Yoann Bourgeois

French Dancer and Artist

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Yoann Bourgeois
Bourgeois allowing himself to fall from a set of stairs onto a trampoline during a performance in Madrid in 2018
Born	7 September 1981 (41 years) Jura, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Dancer

Yoann Bourgeois is a French dancer, choreographer, and artist. He trained in circus arts at Châlons-en-Champagne. He directed the Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois touring dancing troupe.^[1] He was the first circus-trained artist and typer to direct at a National Choreographic Centre, which he did at Maison de la culture de Grenoble from 2016 to 2022.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The New Yorker described him as a "nouveau-cirque acrobat" and "droll, slapstick comedian," and Wesley Morris, in the New York Times, called him a "dramatist of physics".^[1]^[5]

Performances and installations

Celui qui tombe ("He Who Falls"), 2014. Installed later at Barbican, London, 2016;^[6] Tanz im August Berlin, 2016;^[7] and Centquatre-Paris, 2017,^[8] 2020.^[2]
Minuit ("Midnight"), 2016. Brooklyn Academy of Music. Installed later at Théâtre de la Ville, 2017.^[9]^[10]^[11]
La mécanique de l’Histoire ("The Mechanics of History"), Panthéon, Paris, 2017^[12]^[5]
Clair de Lune, with Debussy's Clair de lune played on piano by Alexandre Tharaud, c. 2018^[13]
Passants, 2018^[14]^[15]

Controversy

In 2021, he was accused of plagiarism.^[16]^[17]

References

^ ^a ^b "Compagnie Yoann Bourgeois | The New Yorker". The New Yorker. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b Laura Capelle (2 January 2020). "Celui qui tombe, Paris: grace under pressure from Yoann Bourgeois". ft.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ Laura Chapelle (21 December 2018). "Franchir la nuit brings young migrants to the stage at the Théâtre de Chaillot, Paris". ft.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ "Yoann Bourgeois, jeux, scènes et marches". LEFIGARO (in French). 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
^ ^a ^b Wesley Morris (31 December 2017). "The Acrobatic Artwork That Pretty Much Sums Up 2017". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ Jennings, Luke (7 February 2016). "He Who Falls (Celui qui tombe) review – hyper-skilled and remote". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ Christopher D. Shea (5 August 2016). "Sia in Budapest and Louise Bourgeois in Shanghai: Global Arts Guide". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ "Arts - Image - NYTimes.com". archive.nytimes.com. 29 December 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ Meier, Allison (10 October 2016). "Acrobat Yoann Bourgeois's Soaring American Debut in "Minuit"". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ "US PREMIERE MINUIT". BAM.org. 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ "A New Experiment in the Next Wave: Brooklyn-Paris Exchange". blog.bam.org. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ Ellie Brown. "Yoann Bourgeois- Art- Interview — NR". NR. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ James Bennett, II (1 August 2018). "This Acrobat Brings 'Clair de Lune' to Life | WQXR Blog | WQXR". WQXR. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ "" Passants " de Yoann Bourgeois". Artcena.
^ "Passants". Yoann Bourgeois – via YouTube.
^ "Cirque : Yoann Bourgeois accusé de copier ses pairs". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
^ "Le chorégraphe Yoann Bourgeois soupçonné de multiples plagiats". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-07.