Lighting & Video Projection
Born in 1959 in Tours, he studied the Fine Arts at the Beaux-Arts in Tours while, at the same time, working as assistant director, stage and accessories. In 1987, he created his first stage design for Jean-Christophe Maillot (Theme et 4 Variations) with whom he has collaborated regularly since then (Le Jardin Jeux d'Amour, Ubuhuha, Lueur dAmour, Vers un Pays Sage, Recto Verso). He has developped this collaboration with choreographers, working with such artists as Ramon Oiler, Bruno Jacquin, Graham Lustig, Conny Jansen, Ted Brandsen and Josette Baiz. He has been invited to work with the Ballet du Nord, the Rome Opera Ballet, the Lyon Opera Ballet, the Grand Theatre de Bordeaux, the Stuttgart Ballet, the Ballet British Columbia, Introdans and has regularly collaborated with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, both as director and lighting designer. In Monaco, he has created the lighting for Jean- Christophe Maillot's Betes Noires, Home Sweet Home, Dov'e la Luna,Ubuhuha, Vers un Pays Sage, Duo d'Anges, Concert d'Anges, Romeo and Juliet, Recto Verso, I'Jle, Cinderella and Casse-Noisette Circus, Opus 40, Entrelacs, Oeil pour Oeil, La Belle, Men's Dance, D'une rive a I'autre, Les Noces, Miniatures , Le Songe, Altro Canto I et II, Men’s Dance for Woman, Sheherazade, Chore, Casse- Noisette Compagnie, Aleatorio, La Mégère apprivoisée, Abstract life. He also collaborates with Bertrand d’At, Renato Zanella, Serge Bennathan, John Alleyne, Itzik Galili and Lucinda Childs; In the Netherlands, he has worked with Ed Wubbe, Gian Franco Paoluzzi, Ginette Laurin, Renato Zanella, Ton Wiggers, Heinz Spoerli, Nils Christie, Kirsten Debroek, Conny Jansen, Miriam Dietrich, Ted Brandsen and Josette Baiz.
In October 2004, Dominique Drillot was officialy appointed as professor of scenography at the École Supérieure des Beaux-arts of Monaco.