Étienne Bideau-Rey

Born in 1975, Étienne Bideau-Rey studied at the St-Luc Institut in Tournai, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Liège and the École Supérieure Nationale des Arts de la Marionnette (French National Puppetry School). In addition to being a choreographer and director, he is a visual artist with a focus on drawing and sculpture. In 2000 he received the Prix de la Vocation from the Fondation Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet for his first theatre piece created in collaboration with Gisèle Vienne. Together they have worked on Jean Genet’s “Splendid’s” (2000), several editions of “Showroomdummies” (2001), “Stéréotypie” (2003) and “Tranen Veinzen” (2004).