Dating from the year 1993, this video presents a young Emmanuel Macron playing the role of a scarecrow in Jean Tardieu’s play entitled “The Comedy of Language”.
Emmanuel Macron recently captivated public opinion by announcing, during his press conference on January 16, his intention to set up theater classes at college. This decision has revived interest in a rare archive video of the President of the Republic, revealing his stage debut at the age of 15, dressed in a scarecrow costume. The video, taken from the documentary “Emmanuel Macron, the meteor strategy” broadcast in November 2016 on France 2immortalizes an end-of-year performance at the Jesuit high school of La Providence in Amiens, in 1993. The sequence reveals an energetic Emmanuel Macron, strolling on stage with open arms, pronouncing with emotion: “Ah… It’s good to be reborn.”
Brigitte Macron, organizer of the event and young Macron’s French teacher at the time, remembers this performance with admiration. “He played a scarecrow, and I thought he was incredible on stage. What a presence,” she shares in front of the France Télévisions cameras. The romantic story is intertwined with this theatrical episode, affirming that it was within the theater classes led by Brigitte Macron, then Trogneux, that the future president fell in love with his teacher, 24 years his senior.
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The praise of theater in education: vision and ambition
Emmanuel Macron’s statement during his press conference resonates with his own theatrical experience. “As with music and the visual arts, I hope that theater will become a compulsory part of middle school from the next school year,” he declares. He underlines the importance of this discipline by affirming that it “gives confidence” And “learns orality, contact with great texts.”
However, the precise terms of this educational initiative remain to be clarified. The implications, the teachers involved, and the way in which this ambitious vision will be concretely implemented raise the expectations of many education stakeholders. The return to Emmanuel Macron’s theatrical roots sheds new light on his educational ambitions. Theatre, a witness to his youth, becomes a key instrument in his vision for national education, offering a fascinating insight into how personal experiences influence political choices.
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