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Length:
71 minutes
Released:
Jul 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Belgian/Moroccan Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is one of the world’s most sought after  choreographers. He’s made over 50 shows, works in contemporary dance, ballet, film and theatre and has picked up a frankly embarrassing haul of awards.Collaborators include Antony Gormley, Damien Jalet, Marina Abramovic and Beyonce – to name but a few.I worked with Larbi and Gormley on Sutra, and with Larbi and Damien Jalet on the Olivier Award winning Babel (words) around 2008 – 2010.As well as running his own company Eastman, since 2015 he has been the Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet of Flanders.Conversations with Larbi are always extremely free-flowing. Here our wide-ranging chat covers his experience of Covid-19 as a person, a choreographer and the AD of Ballet Vlanderen, as well as how the intimacy of his practice has evolved in response to both his position as a leader, and an awareness engendered by the #MeToo movement.I popped up on his screen while he was at home in Antwerp in late May 2020.Enjoy!
Released:
Jul 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (32)

DOWNTIME features a series of interviews with dance artists and arts leaders about how they work, what it is that drives them, and whether their purpose has changed in response to the challenges of the past couple of years. It is hosted by internationally respected dramaturg Lou Cope, who spearheaded The Centre of Applied Dramaturgy (CoAD). CoAD seeks to make the value of dramaturgical practice clear, embed it into organisations – artistic and otherwise, and develop its reach – both in terms of form and scope.