Julie Dossavi Company


Created in 2003, Julie Dossavi Company is a French based contemporary dance company directed by Julie Dossavi, Sue used to be resident choreographer at the National Choreographic Center in La Rochelle (directed by Kader Attou) from 2011 to 2013 and resident choreographer at Treize Arches Theatre from 2013 to 2015.
Compagnie Julie Dossavi is a registered charity and received structural subsidy from the French Ministry of Culture DRAC Poitou-Charentes, the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council and the Vienne County.
 


Julie Dossavi's biography

Training UEREPS Paris, contemporary dance option. Performed as a dancer with Jean-François Duroure, Philippe Decouflé (assistant for the opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Albertville), Salia ni Seydou, Kettly Noël, Gérard Gourdot, Kader Attou... Took part in music videos, TV broadcasts and choreographed fashion shows (Angelique Kidjo, Yannick Noah, Marc Ribot, Jean-Paul Gaultier...). Leads worldwide dance workshops (Cairo Opera, Marocco, Cameroon, UK, USA, Central Africa ...).
 

Productions

2015

La JuJu, a dance and music performance duet.

2014/15

My Love for You, New production for six interpreters.
 

2012

Cross & Share Dance-theater-music performance for one dancer, one singer and one keyboardist. Premiered at Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis Festival.
Lalaï Dance and music performance for one dancer, one pianist and one cellist. Premiered at Agesci Museum in Niort.
Adjalin Dance and music performance for one dancer and an interpreter for cithar from Tchad.
 

2011

Grand-Father doesn't like Swing Dance and music duo with Julie Dossavi and Yvan Talbot, celebrating love, women, on a miscegenation of electro music and traditional rhythms of West Africa.


2010

'Angoulême, A City that Dances' A live event with artists and the population of a city.
Great Dossavien Ball A live ball with a lead dancer, 3 dancers and 3 musicians.
Two Dance's Pieces A dance night made up of 'Mi Lè doun' and 'With each gust of wind the butterfly flits in the willow.
 

2008-09

The Night the Cats the Grey_Clubbing A look at the world of nightclubs (performed in France and Spain).
 

2006-07

Agbazémé Choreography Julie Dossavi created in Chad with 4 local dancers (staged in France and Chad).
 

2005 

Mi Lè Doun Revival of 'P.I. (Pays) or Intimate Presentations'. Dance and music duo with Julie Dossavi and Yvan Talbot (performed in France, theatres & outdoor).
 

2004

P.I. (Pays) or Intimate Presentations Choreography Julie Dossavi, for 4 interpreters (1 dancer, 1 singer and 2 musician), toured in the USA (Los Angeles, Austin, Miami, Albuquerque, Baton Rouge), in Colombia, in Bosnia...
With Each Gust of Wind the Butterfly flits in the Willow Solo choreographed by Daniel Larrieu for Julie Dossavi. Represented at the Montpellier Dance Festival, Paris Quartier d’été Festival, in Spain (theatres & outdoor)

 

TThe Company also performs outdoor, builds up a “dance parade” and “ball” in collaboration with cities.

These productions toured in the USA (Los Angeles, Austin, Miami, Albuquerque, Baton Rouge), in Colombia, Bosnia, Chad, Spain and France.
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