2015-16
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DISCOVER A WORLD OF DANCE
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LA COMPAGNIE HERVÉ KOUBI January 28-30, 2016 | Lincoln Hall, Portland State University
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WELCOME
INTRODUCING THE VISIONARY HERVÉ KOUBI Welcome back from the holidays. We are delighted to introduce you to one of the most greatly anticipated dance companies of White Bird’s season, La Compagnie Hervé Koubi from France. We first heard the name Hervé Koubi at the big Arts Presenters Conference in New York City a year ago. During APAP, many artists and companies perform showcases, which feature excerpts from work they are planning on touring in the following season. There were several showings of Hervé Koubi’s work, and we kept hearing from presenters how amazing his all-male company is. Finally we did get to see the showcase, and we knew immediately the company would be perfect for our Uncaged Series. An extensive US tour developed out of those much-talked about showcases, and we are proud to be the second stop on Hervé Koubi’s inaugural US tour, after ODC Theater in San Francisco. Drawing from his Algerian roots, Koubi has created a visionary work that you will be seeing this evening, translated as “What the Day Owes to the Night,” featuring 11 incredibly versatile young men, largely of Algerian heritage. Trained in urban street dance and hip hop, they are remarkable for their grace and fluidity as well as their exciting athleticism. After these performances, Uncaged will continue with Kyle Abraham’s acclaimed company Abraham.In.Motion March 10–12 at the Newmark Theatre, followed by the Uncaged season closer of a dazzling new work by Crystal Pite and Kidd Pivot, Betroffenheit, in collaboration with Vancouver, BC’s Electric Company Theatre, March 31–April 2. Since its premiere in Canada last summer, Betroffenheit has been hailed as a masterwork. March, April and early May are packed with White Bird shows, including two nights of TIMBER, April 19–20 at the Schnitzer. We are proud to partner with the Portland Timbers on this amazing circus show from Quebec. We look forward to seeing lots of you over the next months.
Paul King
Walter Jaffe
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JANUARY 28–30, 2016 LINCOLN HALL, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
presents
Cie Hervé KOUBI Ce que le jour doit à la nuit/ What the day owes to the night CHOREOGRAPHY
Hervé Koubi DANCERS
Lazhar Berrouag, Nasserdine Djarrad, Fayçal Hamlat, Nassim Hendi, Amine Maamar Kouadri, Riad Mendjel, Youcef Ouali, Issa Sanou, Ismail Seddiki, Reda Tighremt, Mustapha Zahem, Adel Zouba MUSIC Maxime Bodson, Hamza El Din with Kronos Quartet, Johann Sebastian Bach, Soufi Music
LIGHTS Lionel Buzonie
COSTUMES Guillaume Gabriel White Bird’s presentation of tonight’s performance is supported by the French-US Exchange in Dance, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, and FACE Foundation, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Florence Gould Foundation, and the French Ministry of Culture and Communication. The presentation is also supported by WESTAF, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Oregon Arts Commission.
White Bird Uncaged 2015–16 is made possible by generous support from
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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM
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LA COMPAGNIE HERVÉ KOUBI
I met these dancers at an organized audition in October of 2009 in Algeria. Ever since, my enthusiasm never ceases to grow because of their pleasure in dance, always remaining open for the dance roles of the new creation. I try to stay away from creating the spectacular just for the spectacle; but prefer to create something where the musicality of each dancer, of each body is in the service of the purpose of the performance. –Hervé Koubi
In 2009, Hervé Koubi organized an audition in Algeria for the début of a work now completed, the creation of Ce que le jour doit à la nuit. As the young boy, an ordinary hero from the eponymous novel by Yasmina Khadra, sent from one family to another, Hervé Koubi embarks as an explorer of his own history which crosses that of the boy’s with a big H. It is as if an orientalist of the XIXth century came to Algeria to give life to his dreams of the Orient; I would like to give life to my dreams as a child born in France, and who discovered belatedly his true origins and those of his parents, Algerians from birth. Twelve Algerian and Burkina Faso dancers, mostly coming from street dance and hip-hop, helped realize this long-term project with each of the creative partners, already attempted with El Din. Fed by Orientalist paintings, the stone filigree of islamic architecture, Hervé Koubi traces his own path, made of entanglements, a complex weave. Lace, Koubi maintains—who has always been fascinated by its design—is before all else a way of creating ‘le jour’ (the day), the day in a textile, the day rendered in matter…the day in my history... Ce que le jour doit à la nuit is as its title implies, a mixing up of time and a story of links.
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Tonight’s performance will be performed without intermission. Running time approximately 70 minutes.
THE COMPANY LA COMPAGNIE HERVÉ KOUBI With roots in Algeria and trained as pharmaceutical doctor, Hervé Koubi decided to concentrate on a career as dancer/choreographer and his studies in Aix, Marseilles. Continued at the Centre International de Danse de Rosella Hightower in Cannes and later at the Opera of Marseille. Hervé Koubi has worked with Jean-Charles Gil , JeanChristophe Paré, Emilio Calcagno, and Barbara Sarreau (within the frameworks of the Ballet Preljocal). In 1999 he joined the Centre Choreographique de Nantes directed by Claude Brumachon and Benjamin Lamarche for the creation of Hotel Central in 2000. Later, he worked with Karine Saporta of the Centre Choreographique in Caen for the creation of The Garage–Sitting on the Mystical Rock (2001), Thierry Smits Company Thor in Brussels for the creation of Reliefs d’un Banquet (2003) and ‘D’Orient’ (2008). In 2000 Hervé Koubi created his first personal project Le Golem. Since 2001 he has collaborated with Guillaume Gabriel for the rest of his creations to date. He created Menagerie (2002) and Abattoirs, fantaisie... (2004). In 2006 he worked with the musical artist Laetitia Sherrif for the creation of 4’ 30”. In 2007 he reworked a piece created by the Croisette de Cannes in 1997 Les Heures Florissantes (The Flowering Hours)
for the Festival Cadence in Arcachon, as well as creating the contemporary and unusual work Moon Dogs—a discovery of the movements of Hip Hop. During 2008 he interpreted three choreographed works based on the three written works: Coppelia , une fiancée aux yeux d’email (Coppelia, a fiancée with enamel eyes)/The Supremes/ Bref sejour chez les vivants (Brief visit with the living). He collaborated with the writer Chantal Thomas for the creation of The Supremes, and with Roman Panassié for the creation of Bref sejour chez les vivants. In 2009, he started a collaboration with dancers from Cote Ivoire from the Beliga Kopé Company for the creation of Un rendez-vous en Afrique. In 2010 until the present he accompanied a group of 12 dancers composed of Algerians and one dancer from Burkina Faso for two different productions El Din (2010 and 2011) and Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (What the day owes to the night ), created in 2013. He collaborated as well with video makers for the projects of Video Dance, Max Vadukul for Yoji Yamamato for Chic Chef in 2009, Pierre Magnol for Body Concrete (2010), and Ovoid Edges (2012), Pierre Magnol et Michel Guimbard for Body Concrete 2 (2011), and Stephane Chazelon for Une Histoire de Traces (A History of Traces) in 2012 until 2015.
In addition to his work for the projects for the Hervé Koubi Company he is also invited regularly by various professional dance schools in France as well as abroad. In 2012 he was invited by Paola Cantalupo, the directer of the advanced school of dance in Cannes, to choreograph for the group contemporary male dancers for their professional dance diplomas. The Dance Company of Hervé Koubi is supported by the Region of Limousin, the Department of Correze, and the city of Brive, the Ministery of Culture, the Region PACA and the City of Cannes, the department Alpes Maritimes and The French Institute for some of its international tours. Coproductions: Ballet of the National Opera of Rhin–National Choreographic Center/National Choreographic Center of Creteil et du Val de Marne–Company Kafig/Palace of the Congress de Loudéac /Cultural Center of Vitré/Ballet Preljocal –National Choreographic Center of Aix en Provence/Ballet Biarritz–Thierry Malandain–National Choreographic Center. Ce que le jour doit a la nuit took part in the celebration Marseille Provence 2013 - European capital of culture.
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For US booking: Bernard SCHMIDT Bernard Schmidt Productions, Inc. 16 Penn Plaza, Suite 545 New York, NY 10001 USA Tel/fax: 1.212.564.4443 mail: bschmidtpd@aol.com www.bernardschmidtproductions.com
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Administration/Production/Tour: Guillaume GABRIEL phone: +33 (0)6 51 20 37 10 mail: herve.koubi@orange.fr Logistic: Camille BULAN phone: +33 (0)6 63 29 42 80 mail: camille.ciehervekoubi@gmail.com Technique: Lionel BUZONIE phone: +33 (0)6 08 72 27 98 mail: regie.herve.koubi@orange.fr www.cie-koubi.com