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Compagnie HERVÉ KOUBI

Drawing creative strength from his Algerian roots and the Mediterranean culture, Compagnie Hervé KOUBI is a powerhouse player on the international touring circuit. Combining contemporary and urban dance movements, capoeira, and martial arts with powerful imagery and inspired choreography, the dancers defy gravity.

The Compagnie Hervé KOUBI now features four different repertory options including Hervé Koubi's newest work, Sol Invictus.

Named after the “invincible sun” deity, the work upholds love as the guarantor of peace, that despite fracture, communion emerges as humanity’s saving grace. The music score includes a composition by Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson, with excerpts by Steve Reich and digital composer Maxime Bodson. “I want to talk about light, solidarity, and those bonds that unite us,” says Koubi. “Here, the sun and the dance will emerge victorious.”

Additional Touring Repertory:

What the Day Owes to the Night

Absolutely unique and utterly original, this fearless, powerful company reigns from France, Algeria, and beyond. Combining contemporary and urban dance movements, capoeira, and martial arts with powerful imagery and inspired choreography, the dancers defy gravity. Inspired by Algerian author Yasmina Khadra’s novel, What The Day Owes To The Night traces Koubi’s own personal lineage as a French-Algerian choreographer. After learning about his family’s Algerian roots, Koubi returned to the country of his ancestors to collaborate with streetdance performers from across the Mediterranean basin. What emerged is “a creation of poetic beauty” (The New York Times), a meditative yet strikingly athletic work about the ties that bind us.

Barbarian Nights

In Barbarian Nights (Les Nuits Barbares), choreographer Hervé Koubi crafts a profound physical meditation on the shared history of the Mediterranean basin. Rather than a linear narrative, the work unfolds as a series of powerful, evocative images that challenge the historical stigma of the "barbarian."

Boys Don't Cry

In Boys Don’t Cry, Hervé Koubi shifts his lens from the epic, historical scale of the Mediterranean to a more intimate, playful, yet poignant exploration of identity. Based on a text by Chantal Thomas, the work serves as a vibrant "dance-play" that examines the social constructs of masculinity and the courage required to follow one's own path.

The piece centers on the story of a young boy who loves to dance but grows up in a culture where soccer is the undisputed king of the pitch. Through a blend of humor and athleticism, Koubi explores the tension between individual desire and the weight of familial and social expectations.