The masks and puppets on this site were tailor-made for actors or dancers. They are the result of research carried out with directors, choreographers, creative teams. Half-mask, full-mask, hood-mask, with more or less sharp volumes, more or less soft lines, more or less human characterization : my choices are guided by texts, bodies of work of reference, talks with the team, watching rehearsals, type of performance space. After taking a life cast of the performer, I start by modelling the shape of the mask with clay. This form is then either molded or thermoformed . Eventually the mask is covered with materials which vary depending on the project .When I was a child a great deal of my time was spent observing faces, filling my books with scribbles, making puppets. Later, when I went to the école Jacques Lecoq in Paris, I understood that … READ ON…
bio
Loïc Nebreda is a graduate of the Ecole Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris. In 2009, he received the “Intelligence de la main” prize, awarded by the Bettencourt-Schueller Foundation. He creates masks, puppets, costumes for : La Compagnie à Petit Pas, le Théâtre Nomade, le Théâtre de Paille,la Compagnie du Balagan’, le Nam Co Théâtre, le Collectif des Mondes Contraires, la compagnie Mots et Tréteaux, le Groupe Anamorphose, la Compagnie Varsorio, la Compagnie du Mystère Bouffe, la Fabrique des Arts d’à Côté, Le d’ores et déjà, la Compagnie Monsieur et Madame O…
Pour l'Intelligence de la Main 2009 prize laureate
“Established in 1987, the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation supports and encourages projects in the fields of science and culture as well as those dealing in humanitarian and social work. The prize “For the Intelligence of the Hand” aims at highlighting France’s arts and crafts heritage. For its 10th anniversary, the prize has put the spotlight on ten different art trades. Isabelle Guédon and Benjamin Caron, of Deuce, work with leather. Fabric designer Aurélie Lanoiselée produces embroidery. Jean-Marc Lavaur and Françoise Fabre are glove-makers. Éric Leblanc continues the tradition of staff- and stucco-workers. Xavier Lenormand blows and cuts glass. Brazier Gladys Liez works with metal. The creations of ceramicist Kristin McKirdy, mask-maker Loïc Nebreda, wallpaper designer François-Xavier Richard and feather-designer Nelly Saunier also caught the jury’s attention”
