Born the first day of the 80´s , I grew up in the district of Le Marais in Paris, hanging out in the playground of Place des Vosges,discovering with my child eyes all the treasures that´s this beautiful city offers .
I discover the magic of theatre when I was 15 years old, with the founders of the National dramatic Center Les Fédérés (Jean-Paul Wenzel and Olivier Perrier), in the city of Montlucon in the centrum of France.
My passion brought me in Aix en Provence where I passed an University Diploma in Performing Arts in 2000.
I lived 8 years in the multicultural city of Marseille where I worked in the performing arts field (Théâtre Vingt-Sept, Théâtre Demodesastr, Théâtre du Point aveugle, Badaboum Théâtre) as a project coordinator, artistic director assistant and administrative manager.
My curiosity brought me to Denmark in 2010 where I followed 15 months the organization of the 17th ASSITEJ Congress and International Festival of Performing arts for young audiences, taking place in Copenhagen (Denmark) and Malmö (Sweden) in May 2011.
I worked as a translator from English to French (newsletters, press files, etc…).I also created and launched the“Theaters of the World” video library, which contains recordings of most of the theaters companies from all over the world which have applied but have not been selected during the festival.
Since 2011 I´m Graduated of a Professional Bachelor in Design and Implementation of Cultural Projects ( special in performing Arts and Children Culture)
Through my work, I have been participating to international projects with cultural actors from Europe , Japan, North Africa and Scandinavia.
My curiosity brought me on this earth in the South as in the Far North, from East to West (Marocco, turkey, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Guadalupe, India, England, Ireland,Greece, Denmark, Germany,….)
I have been also living in Norway (3 winter seasons) and doing voluntary work (4 months) in an ecocenter in Les Saintes (FR) in The Caribbean area.
“Nature, Culture, Multiculturalism” is my adagio I love street art, passionated by land art and discovering cultures, through the magic of colors, of smells, of rituals.
I´m also experienced in video editing and TV production, building websites, cooking and farming organically .
I speak fluently French and Frenglish! I speak danish to a medium level, I have learned Spanish and Arabic at school!
I´m living on a little island called Strynø in Denmark where there is 240 citizens and 11 nationalities living there. There is an incredible ecological dynamic and a special spirit here.This is what I call “The Danish dream”!
Today I work as a freelancer with french cultural actors wishing to develop projects in Scandinavia and with danish cultural actors wishing to develop projects in France or french speaking countries.
I like through my work to build from scratch, Spanish castles!
I´m working in the shadow so as to put artists in the light!
Contact information:
melaniemarchand.dk@gmail.com
tel: + 45 50 25 84 80
skype: me1by13
Mademoiselle Mélanie Marchand 