An Evening of Works by Odile Duboc

U.S. Premiere performed by Odile Duboc and her company Contre Jour. The French choreographer and her company present:

ODIL
A brand-new improvisation featuring Duboc

boléro, two
The duet from Duboc’s trois boléros, with choreography set to the music of Ravel’s Boléro and inspired by Camille Claudel’s sculptures

trio 03
Performed by three male dancers and inspired by the painting Les Lutteurs (The Wrestlers) by Russian artist Natalia Gontcharova

Odile Duboc has been working as a choreographer since 1980. In 1990, she was named Director of the Centre Chorégraphique National de Franche-Comté à Belfort. She was awarded the choreography prize from Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques in 1999.

Contre Jour was founded in 1983 by Duboc and lighting designer Françoise Michel. The company’s name is a pun based on the artistic collaboration between the creator and her lighting designer.