STAGEHAND – HEAD OF STAGE

Serge Damenez
rue St Alphonse, 9
1210 St-Josse-Ten-Noode
Belgium
GSM : +32 4 93182488
HOME : +32 2 4505100
E-mail : [email protected]
Born : 28 August 1968
At Montmorency (95)
Single
French Citizenship
English:Speak,Read,Write
STAGEHAND – HEAD OF STAGE
DEGREE
1986
French « baccalauréat » F1 in mechanical construction
1988
« BTS » Post Degree in industrial maintenance
(Management, organization of a maintenance service, versatile in all techniques)
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
2000-2001
* Training period as a « Technical Stage Manager». Deepening of all the stage methods at the
ISTS in Avignon (Fr).
Practical training in November 2002 at the Theatre Capitole in Toulouse(Fr) and in March 2001 at the “Atelier” for the
“Aix en Provence” festival(Fr).
2004
*Training period on Autocad 2002, ISTS in Avignon(Fr).
WORK EXPERIENCE
FROM now to 1993
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Deputy Head of The Machinerie at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium
Head of stage
- Les Gémeaux, Sceaux(Fr).
- l'Apostrophe/Théâtre des Louvrais, Pontoise(Fr).
- l'Espace Michel Simon, Noisy Le Grand(Fr).
- Forum de Blanc-mesnil(Fr).
Stagehand-Swing on « CABARET », Director : Sam Mendès, Folies Bergères, Stage Entertainment France,
season : 2006-2007.
Stagehand-Rigger on French & Swiss tour, 2005, Arturo Brachetti's show, « Juste Pour Rire ».
Head of Stage & Sound Manager, creation & French/Swiss tour, 2004-2005, for the play of Slimane Bénaïssa,
« Les confessions d'un musulman de mauvaise foi », l'Association l'Eté.
Technical stage manager at the Opéra du Rhin, Strasbourg (Fr). « Don Pasquale », Director : François de
Carpentries, 2003.
Assistant to General Manager, l'église des Célestins, Festival « in » d'Avignon(Fr), 2002.
Swing, l'église des Célestins, Festival « in » d'Avignon (Fr), 2001.
Stagehand, Muriel Hermine's Crescend'o, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris (2 winter season, 1997 & 1998), next Head of
Stage, Village Disney , Marne la Vallée(Fr),1999, Ondine Production next LVH Production.
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Stagehand - Théâtre des Arts, Association Léonard de Vinci à Rouen(Fr).
- Théâtre du Chêne Noir, Festival « off » d'Avignon(Fr).
- Théâtre d'Asnières-Gennevilliers(Fr).
- l'Opéra Garnier, Paris(Fr).
- Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Bruxelles(Belgium).
- Théâtre du Rond Point des Champs-Elysées, Paris(Fr).
- Les Gémeaux à Sceaux(Fr).
- Espace Michel Simon à Noisy Le Grand(Fr).
- l'Apostrophe/Théâtre des arts à Cergy(Fr).
- l'Apostrophe/Théâtre des Louvrais à Pontoise(Fr).
- la Comédie Française, Paris(Fr).
- Forum de Blanc-mesnil(Fr).
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Props man, Théâtre de la Ville, Paris(Fr).
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Swing, Bac Productions (events, advice in management), Paris(Fr).
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Assistant Manager of Mr Patrick Jammes (Young Gods, Treponem Pal).
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Sales representative at the International Artist department for FNAC in Paris (major music distribution network in
France)
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Logistics employee for VIRGIN STORES at the import department, Paris(Fr)
And also,some mission for: Théâtre du Chatelet(Fr), Arsenal Company(Fr), Magnum Company(Fr), Théâtre 71 in
Malakoff(Fr), Zingaro(Fr), Théâtre de l'Athénée in Paris(Fr)....
1991 & 1992
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Sound Technician, « De Préférence » for the opening ceremony of the tramway of St Denis(Fr).
Project technician & next Assistant to the Technical Director during Winter Olympic games,
1992,Albertville(Fr), Bose France.
1. Electro acoustic surveys on the “Bose modeler program” for the Caen Stadium, the Parc des Princes (second
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biggest stadium in France), Théâtre de l’Empire, Olympic sites …)
Organisation and administrative gestion of the technical service
Realisation and Technical follow up of different files
Follow up of the landed material for some operations
Technical assistance by phone
Human and material logistic organisation (stock gestion, transport, lodging, contracts)
Public relations
Before 1991
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DJ Light, Salle Wagram, Paris(Fr).
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Sound Technician, Salon de la Mode et de la Beauté, Paris(Fr).
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Telephone Break-down mechanic, SNVD company, Paris(Fr).
And some interim mission on industrial department.
HOBBIES
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Music, Reading, Theater, Live Show
Travel : Madrid, London, Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin, Cork, Bruxelles, Antwerpen, Roma, Milano, Firenze,
Venezia, Zurich, Lausanne, Geneve, Köln, Munich, Berlin, Lisbonne, Helsinki, Tampere, Oulu, Buenos Aires,
Morocco, China, etc....