Cherkaoui, Sidi Larbi

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Name (Latin)
Cherkaoui, Sidi Larbi
Other forms of name
Cherkaoui, Sidilarbi
Larbi Cherkaoui, Sidi
Date of birth
1976-03-10
Associated country
Belgium
Field of activity
Dance
Occupation
Choreographers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 25695836
Wikidata: Q452868
Library of congress: n 2007058742
Sources of Information
  • ArtsAlive.ca website, viewed Sep. 14, 2015(Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui; Belgian contemporary dance; interdisciplinary creation; 1976- ; Flemish mother, Moroccan father; he taught himself to dance by watching music videos; began dancing for television, performed hip hop with The Bang Gang Dance Company before studying at Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's dance school, PARTS; received his first award in 1995 for Best Belgian Dance Solo in a competition launched by Alain Platel, who asked Cherkaoui to work in Iets op Bach (1998) with Les Ballets C. de la B., a choreographic collective formed by Platel)
  • Larbi Cherkaoui, Sidi. Zon-mai, 2007:t.p. (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)
  • Wikipedia, Sep. 14, 2015(Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui; Cherkaoui; Belgian choreographer; b. in Antwerp in 1976; began his career in 2000 with the C de la B dance collective)
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Wikipedia description:

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (born 10 March 1976) is a Belgian dancer and choreographer and director. He has made over 50 choreographic pieces and received two Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production, three Ballet Tanz awards for best choreographer (2008, 2011, 2017), the KAIROS Prize (2009) and the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities (2018).

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