GALERIE / GALLERY
Every one of us is a work of art and everyone has something good to offer.
Thank-yous are a great bunch. Very colorful.
They are very nice to give and very nice to receive; they are welcome any time,
very enjoyable for everyone.
And so I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for visiting me here and for following me and supporting me.
MERCI
THANK YOU
Isa :)
They are very nice to give and very nice to receive; they are welcome any time,
very enjoyable for everyone.
And so I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for visiting me here and for following me and supporting me.
MERCI
THANK YOU
Isa :)
Be your own sunshine
You and me and music
3,608,000 views in fact, to be exact, as of today June 11th 2018 (Youtube + Fandalism only)
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Over 300 covers and original songs. September 6th 2014. I uploaded my 419th video on August 16th 2018
I welcomed my 700th subscriber on my Youtube channel in March 2018.
A big THANKS to all those who have been following me on that channel.
MERCI!
A big THANKS to all those who have been following me on that channel.
MERCI!
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I just passed the threshold of 3 million views on Fandalism in March 2018. Merci beaucoup :)
I joined Fandalism 5 years ago on June 4th 2013. Fandalism is a well-designed and user-friendly website fully dedicated to music. I have been very inspired all along by the musicians and singers whose paths have crossed mine. And so I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have supported me in the last three years. |
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Thank you very much for your friendship and enlightening comments. I have taken every one of them into consideration; they have helped me to learn and grow as a singer.
I am very thankful to you for that. Thank you also for your comments on my audiovisual work. They mean a lot to me too. Singing and video editing have both turned into a single passion which I keep developing. |
Thank you again for your friendship and support.
PS: Please click on the bouquet here above if you wish to access my channel on Fandalism :)
PS: Please click on the bouquet here above if you wish to access my channel on Fandalism :)
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I would also like to thank my friends, fans and followers on Youtube.
I passed the threshold of 500,000 views on December 21st 2017
My special thanks go to my viewers in :
France, the US, Germany, Canada, Belgium, the UK, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Tunesia, Morocco and to my also very dear Polish friends :)
MERCI INFINIMENT!
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH!
You can click here to join me on my Youtube channel.
I passed the threshold of 500,000 views on December 21st 2017
My special thanks go to my viewers in :
France, the US, Germany, Canada, Belgium, the UK, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Tunesia, Morocco and to my also very dear Polish friends :)
MERCI INFINIMENT!
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH!
You can click here to join me on my Youtube channel.
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My deepest thanks also go to my very numerous fans (over 2,000 as of March 2018) on Reverbnation,
a great website that is also fully dedicated to music.
Just click on the two pictures here above for direct access.
THANK YOU ALL!!!!
a great website that is also fully dedicated to music.
Just click on the two pictures here above for direct access.
THANK YOU ALL!!!!
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I am also saying Hello and Thank you to my dear followers on Vimeo.
Vimeo is a great video-sharing website.
You will find there high-quality audiovisual work in a wide variety of categories: adventure, nature, science, travelling, etc...
Here for direct access.
Vimeo is a great video-sharing website.
You will find there high-quality audiovisual work in a wide variety of categories: adventure, nature, science, travelling, etc...
Here for direct access.
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And since I am at it, let me also take the opportunity to thank all my followers
on Numubu, and Soundcloud as well as all those who share my videos and accompany me virtually on my life path. Many thanks to every one of you. Let us continue to accompany each other. Love from Paris. Just click on the logos here (left and right) if you wish to have access to my channels :) |
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MERCI BEAUCOUP
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH
I love singing
In November 2015 I joined a Jazz Choir as a soprano. This is a picture taken by my beloved son during my first live concert on January 9th 2016.
The concert was directed by Daisy Bolter.
Here are the songs we sang:
Let's call the whole thing off, Jesus on the main line, All the pretty horses, Straighten up and fly right, Sing sing sing,
Ain't misbehaving, Nice work, Minnie the moocher, Son de Camaguey
A great new experience for me. A bit stressful, but extremely interesting.
I am the 5th person from the left :)
The concert was directed by Daisy Bolter.
Here are the songs we sang:
Let's call the whole thing off, Jesus on the main line, All the pretty horses, Straighten up and fly right, Sing sing sing,
Ain't misbehaving, Nice work, Minnie the moocher, Son de Camaguey
A great new experience for me. A bit stressful, but extremely interesting.
I am the 5th person from the left :)
Here below our second concert on May 29th 2016
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The songs we sang that evening were:
Route Paris-Nice, Four Brothers, Son de Camaguey, Lord Lord Lord, Chili con carne, Sing Sing Sing, Seasons of Love and Jesus on the Mainline
I am all the way to the right this time :)
Route Paris-Nice, Four Brothers, Son de Camaguey, Lord Lord Lord, Chili con carne, Sing Sing Sing, Seasons of Love and Jesus on the Mainline
I am all the way to the right this time :)
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My first rehearsal alone with musicians took place on May 14th 2016 in a very nice rehearsing place, nice and big.
Lots of studios. One of them is 160 sqm. Great equipment too.
Some of you may recognize the place from the graffiti.
I'll give you a clue: it was created in 1996.
Lots of studios. One of them is 160 sqm. Great equipment too.
Some of you may recognize the place from the graffiti.
I'll give you a clue: it was created in 1996.
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A great new experience for me. Thanks again, guys :)
Please click on any of the 4 pictures here above if you wish to listen to part of the rehearsal.
Please click on any of the 4 pictures here above if you wish to listen to part of the rehearsal.
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This year I will be coached by Valerie Hébey, a wonderful jazz singer whose voice I just love.
And I will be accompanied by Julio Laks, who is from Chile, and by Hiroshi Murayama, who is from Japan (http://www.murayama-hiroshi.com);
both are fantastic pianists.
I am very thankful to them and honored to be accompanied by them.
The goal for me is not only to gain some vocal technique, but also to prepare myself to sing in 2017 in public
(for a mini concert).
I am extremely happy to have the opportunity to sing alongside professionals that I value not only for their talent, but also for their human qualities.
Thank you, Valérie, thank you, Julio, thank you Hiroshi. A big embrace.
And thank you all for your support.
PS: please click on the pictures here below to listen to Valérie, Hiroshi and Julio
And I will be accompanied by Julio Laks, who is from Chile, and by Hiroshi Murayama, who is from Japan (http://www.murayama-hiroshi.com);
both are fantastic pianists.
I am very thankful to them and honored to be accompanied by them.
The goal for me is not only to gain some vocal technique, but also to prepare myself to sing in 2017 in public
(for a mini concert).
I am extremely happy to have the opportunity to sing alongside professionals that I value not only for their talent, but also for their human qualities.
Thank you, Valérie, thank you, Julio, thank you Hiroshi. A big embrace.
And thank you all for your support.
PS: please click on the pictures here below to listen to Valérie, Hiroshi and Julio
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My first Jam Session
I attended Valérie Hébey's concert on October 27th 2016 at "Autour de Midi et Minuit",a well-known jazz cellar located within walking distance of the Moulin Rouge on one end and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the other end.
I went there only to listen, I ended up on the stage and sang "Lullaby of Birdland" during the jam, accompanied by great musicians...
I was feeling a bit like how you feel when you are walking on high heels and your shoes are too tight...but in fact things went well.
I have to tell you that I am glad Valérie told me to try, otherwise I am not sure I would have dared...
Yes, I am looking at my feet... not that I like them that much, but...
My warmest thanks to you, Valérie, and to all the great musicians who were there that evening:
Julio Laks (piano), Giovanni Licata, Loïc Guychard and Yves Faucher (upright bass), Antoine Maunoury and Chansse Evanns (saxophone),Philippe Mazeron (guitar) and Eddie Allen (drums)
I went there only to listen, I ended up on the stage and sang "Lullaby of Birdland" during the jam, accompanied by great musicians...
I was feeling a bit like how you feel when you are walking on high heels and your shoes are too tight...but in fact things went well.
I have to tell you that I am glad Valérie told me to try, otherwise I am not sure I would have dared...
Yes, I am looking at my feet... not that I like them that much, but...
My warmest thanks to you, Valérie, and to all the great musicians who were there that evening:
Julio Laks (piano), Giovanni Licata, Loïc Guychard and Yves Faucher (upright bass), Antoine Maunoury and Chansse Evanns (saxophone),Philippe Mazeron (guitar) and Eddie Allen (drums)
Julio Laks (piano), Giovanni Licata, Loïc Guychard and Yves Faucher (upright bass), Antoine Maunoury and Chansse Evanns (saxophone),Philippe Mazeron (guitar) and Eddie Allen (drums)
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Preparation for my concert
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Preparing for my mini-concert with Valérie and Julio :)
November 12th 2016
November 12th 2016
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We have worked on 4 songs so far: Lullaby of Birdland, La Belle Vie/The Good Life, The Boy from Ipanema, and Quizás, quizás, quizás :)
Adapting, adapting, adapting ...
and thinking about my diaphragm ^^
December 3rd 2016
Adapting, adapting, adapting ...
and thinking about my diaphragm ^^
December 3rd 2016
Just to keep you posted of what I am doing: this is a first attempt at singing "Cry me a river" accompanied by Julio yesterday (February 4th 2017);
we are just rehearsing; recorded with my mobile phone... Singing live with a pianist is very different from singing using a backing track and I am really concentrating on his notes here to try to put my voice in the right places...
This song is one of the very first songs I uploaded to Youtube five years ago; it is really one of my favourites;
I love Julie London's voice and I love her interpretations. Very very inspiring.
I will be very happy to sing it again, on a stage this time.
we are just rehearsing; recorded with my mobile phone... Singing live with a pianist is very different from singing using a backing track and I am really concentrating on his notes here to try to put my voice in the right places...
This song is one of the very first songs I uploaded to Youtube five years ago; it is really one of my favourites;
I love Julie London's voice and I love her interpretations. Very very inspiring.
I will be very happy to sing it again, on a stage this time.
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My first Masterclass
It took place at La Grange des Blins over the last few days (www.lagrangedesblins.com)
with voice teacher Agnès Deutsch and singer/choir master Anaël Ben Soussan.
A great new experience for me with very nice people in a pleasant and peaceful environment, just an hour away from Paris.
Vocal exercises, yoga, breathing technique, improvisation; a very enriching 3-day weekend.
Many thanks, Agnès and Anaël, for your great training and enlightening advice,
many thanks Bruno for your warm welcome and for the delicious biological food you treated us to :)
PS: I chose to sing "Cry me a river" a cappella in front of about fifteen participants.
I cannot say it was an easy thing for me to do, but I was told I did well; the notes were right, the interpretation was there,
I need to gain more confidence...
that will come with more technique I hope :)
(February 17-19th 2017)
with voice teacher Agnès Deutsch and singer/choir master Anaël Ben Soussan.
A great new experience for me with very nice people in a pleasant and peaceful environment, just an hour away from Paris.
Vocal exercises, yoga, breathing technique, improvisation; a very enriching 3-day weekend.
Many thanks, Agnès and Anaël, for your great training and enlightening advice,
many thanks Bruno for your warm welcome and for the delicious biological food you treated us to :)
PS: I chose to sing "Cry me a river" a cappella in front of about fifteen participants.
I cannot say it was an easy thing for me to do, but I was told I did well; the notes were right, the interpretation was there,
I need to gain more confidence...
that will come with more technique I hope :)
(February 17-19th 2017)
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Anaël Ben Soussan
anael.bencello.net |
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My first cabaret stage performance
I would like to thank Lena Joy, a great French singer with a very beautiful voice and a very varied repertoire,
for giving me the opportunity to sing a song during her concert at the Z on April 27th 2017.
Please click on the moon here above if you wish to listen to and see some of me...
I sang "Fly me to the Moon" accompanied by Christophe Mazen (piano) and Jean-Luc Arramy (double bass).
Thank you so much, Lena, for your kindness. Thank you very much, Gentlemen.
Merci à vous!
for giving me the opportunity to sing a song during her concert at the Z on April 27th 2017.
Please click on the moon here above if you wish to listen to and see some of me...
I sang "Fly me to the Moon" accompanied by Christophe Mazen (piano) and Jean-Luc Arramy (double bass).
Thank you so much, Lena, for your kindness. Thank you very much, Gentlemen.
Merci à vous!
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My first LIVE concert
It took place on my 60th birthday, on December 9th 2017 in a club in Paris called Les Dessous du Panthéon.
I sang a dozen jazz and latino songs.
I am very thankful to the three wonderful musicians who accompanied me that evening and did so with such talent:
Fabio Deldongo (composer/songwriter, pianist, guitarist and arranger), David Picard (bass) and Sébastien Fauqué (percussions).
Thank you so much, Gentlemen, for that wonderful evening.
Please click on any of the pictures here below if you wish to listen to us...
Merci
I sang a dozen jazz and latino songs.
I am very thankful to the three wonderful musicians who accompanied me that evening and did so with such talent:
Fabio Deldongo (composer/songwriter, pianist, guitarist and arranger), David Picard (bass) and Sébastien Fauqué (percussions).
Thank you so much, Gentlemen, for that wonderful evening.
Please click on any of the pictures here below if you wish to listen to us...
Merci
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My participation in a first album.
The songs were written and composed by Robin Rendell, the album was produced by Tony Ridgway.
I am both pleased and proud to be singing here alongside talented and experienced singers and musicians.
Thank you, Robin, for including me in this musical adventure and giving me this wonderful opportunity.
Thank you, Tony, for the terrific job you did at producing the album.
Please note that we all volunteered to make Robin's dream come true.
Merci à vous ! Thank you all !
Please click here if you wish to listen to us
The songs were written and composed by Robin Rendell, the album was produced by Tony Ridgway.
I am both pleased and proud to be singing here alongside talented and experienced singers and musicians.
Thank you, Robin, for including me in this musical adventure and giving me this wonderful opportunity.
Thank you, Tony, for the terrific job you did at producing the album.
Please note that we all volunteered to make Robin's dream come true.
Merci à vous ! Thank you all !
Please click here if you wish to listen to us
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I love acting
THEATER
I participated in a "100% Comedy" acting workshop at the Comédie de Paris in August 2016, orchestrated by Eric Laugérias *and Vincent Varinier *.
I had the opportunity to play in two sketches and to perform two very different female parts:
"Catherine" (a sketch by Sylvie Joly)
and the part of "Odette" from the movie Ca n’empêche pas les sentiments, directed by Jean-Pierre Jackson
(you can find an excerpt on Dailymotion ; the two-character scene is played by Agnès Soral and Régis Laspalès).
I'm really happy because I learned a lot in a short time and so I would like once again to thank Eric and Vincent
for allowing me to take my first steps on a theater stage.
This very dense (35 hours) and highly qualitative course was a great experience for me. Highly enriching and motivating.
Please click on any of the two pictures here above if you wish to listen to my free adaptation of 'Catherine', the solo sketch by Sylvie Joly.
Merci :)
PS: A special thanks to Laure Trégouët, Bertrand Imbert and the Compagnie des Hauts de Scène for organizing these excellent workshops
* Eric Laugérias is an actor, director, screenwriter, radio host, TV and radio producer and commentator
* Vincent Varinier is a comedian, author and scriptwriter
I had the opportunity to play in two sketches and to perform two very different female parts:
"Catherine" (a sketch by Sylvie Joly)
and the part of "Odette" from the movie Ca n’empêche pas les sentiments, directed by Jean-Pierre Jackson
(you can find an excerpt on Dailymotion ; the two-character scene is played by Agnès Soral and Régis Laspalès).
I'm really happy because I learned a lot in a short time and so I would like once again to thank Eric and Vincent
for allowing me to take my first steps on a theater stage.
This very dense (35 hours) and highly qualitative course was a great experience for me. Highly enriching and motivating.
Please click on any of the two pictures here above if you wish to listen to my free adaptation of 'Catherine', the solo sketch by Sylvie Joly.
Merci :)
PS: A special thanks to Laure Trégouët, Bertrand Imbert and the Compagnie des Hauts de Scène for organizing these excellent workshops
* Eric Laugérias is an actor, director, screenwriter, radio host, TV and radio producer and commentator
* Vincent Varinier is a comedian, author and scriptwriter
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My 2nd workshop with Eric Laugérias and Vincent Varinier took place at the Théâtre du Sentier des Halles and at the Splendid from February 27th to March 3rd.
All the participants, mostly professional artists, had to prepare a monologue (I chose an excerpt from "Pièce montée", a play by Pierre Palmade written in 1991 featuring actress Jacqueline Maillan) as well as a two-character scene; My partner (actress Brigitte Hélène Morel) and I were given an excerpt from Gros Chagrins, a play by Georges Courteline; I played Caroline. Our scene begins when I welcome my friend Gabrielle, who has just found out that her husband has been cheating on her ; the scene is both funny and difficult because the lines follow one another very quickly. This workshop has reinforced my decision to follow a dual track, singing and acting, because I think the two go hand in hand. Thank you all very much for following me, thank you for your friendship and your support. Isa :) PS: In addition to my regular meetings with my friend Valérie Hébey, I am happy to announce that I will also take singing classes with Patricia Samuel who was our vocal coach during the workshop. Patricia is a soprano and a former opera singer. I want to put all the chances on my side for my mini live concert which I plan to schedule in late 2017 :) |
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I participated in a 3rd 100% Comedy acting workshop (42h) in June 2017. This time we had the pleasure of being trained by not two, not three, but by four coaches: Eric Laugérias and Vincent Varinier (comedy coaching), Patricia Samuel (vocal coaching) and Viviane Marcenaro (improv coaching).
16 trainees participated in this highly qualitative workshop, there was a great mix of professional actors and amateur actors and the atmosphere at the Théâtre du Sentier des Halles was extremely congenial. I am very happy to have been part of this workshop and I would like to thank not only our talented coaches for their very valuable advice, straightforwardness and kindness, but also all the participants, a wonderfully varied troupe.
As for me, I chose to interpret the monologue of Irma Lambert (she plays the part of the dishwasher in Jean Giraudoux's play "La Folle de Chaillot" – The Madwoman of Chaillot) and here I would like to say that thanks to Eric and Vincent’s instructions the scene quickly turned into some kind of an Offenbachian operetta... revisited by Freud ..., yes ... let me explain…: after having recited my monologue the way I felt like reciting it…, I was kindly asked to immediately improvise the same scene singing certain passages ... I must say that I had not expected that one... so I went back to it (what else could I do ???), but this time in a lyrical fashion* and in a slightly… loony way... Let's not be afraid of words, it was grandiose... ^^
I also had the great joy of being assigned the part of Therese in an excerpt from the play « Le Père Noël est une ordure » - Santa Claus is a bastard (the two-character scene of the mop) and of having as a stage partner an extremely funny actor whose name Is Alfred Dumont (you may have seen his one-man show "Ange ou Dumont" http://www.billetreduc.com/117340/evt.htm); I cannot tell you how lucky I am to have been given the opportunity to star… opposite such a talented actor. Thank you again, Alfred, for pairing with me that day. This scene was a real treat.)
Well, what else can I say except that it went rather well overall, but that I SHOULD REALLY SPEAK UP. Come on, Isa, get your act together, speak up, please, SPEAK UPPPP !!!!!
Hahaha, I love these workshops, thank you my dear coaches, and long live the theater!
Isa
• Oddly enough the notes came out in a lyrical fashion ... it is puzzling I know… especially because I have never practised classical singing...
Ahhhhh, some very strange things did take place at the Sentier des Halles these past few days...
16 trainees participated in this highly qualitative workshop, there was a great mix of professional actors and amateur actors and the atmosphere at the Théâtre du Sentier des Halles was extremely congenial. I am very happy to have been part of this workshop and I would like to thank not only our talented coaches for their very valuable advice, straightforwardness and kindness, but also all the participants, a wonderfully varied troupe.
As for me, I chose to interpret the monologue of Irma Lambert (she plays the part of the dishwasher in Jean Giraudoux's play "La Folle de Chaillot" – The Madwoman of Chaillot) and here I would like to say that thanks to Eric and Vincent’s instructions the scene quickly turned into some kind of an Offenbachian operetta... revisited by Freud ..., yes ... let me explain…: after having recited my monologue the way I felt like reciting it…, I was kindly asked to immediately improvise the same scene singing certain passages ... I must say that I had not expected that one... so I went back to it (what else could I do ???), but this time in a lyrical fashion* and in a slightly… loony way... Let's not be afraid of words, it was grandiose... ^^
I also had the great joy of being assigned the part of Therese in an excerpt from the play « Le Père Noël est une ordure » - Santa Claus is a bastard (the two-character scene of the mop) and of having as a stage partner an extremely funny actor whose name Is Alfred Dumont (you may have seen his one-man show "Ange ou Dumont" http://www.billetreduc.com/117340/evt.htm); I cannot tell you how lucky I am to have been given the opportunity to star… opposite such a talented actor. Thank you again, Alfred, for pairing with me that day. This scene was a real treat.)
Well, what else can I say except that it went rather well overall, but that I SHOULD REALLY SPEAK UP. Come on, Isa, get your act together, speak up, please, SPEAK UPPPP !!!!!
Hahaha, I love these workshops, thank you my dear coaches, and long live the theater!
Isa
• Oddly enough the notes came out in a lyrical fashion ... it is puzzling I know… especially because I have never practised classical singing...
Ahhhhh, some very strange things did take place at the Sentier des Halles these past few days...
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Some relaxation after all our efforts :)
I participated in a 4th one-week long 100% comedy acting workshop with Eric Laugérias and Vincent Varinier in December 2017.
A dozen participants in that workshop, mostly professional comedians.
A very good atmosphere at the Théâtre du Sentier des Halles where we rehearsed.
That time the workshop was followed by 2 stage performances in front of a "real" audience at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell in Paris
on December 21st and 22nd.
The play/show, entitled Les Grands Prix du Rire, was composed of 10 scenes/excerpts from very famous movies and plays.
It was my very first experience on a stage in front of an audience...
Here below some pictures of my stage partner, Gilles Rouillet, and me rehearsing at the Sentier des Halles.
A dozen participants in that workshop, mostly professional comedians.
A very good atmosphere at the Théâtre du Sentier des Halles where we rehearsed.
That time the workshop was followed by 2 stage performances in front of a "real" audience at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell in Paris
on December 21st and 22nd.
The play/show, entitled Les Grands Prix du Rire, was composed of 10 scenes/excerpts from very famous movies and plays.
It was my very first experience on a stage in front of an audience...
Here below some pictures of my stage partner, Gilles Rouillet, and me rehearsing at the Sentier des Halles.
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And after the rehearsals, the real thing took place... here below...
Gilles and I had good fortune to play a sketch called "La Répétition" (the rehearsal).
It was created in 1977 by Guy Bedos and Sophie Daumier and it was performed in 1991 by Guy Bedos and Muriel Robin
at the televised Ceremony for the Molières (the French National Theatre Awards).
It was the first time the two artists collaborated. This experience eventually led to a duet show: Bedos / Robin.
Please click here if you wish to listen to the sketch performed by Guy Bedos and Muriel Robin
Merci à vous!
Thank you all!
It was created in 1977 by Guy Bedos and Sophie Daumier and it was performed in 1991 by Guy Bedos and Muriel Robin
at the televised Ceremony for the Molières (the French National Theatre Awards).
It was the first time the two artists collaborated. This experience eventually led to a duet show: Bedos / Robin.
Please click here if you wish to listen to the sketch performed by Guy Bedos and Muriel Robin
Merci à vous!
Thank you all!
Wow, an Oscar already*... things go so fast these days, I am having a hard time keeping up...
* Just kidding folks, just kidding ^^
* Just kidding folks, just kidding ^^
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CINEMA
26th-29th March 2018.
"Acting in front of the camera"
I just finished participating in an intensive 25h workshop directed by Hubert Gillet.
Hubert Gillet is the director of "In your arms", a French film with Michèle Laroque and Martin Loizillon;
he also directed « Lune », a short film that has received more than twenty national and international awards.
Hubert Gillet participated as an actor in many TV movies as well as in feature films
such as "La sentinelle" by Arnaud Desplechin, "Nikita" by Luc Besson ...
This workshop was intended for any actors wishing to sharpen and polish their work in front of the camera.
Hubert Gillet’s objective was to give actors tools to help them go beyond what a director asks for and make suitable character proposals.
Well beyond directing actors, the idea was to put them on tracks, to provoke them to make them exist and live with utmost sincerity;
help them grasp the feeling of urgency on film sets and prepare for it, explain to them how to work on a set, how to find their place and make an impact.
Influenced by the cinematic style of directors such as Kaurismaki, Ken Loach, the Dardenne Brothers, part of the workshop also consisted in exploring the actors’ expressions all along sequence shots, closely watched by the camera -
the goal being to capture the "truth" of the human soul in its most authentic expression.
*This excellent workshop took place in Rue Saint Roch; Saint Roch is considered to be the patron saint of artists.
"Acting in front of the camera"
I just finished participating in an intensive 25h workshop directed by Hubert Gillet.
Hubert Gillet is the director of "In your arms", a French film with Michèle Laroque and Martin Loizillon;
he also directed « Lune », a short film that has received more than twenty national and international awards.
Hubert Gillet participated as an actor in many TV movies as well as in feature films
such as "La sentinelle" by Arnaud Desplechin, "Nikita" by Luc Besson ...
This workshop was intended for any actors wishing to sharpen and polish their work in front of the camera.
Hubert Gillet’s objective was to give actors tools to help them go beyond what a director asks for and make suitable character proposals.
Well beyond directing actors, the idea was to put them on tracks, to provoke them to make them exist and live with utmost sincerity;
help them grasp the feeling of urgency on film sets and prepare for it, explain to them how to work on a set, how to find their place and make an impact.
Influenced by the cinematic style of directors such as Kaurismaki, Ken Loach, the Dardenne Brothers, part of the workshop also consisted in exploring the actors’ expressions all along sequence shots, closely watched by the camera -
the goal being to capture the "truth" of the human soul in its most authentic expression.
*This excellent workshop took place in Rue Saint Roch; Saint Roch is considered to be the patron saint of artists.
2nd-6th July 2018
"Acting in front of the camera"
I just finished participating in a 2nd intensive acting workshop (35h this time) directed by Hubert Gillet.
A week very rich in emotions and learnings.
I really recommend acting workshops, I really think everyone should go through this experience in their lifetime. There is so much to gain from a personal standpoint; and what occurs at the personal level always has an impact on what occurs at the collective level. Personal and collective are interdependent.
A very enjoyable and very interesting workshop again with some very nice people, people with different backgrounds,
with their own strengths and weaknesses, all different and yet with one thing in common: their humanity, offered to the eye of the movie camera.
All learning from one another.
So touching.
Merci Hubert.
Merci Edwige, Tatiana, Eymeline, Caroline, Cédric, Alain.
And thank you all for your virtual presence.
Merci :)
"Acting in front of the camera"
I just finished participating in a 2nd intensive acting workshop (35h this time) directed by Hubert Gillet.
A week very rich in emotions and learnings.
I really recommend acting workshops, I really think everyone should go through this experience in their lifetime. There is so much to gain from a personal standpoint; and what occurs at the personal level always has an impact on what occurs at the collective level. Personal and collective are interdependent.
A very enjoyable and very interesting workshop again with some very nice people, people with different backgrounds,
with their own strengths and weaknesses, all different and yet with one thing in common: their humanity, offered to the eye of the movie camera.
All learning from one another.
So touching.
Merci Hubert.
Merci Edwige, Tatiana, Eymeline, Caroline, Cédric, Alain.
And thank you all for your virtual presence.
Merci :)
A networking evening organized by Cinema Club at Hilton Paris Opera (August 23rd 2017)
https://www.facebook.com/cinemaclub.paris/
I just love cinema, I have seen hundreds of movies, all kinds, but mostly romance, screwball comedy and adventure films.
https://www.facebook.com/cinemaclub.paris/
I just love cinema, I have seen hundreds of movies, all kinds, but mostly romance, screwball comedy and adventure films.
I just had a great time at the 45th Short Film Night "Ce n'est pas la taille qui compte" (It isn't the size that counts"),
a series of evening events dedicated to short films, organized and presented by director and actor Sergio Do Vale
at the Cinema Les 5 Caumartin in Paris (July 9th 2018).
A dozen short films were projected, all very different, all of a very high quality.
The film makers were there and shared with us information concerning the making of their movies.
A very interesting evening, I enjoyed it a lot. A must-attend event. I'll certainly go back.
a series of evening events dedicated to short films, organized and presented by director and actor Sergio Do Vale
at the Cinema Les 5 Caumartin in Paris (July 9th 2018).
A dozen short films were projected, all very different, all of a very high quality.
The film makers were there and shared with us information concerning the making of their movies.
A very interesting evening, I enjoyed it a lot. A must-attend event. I'll certainly go back.
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On July 25th 2018 I went to the networking evening event organized by CinemaClub at Hilton St Lazare in Paris.
I was able to meet scriptwriters, actors and I even ended up speaking German with a French director
who declaimed for me Heinrich Heine's most famous poem "Die Lorelei".
Aaaaahhh, how beautiful, how intense, what an evening!!
https://www.facebook.com/cinemaclub.paris/
I was able to meet scriptwriters, actors and I even ended up speaking German with a French director
who declaimed for me Heinrich Heine's most famous poem "Die Lorelei".
Aaaaahhh, how beautiful, how intense, what an evening!!
https://www.facebook.com/cinemaclub.paris/
My new demo reel. August 23rd 2018
And if you click on the two pink rectangles here below you will have direct access to my comic sketches. Merci :)
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Here below my artistic website
www.isa-isarielle.com
I created it on August 25th 2017.
Just click on the picture to access it.
Many thanks!
www.isa-isarielle.com
I created it on August 25th 2017.
Just click on the picture to access it.
Many thanks!
My multimedia CV is now available on http://www.agencesartistiques.com,
a portal dedicated to the professionals of the audiovisual sector (Media, Culture and Entertainment)
a portal dedicated to the professionals of the audiovisual sector (Media, Culture and Entertainment)
I love modelling
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October 2017 Dear Friends, dear Visitors, I am very happy to let you know that my application has been accepted by DIGITAL ARTISTS (www.digitalartists.fr), a modelling agency specialised in casting for advertisements of all kinds:advertising shots; television, cinema, internet commercials and corporate films, in France as well as abroad. |
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I am very glad to add this new activity to the list of those I am already devoting my time to. Thank you very much, Digital Artists, for giving me this great opportunity. I am thrilled to start. Thank you all Isa :). |
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October 2017
I just signed a non-exclusive contract with AGENCE HAPPY,
a modelling agency that specializes in advertising
and institutional campaigns.
(www.agencehappy.com)
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AGENCE HAPPY!
:)
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November 2017
My application has just been accepted by Smith and Smith (www.smithetsmith.com),
a modelling agency in Paris.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AGENCE SMITH & SMITH!
:)
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Here below a few pictures taken by Marie-Clémence David on March 25th 2017.
Marie-Clémence is a photographer whose personality and artistic work I really like.
Marie-Clémence is a photographer whose personality and artistic work I really like.
Yes, I am rather short, 1.57m (five foot two), well, petite is the word, but I am an aspiring actress, singer and senior model ^^
"On a souvent besoin d'un plus petit que soi"
Le Lion et le Rat, La Fontaine
"On a souvent besoin d'un plus petit que soi"
Le Lion et le Rat, La Fontaine
I love video making
My new audiovisual website
I launched it on March 8th 2016, Women's Day.
Being a woman remains difficult, even in the 21st century...
Please click on the picture here below to visit it.
Many thanks :)
I launched it on March 8th 2016, Women's Day.
Being a woman remains difficult, even in the 21st century...
Please click on the picture here below to visit it.
Many thanks :)
I love to smile and laugh
Don't ask me why I am laughing.
I don't remember
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I don't remember
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And...
The harder the context, the louder we must laugh.
March 2016
The harder the context, the louder we must laugh.
March 2016
I love nature and its beautiful variety
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I'll be right back...
I love our beautiful planet
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Earth Day is everyday
I love animals
My two cats: Framboise (left) and Fanfan (right)
My dog Buddy and I in Charente-Maritime (France) - August 2015.
Buddy is a Chinese dog, born in Bulgaria and happily living with a Franco-American owner :)
I am an animal lover. I have always had animals; they are essential to me.
Animals are wonderful beings that greatly deserve to be loved and respected.
Buddy is a Chinese dog, born in Bulgaria and happily living with a Franco-American owner :)
I am an animal lover. I have always had animals; they are essential to me.
Animals are wonderful beings that greatly deserve to be loved and respected.
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"The greatness of a nation
and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mahatma Gandhi |
"I am in favor of animal rights
as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being." Abraham Lincoln |
I love art and creativity
Claude Monet, Impression, soleil levant, 1872
Eugène Delacroix, Bouquet de fleurs, 1843
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Stone art by Italian artist Stefano Furlani Street art (anonymous)
Nail art by British artist David Foster
Street Art (anonymous)
Stone balancing by Canadian artist Michael Grab
This is Nounours. I painted this watercolor in 2008 from a picture I had taken of him.
He passed away in 2011. I was very fond of him.
He passed away in 2011. I was very fond of him.
I love Spirituality
In God I trust
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Easter Monday 2016.
I love chapels, churches and cathedrals for they are places of history, signification and mystery :)
I love chapels, churches and cathedrals for they are places of history, signification and mystery :)
I love Peace and Love ...
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Yes, I know... the idea is not new..., but good ideas deserve to be spread...
I love Kindness
This white rose for all the victims of inhumanity in this world.
I also love...
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I (try to) keep abreast of what is going on in this world by reading the press in 6 languages:
French, English, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese (I am now also able to read the press in Portuguese).
Mostly on my mobile phone and on my computer.
I also enjoy watching TV (movies, investigative reports and documentary films in particular).
And I love music (all kinds of music types as you may know...) and cinema (mostly romance, comedy-drama (also called dramedy),
screwball comedy, and adventure films).
My favourite movie? Hum, difficult, there are so many... but if I had to pick out only one..., it would be
Les Choristes (The Chorus) by French film maker Christophe Barratier, such a beautiful movie, so well done, so touching.
A great cast: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Marie Bunel, and many more.
The kind of movie that lifts your spirit. Inspired and inspiring. Just beautiful.
French, English, German, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese (I am now also able to read the press in Portuguese).
Mostly on my mobile phone and on my computer.
I also enjoy watching TV (movies, investigative reports and documentary films in particular).
And I love music (all kinds of music types as you may know...) and cinema (mostly romance, comedy-drama (also called dramedy),
screwball comedy, and adventure films).
My favourite movie? Hum, difficult, there are so many... but if I had to pick out only one..., it would be
Les Choristes (The Chorus) by French film maker Christophe Barratier, such a beautiful movie, so well done, so touching.
A great cast: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Marie Bunel, and many more.
The kind of movie that lifts your spirit. Inspired and inspiring. Just beautiful.
As a Franco-American I am interested in what goes on both in France and in the US.
Loving a person, loving a country, does not mean saying yes to everything...
Loving a person, loving a country, does not mean saying yes to everything...
I am here near Notre-Dame, my favourite district in the capital.
I enjoy a variety of music genres, including classical music.
Gorgeous weather today - June 28th 2015
PS: The very nice Harley Davidson belongs to a friend of mine :)
I enjoy a variety of music genres, including classical music.
Gorgeous weather today - June 28th 2015
PS: The very nice Harley Davidson belongs to a friend of mine :)
I love Paris
Here below some pictures I took in April 2017.
You will find more recent pictures taken by me if you hit the ISA PHOTOGRAPHY tab on this website.
Merci!
You will find more recent pictures taken by me if you hit the ISA PHOTOGRAPHY tab on this website.
Merci!
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I love my job
I am a market research consultant; I conduct what is called "qualitative market research". More specifically I am a moderator and analyst.
To summarize a bit..., I would say that I interview* a variety of respondents**, I listen very carefully to what they have to say,
I gather and compile all the information, and then I analyse all the insights
in order to produce reports containing actionable recommendations for my clients.
This job enables me to meet people from all walks of life, to work on a large variety of topics, in a variety of places and settings and in many sectors.
It is a job that fits me like a glove; I really love it.
Please click on any of the pictures here below to have access to my marketing website.
Thank you.
* I conduct face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews, Skype interviews, and I moderate focus groups and online communities (Europe and USA)
** Top management, company executives, healthcare professionals, experts, opinion leaders, consumers, users, patients, etc...
To summarize a bit..., I would say that I interview* a variety of respondents**, I listen very carefully to what they have to say,
I gather and compile all the information, and then I analyse all the insights
in order to produce reports containing actionable recommendations for my clients.
This job enables me to meet people from all walks of life, to work on a large variety of topics, in a variety of places and settings and in many sectors.
It is a job that fits me like a glove; I really love it.
Please click on any of the pictures here below to have access to my marketing website.
Thank you.
* I conduct face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews, Skype interviews, and I moderate focus groups and online communities (Europe and USA)
** Top management, company executives, healthcare professionals, experts, opinion leaders, consumers, users, patients, etc...
Top-of-the-Rock, New York, July 11th 2015
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Florence, 2012
Tignes, 3 mars 2009
Londres, décembre 2014
New York, juillet 2015
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Downtown Chicago, July 8th 2015
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Lille, France, novembre 2016
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Lille, France, novembre 2016
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My work tools: mostly a computer, a telephone, and a digital voice recorder;
also my own movie cameras sometimes in the case of in situ interviews.
also my own movie cameras sometimes in the case of in situ interviews.
I believe there is always room and time for thank-yous.
So here is another one. Big and colorful :)
So here is another one. Big and colorful :)
I love myself
Ajaccio, May 2015
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In my home sweet home, June 15th 2015
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Loving oneself is not easy for some of us. It has taken me a long time.
However, the time it takes does not matter; what matters is to get there at some point.
Only when we love ourselves can others feel our love and respond to it.
However, the time it takes does not matter; what matters is to get there at some point.
Only when we love ourselves can others feel our love and respond to it.
Isa à l'aube de la Nuit des Temps - April 26th 2016 -
Isa at the dawn of Time Immemorial
Isa Zyva - April 27th 2016
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Isa Whairdo - September 16th 2016
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I love to smile and laugh and make fun of myself...
I also love to play different parts, to put myself in other people's shoes to see how it feels. I find it both fun and interesting.
Interesting because it helps me understand them better.
I also love to play different parts, to put myself in other people's shoes to see how it feels. I find it both fun and interesting.
Interesting because it helps me understand them better.
December 2016 - January 2017
Avril 2018
On vacation
I prefer my left profile; I am sure you have noticed ^^
I prefer my left profile; I am sure you have noticed ^^
And I love beautiful encounters
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My French friend, Jean-Michel Bartnicki, a talented lyricist, writer and novelist, at Le Salon du Livre (Paris Book Fair) on March 21st 2015.
We met there to discuss potential projects. Please click on the photo here above (left) to access Jean-Michel's website.
We met there to discuss potential projects. Please click on the photo here above (left) to access Jean-Michel's website.
I am here with Jean-Michel and Tatiana de Rosnay, a French journalist, writer and screenwriter.
Tatiana is the author of several novels, such as Sarah's Key (2007), Rose (2011), the House I Loved (2011) etc.
Tatiana is the author of several novels, such as Sarah's Key (2007), Rose (2011), the House I Loved (2011) etc.
And much, much more...
TO ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANY TIME
Il restera de toi
Il restera de toi
Ce que tu as donné
Au lieu de le garder
Dans des coffres rouillés
Il restera de toi
De ton jardin secret
Une fleur oubliée
Qui ne s'est pas fanée
Ce que tu as donné
En d'autres fleurira
Celui qui perd sa vie
Un jour la trouvera
Il restera de toi
Ce que tu as chanté
A celui qui passait
Sur son chemin désert
Il restera de toi
Une brise du soir
Un refrain dans le noir
Jusqu'au bout de l'hiver
Ce que tu as chanté
En d'autres jaillira
Celui qui perd sa vie
Un jour la trouvera
Il restera de toi
Ce que tu as offert
Entre tes bras ouverts
Un matin de soleil
Il restera de toi
Ce que tu as perdu
Que tu as attendu
Plus loin que tes réveils
Ce que tu as offert
En d'autres revivra
Celui qui perd sa vie
Un jour la trouvera
Il restera de toi
Une larme tombée
Un sourire germé
Sur les yeux de ton cœur
Il restera de toi
Ce que tu as semé
Que tu as partagé
Aux mendiants du bonheur
Ce que tu as semé
En d'autres germera
Celui qui perd sa vie
Un jour la trouvera
Michel Scouarnec
Il restera de toi
Ce que tu as donné
Au lieu de le garder
Dans des coffres rouillés
Il restera de toi
De ton jardin secret
Une fleur oubliée
Qui ne s'est pas fanée
Ce que tu as donné
En d'autres fleurira
Celui qui perd sa vie
Un jour la trouvera
Il restera de toi
Ce que tu as chanté
A celui qui passait
Sur son chemin désert
Il restera de toi
Une brise du soir
Un refrain dans le noir
Jusqu'au bout de l'hiver
Ce que tu as chanté
En d'autres jaillira
Celui qui perd sa vie
Un jour la trouvera
Il restera de toi
Ce que tu as offert
Entre tes bras ouverts
Un matin de soleil
Il restera de toi
Ce que tu as perdu
Que tu as attendu
Plus loin que tes réveils
Ce que tu as offert
En d'autres revivra
Celui qui perd sa vie
Un jour la trouvera
Il restera de toi
Une larme tombée
Un sourire germé
Sur les yeux de ton cœur
Il restera de toi
Ce que tu as semé
Que tu as partagé
Aux mendiants du bonheur
Ce que tu as semé
En d'autres germera
Celui qui perd sa vie
Un jour la trouvera
Michel Scouarnec
