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Virtual Home Season: Bringing the World’s Best Dance to Your Home
What the day owes to the night by Compagnie Hervé KOUBI. Photo: Karim Amar
Compagnie Hervé KOUBI
What the day owes to the night by Compagnie Hervé KOUBI. Photo: Nathalie Sternalski
Compagnie Hervé KOUBI
Compagnie Hervé KOUBI (France/Algeria)
What the day owes to the night
Premiere
January 2013, Aix-en-Provence/France
Choreography
Hervé Koubi
Original Score
Maxime Bodson
Music
J. S. Bach, Kronos Quartet, Algerian compositions
Duration
61 minutes
Performance Dates
Thu. Nov. 12 • Available 5pm
Sun. Nov. 15 • Ends 5pm
Sat. Nov. 14 • WATCH PARTY
“Like a 19th century orientalist who came to Algeria to bring his Eastern dreams to life, I would like to bring to life my dreams of a child born in France who only discovered his true origins later on.” – HERVÉ KOUBI
France-based Compagnie Hervé KOUBI performs What The Day Owes To The Night, a highly physical, stunningly fluid work for 13 French-Algerian and African dancers. Choreographer Hervé Koubi was inspired by his father’s deathbed revelation that Koubi’s family originated in Algeria, rather than in France as Koubi had believed. Exploring the artist’s newfound roots, this spellbinding work combines capoeira (Afro-Brazilian martial arts), hip hop, and contemporary dance with powerful imagery evocative of Orientalist paintings—depictions of the Eastern world by European artists—and Islamic architecture. Though thrillingly kinetic, what lingers about the piece is the transcendence of a journey home.
“This company not only exhibits artistic excellence but also cultural relevance!” TITAS DALLAS
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Program Notes - Meet the Company
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In Conversation
Dr. Allana Lindgren speaks with Artistic Director Hervé Koubi.
Watch Party (optional)
7:30PM P.S.T.
Saturday, November 14
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