Dracula – L'amour plus fort que la mort

Dracula
L'amour plus fort que la mort
MusicVolodia and Philippe Uminski
BasisBram Stoker's Dracula
ProductionsKamel Ouali at Palais des Sports de Paris in 2011

Dracula, l'amour plus fort que la mort ('Dracula: Love stronger than death') is a French musical in two acts by French choreographer Kamel Ouali, his debut production. It was first performed on 30 September 2011 at the Palais des Sports de Paris and continued until 1 January 2012. The Kamel Ouali work was inspired by Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula and by the 1992 film version by Francis Ford Coppola. A filmed version of the work was also shown on wide screens throughout France between 20 and 22 July 2012.

Personnel

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Actors
  • Golan Yosef - Count Dracula
  • Nathalie Fauquette - Mina Murray
  • Gregory Deck - Sorcerer
  • Lola Ces - Poison
  • Ginie Line - Satine
  • Julien Loko - Jonathan Harker
  • Anaïs Delva - Lucy Westenra
  • Aymeric Ribot - Dr Abraham Van Helsing
  • Florent Torres - Angel
  • Laurent Levy - Dr Seward
  • Sébastien Sfedj - dancer, story teller and role of Joker of the palace
Alternative actors
  • Sébastien Agius - Sorcerer and Angel (replacement for Gregory Deck et Florent Torres)
  • Fanny Fourquez - Lucy, Satine and Poison (replacement for Anaïs Delva, Ginie Line et Lola Ces)
  • Julien Lamassonne - Jonathan and Van Helsing (replacement for Julien Loko et Aymeric Ribot)
Dancers
  • Brahem Aiache
  • Salim Bagayoko
  • Jonathan Ber
  • Hélène Buannic
  • Mélodie Cailleret
  • Joseph Di Marco
  • Aurélie Giboire (also a double for Nathalie Fauquette as Mina)
  • Alias Hilsum
  • Louya Kounkou
  • Stéphane Lavalle
  • Clément Le Disquay
  • Estelle Manas Sahoulamide
  • Marco Purcaro (also a double for Golan Yosef as Dracula)
  • Abkari Saitouli
  • Charlotte Siepiora (also a double for Nathalie Fauquette as Mina)
  • Roman Bonaton (aerial artist)
  • Cécile Magdeleine (aerial artist)
  • Yohann Tete (also a double for Golan Yosef as Dracula)
  • Other dancers (on contract or training): Melissa Assi, Emmanuel Auvy, Elisabeth Duguêret, Roxane Garrigos, Yoan Grosjean, Yann Herve, Rebecca Journo, Grégoire Malandin, Sandra Pericou, Alicia Rault, Roman Vikouloff