Marouscha Levy (Amsterdam 1977)
Education:
2002-2005 Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht ABKM, The Netherlands. Bachelors Degree in Theatredesign.
2004 Erasmus exchange University of the Arts London, UK.
1998-2002 Academy of Fine Arts in Education Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bachelors Teacher Degree Audiovisual Art.
Skills:
Vectorworks, QCAD, Photoshop 2021, After Effects 2021, 3D-printer.
Languages:
Dutch, English and German fluently.
Grants:
2018 Fonds Kwadraat.
2015 Stimuleringsfonds Professionalisering.
2013 Materiaalfonds voor Beeldende kunst en Vormgeving.
2009 Het Mondriaan Fonds Startstipendium.
Other:
Winner Halo Awards Education 2020 WDR AR 1933-1945 app. Dutch VR Days.
Nomination Grimme Award Digital 2020 for WDR AR 1933-1945 app
Dutch game Awards Best Cross- Media Game and Best Co-Production 2017 „Weltatem”.
Nomination „What do we care 4” UK Music Video Awards 2015. London, UK.
Nomination „What do we care 4” Berlin Music Video Awards, Berlin, Germany, May 2015.
Projects:
2024
Stage and costume design for a new composed Opera "Stoff”. Composer: Elisabeth Naske. Director and Libretto: Nina Gühlstorff .
2023
Stage and costume design for "De Geheime Club”. Director Victor Mentink. Dramaturgie: Millie lijbers. BonteHond, Almere, The Netherlands. Opening night 8th of October 20:23.
Installation design for "De Groene Kliniek". Concept: Marieke Nooren. Opening night 20th of September 2023.
2022
Props for Virtual reality experience “My Imaginary friend”, concept, director: Steye Hallema.
Launch Visual design and co-direction for an Augmented Reality App ,,Klima App” produced by the WDR, Germany.
Stage and costume design for ,,Wölfe”. Director and Libretto: Nina Gühlstorff .
2021
Revival ,,Les Pêcheurs de Perles” Opening night december 2021. Director: Lotte de Beer. Grand Théâtre de Genève, Switzerland.
Stage and costume design for ,,Hass-Triptychon” by Sybille Berg. Director: Grit Lukas. Thalia Theater Halle, Germany.
Visual design and co-direction for an Augmented Reality App ,,Klimakrise” produced by the WDR, Germany.
,De Groene Kliniek” Gouden Haas en Karavaan, 5th until the 15th of August, Alkmaar, The Netherlands.
2020
Stage and costume design for the opera ,,Il ritorno d’Ullise in patria” An opera by Guiseppe Monteverdi. Conductor: Gerd Amelung. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. DNT Weimar, Germany.
Visual design and co-author for “Mit 18 an der Front” An augmented reality app produced by the WDR, Germany.
Stage and costume design „Weltmeister”. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Opening night: 24th of January 2020. Staatstheater Schauspielhaus Hannover.
Teaching and coaching Theatre design to students at Factory, Stichting Likeminds Amsterdam.
2019
Costume design „Cosi fan Tutte”. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Stage design: Philip Rubner. Opening night: 12th of January 2019. DNT Weimar.
Costume design „Autoland”. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Bühne: Thomas Rustemeyer. Opening night: 15th of March 2019. Staatstheater Braunschweig Schauspiel.
Installation, costume and mask design for the educational VR opera project „Weltatem”. In collaboration with Het Geluid Maastricht.
Teaching and coaching Theatre design to students at Factory, Stichting Likeminds Amsterdam.
2018
Stage and Costume design for „Ciao Bella Ciao”. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Opening night 29th of March. E-werk, DNT Weimar, Germany.
Teaching and coaching Theatre design to students at Factory, Stichting Likeminds Amsterdam.
2017
Costume design for the „European House of Gambling” by Tanja Krone. Opening night 11th of July, Theater RMPE, Stuttgart, Germany.
Stage and Costume design for the opera „Otello”. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. DNT Weimar, Germany.
2016
Stage, Mask- and Costume design for the VR-Opera „Weltatem” with Het Geluid, Monobanda, Wildvreemd, Spook FM, Kirsten Schötteldreier and the Nederlandse Reisopera. Opening night 30th of November, Grote Kerk, Techtrip Festival, Enschede.
Teaching and coaching Theatre design to students at Factory, Stichting Likeminds Amsterdam.
Stage and Costume design for „Die Neigung des Peter Rosegger”. Author: Thomas Arzt. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Opening night 15th of September , Schauspielhaus Graz, Graz, Austria.
Revival of „Les Pêcheurs de perles” at The Israeli Opera Tel Aviv-Yafo, June, Tel Aviv, Israël.
Stage and Costume design for „Sündenbock”. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Opening night 6th of February, Theater RMPE, Stuttgart, Germany.
2015
Teaching and coaching Theatre design to students at Factory, Stichting Likeminds Amsterdam.
Concept, organization and design „Zwarte Markt van Kennis” September, Amsterdam Fringe Festival. Director: Marieke Nooren.
Art Direction VR Film VPRO „De Upgrade” director: Steye Hallema
Costume design for the opera „Die Zauberflöte” by W. A. Mozart. Director: Nina Gühlstorff.
Opening night 24th of April, DNT Weimar, Germany.
Teaching course at 5D Festival Scenography, February till May, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2014
Art Direction and costume design for the 360* Videoclip „What do we care 4” by Steye & The Bizonkid, Director: Steye
Hallema. Video launch 27th of November, Club Up, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Stage design for the opera „Les Pêcheurs de perles” by Georges Bizet. Director: Lotte de Beer. Opening night 16th of November, Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria.
Production management and decoration design opening Broedplaats Volkshotel, 27th of June, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
3D-Design book cover for Mark Media, May, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Stage and costume design for the opera „Ringetje”. Director: Lotte de Beer. Opening night 15th of March, Theater Bielefeld, Germany.
2013
Stage and costume design for the opera „Eugen Onegin” by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Opening night 22nd of November, DNT Weimar, Germany.
Stage and costume design for the opera „Eugen Onegin” by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky. Director: Lotte de Beer. Opening night 9th of March, Theater Bielefeld, Germany.
Stage and costume design for the childrensplay „Lohengrin” by Kathrin Lange. Director: Dorothea Schroeder. Opening night 21st of February, Junges Schauspielhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2012
Stage design for the opera „Manon Lescaut” by J. Massenet. Director: Lotte de Beer. Opening night 16th of November. Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Stage and costume design for childrens musictheatreplay „Ringetje” Director: Lotte de Beer. Opening night 7th of October. DNO Het Muziektheater Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Design for the Community project „Koranschule” Directors: Nina Gühlstorff and Dorothea Schroeder. Opening night 5th of May. Nationaltheater Mannheim, Germany.
Stage and costume design for the opera production „Das Schlaue Füchslein” Director: Lotte de Beer. Opening night 25th of February. Oper Leipzig, Germany.
2011
Stage and costume design for the production „Frankenstein” Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Opening night 25th of November. Theater Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
Stage and costume design for the Opera „Ringetje” Director: Lotte de Beer. Opening night 25th of September. Het Muziektheater Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Stage and costume design for the Opera „Aida” Director: Lotte de Beer. Opening night 23rd of September. Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Stage and costume design for the Opera „Die Arabische Prinzessin” Director: Lotte de Beer. Opening night 20th of May. Oper Leipzig, Germany.
Stage design for the Opera „Aida” by Guiseppe Verdi. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Opening night 26th of March. Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburg, Germany.
Costume design for the production „Die Katze auf dem heissen Blechdach” by Tennessee Williams. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Opening night 5th of February. Nationaltheater Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
2010
Stage design and consultation for the production „Tussentijd” Director: Nicole Vervloed. Tour
2010 and 2011 Belgium.
Stage and costume consultation for the production „Het Feest van je Leven” by toneelgroep „De Slapelozen”. Director: Victor Mentink. SMART Project Space Amsterdam. December.
Research and mapping MATTMO Design Amsterdam. Aug/Sept.
Stage and costume design for the production „Ten Onder” by Milone Reigman. Opening night 25th of June. Frascati WG, Amsterdam.
Stage and costume design for the theatre production „Das Ende der Welt” by Malgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Opening night 16th of April. Schauspielhaus Magdeburg, Germany.
Stage and costume design for the musictheatre production „Tango Türk”
Director: Lotte de Beer. Opening night 21st of January. Neuköllner Oper, Berlin, Germany.
2009
Stage and costume design for the opera production „Penthesilea” by Benedict Weisser. Director:
Lotte de Beer. Opening night 4th of December. Kameroperahuis Zwolle, The Netherlands.
Concept, Stage and costume design for the production „Partij Passief Nederland” This play/ speech was a pilot project by Annie Gerretsen and myself during the Amsterdam Fringe Festival in theatre Bellevue in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Designed and produced the decoration of all different locations through Amsterdam inclusive the festival centre at theatre Bellevue for The Amsterdam Fringe Festival. 3rd Till 13th of September.
Stage and costume design for the production „Hauptling Abendwind” by J. Offenbach. Director: Lotte de Beer winner of the Ton Lutz Award. The Compagnietheatre Amsterdam, The Netherlands. At the IT’s Festival. Opening night 20th of June.
Stage and costume design for the production „About Ophelia/About me 2” by Milone Reigman. Opening night 22nd of April. The Theatreschool Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Stage and costume design for the production „Ritter Rost” Director: Rosmarie Vogtenhuber. Emma-Theatre, Osnabrück, Germany. Opening night 28th of February.
Stage and costume design for the production „Der Kopf des Biografen” Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Opening night 23rd of January. Emma-Theater, Osnabrück, Germany.
2008
Stage and costume design for the production „Herr Lehmann” Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Zwinger
1, Heidelberg, Germany. Opening night 27th of September.
Stage and costume design for the production „Medea” an opera. Director: Lotte de Beer. Opening night 6th of May performed at the Theatreschool Amsterdam HKA, The Netherlands.
Stage and costume design for the production „Pinienkerne wachsen nicht in Tüten” Director: Rosmarie Vogtenhuber. Opening night 1st of March. Emma-Theater, Osnabrück, Germany.
2007
Stage design for the production „Schule der Arbeitslosen” Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Opening night 1st of December. Stadttheater Osnabrück, Germany.
Stage design for „Drums of the World 4” by “Circle Percussion”. Opening night 19th of October. Fulcotheater, IJsselstein, The Nethelands.
Stage and costume design for the production „Gewerbe”. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Opening night 14th of September. This play was
part of the Theatre Festival „Spieltriebe 2” in Osnabrück, Germany.
Stage consultation and costume design for the production „Knijp” from Founation Begane Grond at the “Over het IJ Festival”. Director: Anna Verduin, Actor: Annie Gerretsen. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Assistant Director for the film documentary „De Fantastische Harem” by
filmmaker Liesbeth Hagen. Dutch television, AVRO, 28th of December.
Stage and costume design for the production „King Lear” Director: Lotte de Beer. Performed at the Theatreschool Amsterdam HKA, The Netherlands.
Assistance for costume for the production „Twee” Written and directed by: Jurre Bussemaker, Foundation „Aan Tafel”. On tour 2007 in The Netherlands.
Stage and costume design for the production „Kuning Hartfest” Director: Rosmarie Vogtenhuber. Emma-Theatre, Osnabrück, Germany. Opening night 4th of March.
2006
The production „Schneckenportrait” was invited to a Theaterfestival in Twer, Russia. October.
Artistic installation design for the Stadschouwburg Amsterdam during „The Fringe” TF1 Festival. A Dutch/Flemish Theatre Festival, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. September.
Stage and costume design for the production „Die Fetten Jahre sind vorbei” Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Emma-Theatre, Osnabrück, Germany.
Stage and costume consultation for the production „De geliefden van de Poolcirkel” by Theatergroup Troost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The production „Schneckenportrait” was invited for the “Heidelberger Stückemarkt 2006” in Heidelberg, Germany.
Apprenticeship with scenographer Jan Versweyveld for the production „Opening Night” by Toneelgroep Amsterdam and NT Gent. The Netherlands and Belgium.
2005
Apprenticeship with scenographer Marc Warning for the production „Het bezoek” Written and
directed by Gerardjan Rijnders. Theatregroup De Appel, Den Hague, The Netherlands.
Stage and costume design for the production „Schneckenportrait” part of the Theatre Festival „Spieltriebe”. Director: Nina Gühlstorff. Played Theatre- season 05/06 and 06/07. Emma-Theater. Osnabrück, Germany.
Stage and costume consultation for the production “Fred” Director: Thomas Boer. Theatergroup Troost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2004
Stage and costume design for the production „Don Juan terug uit de oorlog” Director: Rene Lobo. The Theatre Academy Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Stage design for the production „Slippertje op het Nippertje” with Foundation “De Warme Winkel”. Played at Festival “De Parade” Rotterdam, Den Haag, Utrecht and Amsterdam. Festival “Etcetera” Amersfoort and Festival „Cultura Nova” Heerlen. The Netherlands.
2003
Apprenticeship at the Art Department for the film production „Flirt” Produced by Corrino,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.