Seminar by Damien Locqueneux

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Musical comedy

Seminar by Damien Locqueneux

Overview of musical theatre around the world: theory and opportunities

February 27 2023 14:00 > March 3 2023 18:00

Room 024
14:00 > 16:00: conference for all Conservatory students
This conference will be followed by masterclasses in room 121 for the Theatre department, from Tuesday 28 February to Friday 3 March.

Damien studied at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He specialises in musicals, having taken many training courses and workshops in New York since 2012 (NYU Steinhardt – three-week intensive summer courses, Broadway Dance Center, Steps 71). He has worked as a singer and dubbing artist for children’s programmes for Disney (including Wander Over Yonder, Sofia the First (Sven the Seahorse), My Little Pony, a lead role in Star Wars Resistance, and a lead role in Bia), for Studio 100 (including a lead role in Nachtwacht, Mega Tommy in Mega Mindy, a lead role in The Adventures of Blinky Bill, and Leif in Vicky the Viking), for Nickelodeon and for Canal+ in many studios in Belgium (including Dubbing Brothers, Rec’N Roll, SDI, Sonicville, Artsonic, Lylo and Studio l’Equipe). He is the French voice of Nick Robinson in the film Shadow in the Cloud, Ben Winchell in the film Max Steel, Olly Alexander in the HBO and Channel 4 seriesIt’s a Sin, Logan Lerman in the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Ario Nikolaus Sgroi in the France TV series La Compagnia Del Cigno, and Jack Griffo in the film The 2nd.  
His path as an artist has led him to work as a theatre producer (Young Frankenstein, Next To Normal, C-o-n-t-a-c-t), as an actor (L’Atelier by Jean-Claude Grumberg, directed by Florence Wiot, Kiffeurs de rien by Geneviève Damas, directed Pietro Pizzuti, Corentin by Tijl Dauwe, Une Saison en Enfer by Arthur Rimbaud, directed by Elsa Rollat, performed at the Courants d’Airs festival in Brussels in 2012 and at the Théâtre Poème in Brussels in 2014), as a singing and dancing actor (The Sound of Music – Ars Lyrica 2013–14 and Bruxellons! festival in 2015, Evita – Bruxellons! festival in 2016, Cabaret – Théâtre Le Public (over 100 show dates), Sunset Boulevard – Bruxellons! festival in 2018, My Fair Lady – Bruxellons! festival in 2019, Cinderella – role of Titus – Deep Bridge and Plopsaland in 2019, Blood Brothers – role of Mickey – Bruxellons! festival in 2021, Le Roi Lion et les Rythmes de la Terre - Timon - DisneyLand Paris 200 shows between June and September 2022), as an art director in voice-overs and dubbing (Cartoonbase, La Comédie de Bruxelles, Cactus Audiovisuel, Option Media, Studio 100), as an assistant art director for projects for Luc Petit Création, notably Qing Show in Qingdao, China, from February to April 2019, as a teacher (performing arts: Collège Saint-Pierre, Uccle, and Ecole de la scène, Uccle – Taekwondo: Académie Master Kim), and as a theatre director and editor (Cooper Production, Comédie de Bruxelles, Théâtre Le Public, Tobiarts Productions, Effet Miroir).  
Damien was also the official french-speaking television presenter of Studio 100 TV alongside Nathalie Van Tongelen and Romain Angeveld from May 2018 to February 2020.