Philippe Decouflé (born October 22, 1961) is a Frenchchoreographer, dancer, mime artist, and theatre director.[1] As a child he travelled extensively around Lebanon and Morocco before learning his skills as a teenager at the Annie FratelliniÉcole du Cirque and the Marceau Mime School.[2] While frequenting Parisiennenightclubs he discovered and was attracted to contemporary dance, and he eventually moved to the Centre National de la Danse Contemporaine in Angers to study under choreographer Alwin Nicolais.[3] After briefly working as a solo dancer, he formed the Découflé Company of Arts in Bagnolet in 1983,[2] moving it to a former electrical works in the Parisienne suburb of Saint-Denis in 1995.[3]
Decouflé is also the director of the Cirque du Soleil show Paramour which debuted in 2016 in New York City.[7] Scenes from Iris were incorporated into Paramour.[7]
philippe, decouflé, born, october, 1961, french, choreographer, dancer, mime, artist, theatre, director, child, travelled, extensively, around, lebanon, morocco, before, learning, skills, teenager, annie, fratellini, École, cirque, marceau, mime, school, while. Philippe Decoufle born October 22 1961 is a French choreographer dancer mime artist and theatre director 1 As a child he travelled extensively around Lebanon and Morocco before learning his skills as a teenager at the Annie Fratellini Ecole du Cirque and the Marceau Mime School 2 While frequenting Parisienne nightclubs he discovered and was attracted to contemporary dance and he eventually moved to the Centre National de la Danse Contemporaine in Angers to study under choreographer Alwin Nicolais 3 After briefly working as a solo dancer he formed the Decoufle Company of Arts in Bagnolet in 1983 2 moving it to a former electrical works in the Parisienne suburb of Saint Denis in 1995 3 Philippe DecoufleDecoufle in 2006Born 1961 10 22 October 22 1961 age 61 Neuilly sur Seine Paris FranceOccupation s Director choreographer writerHe has worked for the Lyon Opera Ballet and he choreographed the music video for New Order s True Faith and Fine Young Cannibals She Drives Me Crazy The former won the Best Music Video prize at the 1988 BRIT Awards 4 while his advertisement for Polaroid won a Silver Lion prize at the 1989 Venice Film Festival 1 On the back of these successes he was selected to choreograph the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1992 Winter Olympics in front of a global television audience of over two billion people 1 the 50th anniversary Cannes Film Festival in 1997 1 and a parade for the 2007 Rugby Union World Cup in Saint Denis in Paris 5 Decoufle is the writer and director of the Cirque du Soleil show Iris 6 Decoufle is also the director of the Cirque du Soleil show Paramour which debuted in 2016 in New York City 7 Scenes from Iris were incorporated into Paramour 7 Decorations EditCommander of the Order of Arts and Letters 2015 8 References Edit a b c d Philippe Decoufle the unclassifiable choreographer Virginie Oks France Diplomatie a b Philippe Decoufle Just doing his own thing Archived 2018 04 15 at the Wayback Machine Patricia Boccadoro Culture Kiosque June 3 1999 a b Philippe Decoufle Thomas Hahn Ballet International Actual Dance The BRIT Awards 1988 Archived 2007 09 28 at the Wayback Machine BRIT Awards official site Peregrine Anthony September 1 2007 Enjoying the Rugby Union World Cup the French way The Daily Telegraph Archived from the original on September 3 2007 Ng David 2011 04 28 Cirque du Soleil prepares for first L A rehearsals of Iris at Kodak Theatre Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2011 05 01 a b Paulson Michael April 13 2016 After Two New York Flops Cirque du Soleil Bets Big on Broadway The New York Times Nomination dans l ordre des Arts et des Lettres juillet 2015 Culturecommunication gouv fr April 9 2015 Archived from the original on April 24 2016 Retrieved January 14 2016 External links EditCompagnie DCA official site Philippe Decoufle at IMDb Philippe Decoufle on Facebook Philippe DeCoufle textuel by Rosita Boisseau Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Philippe Decoufle amp oldid 1035292523, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
