Marlène Rocher
Set and costume designer
Passionate about working with textiles, Marlène Rocher currently works as a costume designer, textile designer and dyer.
She obtained a BTS in textile design (ESAA Duperré) in 2005, and a DMA in costume design (lycée la Source 94) in 2007, enabling her to combine concept and technique. She acquired a range of skills working for various theatre, circus and dance companies, as well as for the Théâtre du Châtelet, the MAC in Créteil and the Château de Versailles, where she experimented with dressing, alterations, workshops, design, dyeing, etc.
Since 2011, she has been specialising in work for young audiences, which leads her to envisage real continuity between bodies and space, and to invent living textile scenographies.
Her research has led her to take an interest in natural materials, which are more welcoming and vibrant. Then the material meets the colour, and a whole range of techniques and inventions are born in the course of each creation. The sets and costumes are invaded by moss and bark of fabrics that curl up, drawing trees and hills, deserts and abysses, sky and earth… The fabric comes to life, transforming itself on the moving bodies, in settings that shimmer in the artificial or natural light. Inspired by plant dyes, the vibrancy of natural colour becomes a true source of inspiration. Silk, wool, linen and cotton become canvases for changing imaginary landscapes. Each creation is an opportunity to create a subtle world that plunges spectators into the heart of a rich and singular visual imagination.
She has worked with the Porte Voix and Loup Ange companies, as well as La Balbutie, A tous Vents and La Waide.