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Ismail ibn Conner is an actor, Krump dance choreographer, and acting coach touring Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in France (Paris, Dijon, Bordeaux, Rennes, Brest, St. Quentin) as well as Bogota, Colombia. Centre Dramatique National Orléans' production of Jean Genet's Splendid's, under the direction of French director, Arthur Nauzyciel, featured performances by
Mr. Conner in France (Orléans, Tours, Lille, Bourge, Reims, Tarbes, Paris, Lorient, Marseilles), South Korea, Switzerland, and Spain. Ismail is an Artistic Associate of 7 Stages Theatre (Atlanta) and founder of the United States Koltès Project, working in cooperation with François Koltès, on American English translations and international performances, which have produced performances in the U.S. and France: Dans la solitude des champs de coton, Le Jour des meurtres dans l'histoire d'Hamlet, and La Nuit juste avant les forêts (Biennale Koltès).
Mr. Conner has performed in many works at 7 Stages including productions of Black Battles with Dogs by Bernard-Marie Koltès (This production was performed at Festival d'Avignon (In Festival), Hellenic Festival (Greece), Playing French Festival (Chicago) to name a few; Master Harold and the boys, by Athol Fugard (national tour); Skinwalkers by Murray Mednick; Iphigenia a rave fable by Caridad Svich. Ismail is also a Résidences Internationale aux Récollets Laureate and a La Chartreuse: Centre national des écritures du spectacle laureate. Mr. Conner was also in artistic residence at Université de Lorraine Paul Verlaine-Metz's B.M. Koltès theatre for Biennale Koltès 2009, working on translation of Le Jour des meurtres dans l'histoire d'Hamlet and Université de Lorraine Paul Verlaine-Metz's publication on translation: Bernard-Marie Koltès: Textes et Contextes, in which Mr. Conner's essay on acting, writing, and translation: Solitude, is featured.
Another current international project by Ismail is The Human Project:, a theatre/dance/multimedia exploration of racial notions. Ismail is a company member of Tiger Coldboyz (France), a professional Krump dance crew.
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Ismail ibn Conner
7 Stages Theatre * Artistic Associate * 1105 Euclid Ave. Atlanta, GA 30307
404-924-9377 * [email protected] * [email protected]
FILM
Exoes of Silence, Frank, IAF Films
In the Solitude, Translator of French text, Lieux Fictif (France)
Inheritance, Italian Style; Lucky Agee, Laughing Cow Films
The Signal, Tyrone Truesdale, POP Films/Magnolia
Psychopathia Sexualis, The African, Livin’ Man Productions
Miss Evers’ Boys, Stand-in (O. Babatunde), HBO Films
Fled, Atlanta Police Officer, MGM Prod.
PROFESSIONAL THEATRE
Julius Caesar,(Marullus, Cinna) Théâtre National Bretagne Rennes; Scene
National Brest. Splendid's, La Rafale (Blaze), Théâtre de Lorient (France);
Théâtre Vidy Lausanne(Switzerland); Théâtre de la Colline National; French
Embassy, New York City; La Criée, Théâtre national de Marseille (France);
Centro Dramatico Nacional de Madrid – Teatro Valle-Inclan; Théâtre
Myeongdong/National Theater Company of Korea (Seoul, South Korea); Théâtre du
Nord - Lille, France; MCB° Bourges; La Comedie de Reims (France); Le Parvis-
Tarbes, Pyrenées (France); Centre Dramatique National Orléans (France);
Théâtre Olympia CDN - Tours (France). The Night just before the Forests, The
Man, Espace Koltès - BIENNALE KOLTÈS, Metz, France.
AWARDS
- Centre International des Récollets Laureate for Performing Arts (U.S.
Koltès Project)
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Officer's Grant (U.S. Koltès Project)
- Centre National des écritures du spectacle - Translation Residency at La
Chartreuse de Villeneuve-les-Avignon, France (U.S. Koltès Project). Residency
Prize provided by The French Ministry of Culture.
- Joseph Jefferson Award Runner-Up - Best Play (BLACK BATTLES WITH DOGS)
Chicago, Illinois
- New Actor to Watch Award; Creative Loafing Newspaper; Atlanta, GA
WRITING PROJECTS
Solitude {essay} by: Ismail ibn Conner; UPV-Metz, France
human{play} by: Ismail ibn Conner; UPV-Metz, France
7SINS {play} by: Ismail ibn Conner; 7Stages
Listen to us {play} by: Ismail ibn Conner; 7Stages
FOUNDATIONS
United States Artists; Panel Member; Beverly Hills, CA
UNIVERSITY TEACHING RESIDENCIES
University Of Florida; U.S. Koltès Project; Gainesville, Florida
Emory University; U.S. Koltès Project; Atlanta, GA
University Paul Verlaine-Metz; U.S. Koltès Project; Metz, France
Austin Peay State University; U.S. Koltès Project; Clarksville, Tennessee
Notre Dame; Master Harold and the boys; South Bend, Indiana