JULIE TAYMOR

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JULIE TAYMOR
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BACKGROUND- JULIE BEGAN HER PRODUCING AND
DIRECTING VERY EARLY IN LIFE AND TOOK HER TALENT
ALL THE WAY TO A CAREER

• AT AGE 7, SHE BEGAN PRODUCING NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYS
• AT AGE 9, SHE WAS STUDYING WITH BOSTONS
  CHILDRENS THEATER
• AFTER COLLEGE, SHE HELD A FELLOWSHIP IN INDONESIA
  AND JAPAN
• IN INDONESIA, SHE CREATED THE TEATR LOH, A
  INTERNATIONAL MASK/DANCE COMPANY

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JULIE TAYMOR

• ROGER COPELAND, A THEATER SCHOLAR, DESCRIBED
  JULIE TAYMOR WITH THESE WORDS, GENIUS IS A WORD
  THAT I USE VERY SPARINGLY AND ADVISEDLY, BUT I DO
  THINK SHE IS A GENIUS, AND ONE OF THE FEW WORKING
  IN THE THEATER TODAY

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AWARDS

• MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANT FOR THE PLAY, JUAN
  DARIEN
• GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP
• EARNED THE FIRST ANNUAL DORTHY B. CHANDLER
  PERFORMANCE ARTS AWARD

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PLAYS THAT JULIE TAYMOR HAS WORKED ON INCLUDE

• KING STAG- COSTUMES, MASKS, PUPPETRY
• THE GREEN BIRD- PLAY ABOUT TWO TEENAGE ORPHANS
• THE TEMPEST- A WILLLIAM SHAKESPEARE PLAY
• THE TRANSPOSED HEADS- A GROWN UP PINNOCCHIO STORY
• SALOME- OPERA IN ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
• THE FLYING DUTCHMAN- LOS ANGELES OPERA

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• JUAN DARIEN A CARNIVAL MASS- LATIN AMERICAN
  STORY OF A JAGUAR TURNED BOY RECEIVED 5 TONY
  NOMINATIONS
• THE LION KING ON BROADWAY

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JULIE TAYMORS, THE LION KING
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THE LION KING

• WON 2 TONY AWARDS- BEST DIRECTION AND BEST
  COSTUME
• 15 MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION
• NEW YORK TIMES QUOTES THE LION KING AS, THE MOST
  MEMORABLE, MOVING AND ORGINAL THEATERICAL
  EXTRAVAGANZA IN YEARS
• JULIE MADE A CHILDRENS CARTOON DISNEY MOVIE INTO
  A BRILLANT BROADWAY PLAY THAT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
  COULD ENJOY

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JULIE TAYMORS INFLUENCE ON THEATER

• IN THE LION KING, JULIE TAYMOR DIRECTED, CREATED
  COSTUMES, MASKS AND OVER A 100 LIFESIZE PUPPETS
  INCLUDING A 18 FOOT GIRAFFE AND A 5 INCH MOUSE

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• JULIE TAYMOR STATES THAT WITH MASKS, PUPPETS, AND
  COSTUMES, WE BECOME ENGAGED IN BOTH THE METHOD
  OF STORYTELLING AS WELL AS THE STORY ITSELF

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• JULIE TAYMORS COSTUMES WERE INFLUENCED BY MANY
  CULTURES INCLUDING ASIAN, EUROPEAN, AND AFRICAN
  CULTURES
• WITH JULIE TAYMORS GREAT SENSE OF IMAGINATION
  WITH BRIGHT COSTUMES, MASKS, AND PUPPETS, SHE
  BRINGS THE CHARACTERS TO LIFE IN THE LION KING

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JULIE TAYMORS CAREER HAS BRANCHED INTO FILMS

• TITUS ANDRONICUS- DIRECTED BY JULIE TAYMOR,
  STARRING ANTHONY HOPKINS ADAPTED SHAKESPEAREAN
  PLAY
• MOST CURRENT FILM SHE WORKED ON WAS FRIDA,
  STARRING SALMA HAYEK

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CONCLUSION

• JULIE TAYMOR COMBINED THE WIT AND GRACE OF AN
  ACCOMPLISHED PERFORMER WITH THE CREATIVE INSIGHT
  OF A PASSIONATELY COMMITTED VISUAL ARTIST TO
  GALVANIZE HER PACKED AUDIENCE. SHE INSPIRED
  STUDENTS AND FACULTY ALIKE IN A THRILLING DISPLAY
  OF THE BEST OF THE LECTURERS ART
• EMERSON COLLEGE