Larbi’s Timeline Flashcards
Explain and give context to Larbi being born in 1976
-born in Belgium to a Flemish mother and Moroccan father, so he grew up in a multicultural and multilingual household with both Catholic and Buddhism religion.
-His parents spoke Arabic, Spanish, French and Dutch.
-He said “translation was always a very important part of my life”
Explain and give context to him winning Les Ballet C de la B solo competition in 1995
-at age 19 he entered a dance contest for Best Belgium Dancer.
-He won first prize for his solo performance that he had choreographed combining vogueing, hiphop, and African dance
Explain and give context to Larbi’s time at P.A.R.T.S in 1966
-there was someone on the judging panel at Les Ballet C de la B who was connected to Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and they suggested he enrolled on the 3 year training programme
-“there I studied the techniques of William Foresythe, Trisha Brown, and Pina Bausch. It was very eclectic dance school that really allowed you to touch on very iconic contemporary dance style
-he experienced contemporary, modern, classical, and pop culture dance here
Explain and give context to him joining Les Ballet C de la B in 1997
-he was invited to join here and he made his debut as a choreographer in 1999
Explain and give context to him receiving the Nijinsky Award in 2002
-awarded this for his first full length production Ríen de Ríen
Explain and give context to the 2002 workshop at Theatre Stap, leading to Ook
-a movement performance based on the personal dreams of the 10 mentally disabled actors on stage
-it was made in collaboration with Nienke Reehorst, and was about the beauty they seek in the vulnerability of the human being, through the relativity of the dance
-it was one of the most successful plays performed by the Theatre stap
Explain and give context to his own company Eastman which was made in 2010
-he founded his own dance company, which is the English translation of his Arabic surname Cherkaoui
-it forms the central point for all of his works, which offers audiences a vast array of projects and collaborations across many forms of performance
