is a Swiss actor , clown , director and author .
Live and act
Pierre Byland initially trained on the piano in Switzerland and took acrobatics lessons. In Paris he took lessons in pantomime with Jacques Lecoq (1959–62). He subsequently produced several small shows there and gave lessons at his training facility between 1964 and 1976. In addition to numerous theatrical performances, especially in Switzerland, in which he was often active as an author, co-author or director, between 1964 and 1980 he took part in several television productions. He became interested in the role of the clown at an early age. He taught clown art from 1986 to 1990 and trains circus actors at the Center national des arts du cirque in Châlons-en-Champagne , of which he is co-founder. He is also the founder or co-founder of the Compagnie Les Fusains in Cavigliano , Switzerland, and the Burlesk Center (European center for contemporary burlesque art in Switzerland). Actors such as Uwe Rohde and Wolfgang Krebs trained with Pierre Byland.
Pierre Byland is married to the actress Mareike Schnitker.
Theater (selection)
- 1970: Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz : The Hofmeister (Théâtre de l'Ouest Paris)
- 1971: François Billetdoux: Rintru pa trou tar, hin (Théâtre de la Ville Paris)
- 1972: Philippe Gaulier (Director): Les Asiettes (Théâtre de Carouge Geneva)
- 1982: Carlo Gozzi : The beautiful green bird ( L'augellino bel verde , Comédie de Genève )
- 1997: Louis Gaulis: Captain Karagheuz (Kléber-Méleau-Theater Renens )
- 1998: Markus Köbeli: Peepshow in the Alps (Nouveau Théâtre de Poche Geneva)
- 1998: after Ulrich Bräker : Something about William Shakespeare's plays (Théâtre Saint-Gervais Geneva)
- 1999: Luigi Pirandello : Questa sera si recita a soggetto (Comédie de Genève)
- 2002: Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz: The new Menoza. Or story of the Cumban prince Tandi (Kléber-Méleau-Theater Renens)
Filmography (selection)
- 1960: Cyrano de Bergerac (TV movie)
- 1964: La cloche (short film)
- 1970: The ward wants to be a guardian (TV film)
- 1971: So what? (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1975: Eliza's Horoscope
- 1980: Attention, customs! (TV series, 5 episodes)
literature
- François Marin: Pierre Byland . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 315 f.
Web links
- Pierre Byland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Burlesk Center. Retrieved March 6, 2019 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Byland, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss actor, clown, director and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buchs , Switzerland |