Influences

• Anvers, Belgium.


  Where was SLC born?
• 1976


  What year was SLC born?
• Multi-cultural, multi-lingual, dual-nationality and dual-religion through a Flemish mother speaking French and Dutch and Moroccan father speaking Arabic, Spanish and French; influenced by both Catholicism and Islam.


  What kind of household did SLC grow up in?
• Languages and maths


  What was SLC good at at school?
• 15


  How old was he when he was hooked on dance?
• Music videos, TV, Bruce Lee, Prince and Janet Jackson, 80s pop artists.


  What/who inspired SLC in his early stages of dance?
• Jazz, ballet, hip hop, flamenco and tap.


  What dance classes did SLC attend from recommendations from other dancers he worked on TV with?
• He was against it but once his parents separated, SLC immersed himself in it.


  What was his father's opinion on SLC dancing?
• His ballet teacher


  Who encouraged SLC to take part in the contest for Best Belgian dancer?
• Alain Platel (Les Ballet C de la B)


  Who organised the competition for the Best Belgian Dancer?
• Vogueing, hip-hop and African dance


  With what styles did SLC win the Best Belgian Dancer competition?
• Wim Vandekeybus and someone connected to P.A.R.T.S


  Who told Cherkaoui to enrol at P.A.R.T.S?
• The Bang Gang Dance Company (African and hip hop)


  What company did he join whilst at P.A.R.T.S?
• Ballet, contemporary, improvisation, choreography, repertoire, history, yoga, shiatsu, pilates, anatomy, theatre, music analysis, singing, rhythm studies, philosophy, sociology, performance analysis and management skills.


  What is involved in P.A.R.T.S training?
• Les Ballet C de la B, Lets op Bach


  What company did SLC join in 1997 and with what work of Alain Platel?
• Alain Platel (although he didn't really influence SLC's style)


  Who became Cherkaoui's mentor when SLC was at Les Ballets C de la B?
• "Very harsh for me, very uncomfortable. It reminded me of a kid, being a low social class"


  What did Cherkaoui say about Platel's style?
• Rien de Rien (2000) for Les Ballet C de la B


  What was SLC's first full length work?
• Rien de Rien (2000), Foi (2002), Tempus Fugit (2004), Ook (2000), D'avant (2002), Zero Degrees (2005)


  List of SLC's work
• 2006 and 2009


  Between which years was SLC assistant artist in residence at Toneelhuis in Antwerp?
• Myth (2007) and Origine (2008)


  What pieces did he make whilst at Antwerp?
• Appointed Associate Artist.


  What happened to SLC in 2008 via Sadler's Wells?
• 2008


  In what year did he create Sutra?
• Festival Equilibrio in Rome in 2010.


  Which festival was he appointed Artistic Director?
• Eastman (the translation of his Arabic name)

  What is the name of SLC's company?
• 2010


  In what year did SLC choreograph the multiple award-winning Babel which was co-choreographed with Damien Jalet and Antony Gormley (set designer)?
• The Royal Ballet of Flanders.


  Who is SLC the Artistic Director for currently?
• Dutch National Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet and Les Ballets de Monte Carlo


  What are the large companies that SLC still works with?
• Akram Khan, Shantala Shivalingapa and Maria Pages


  Who are people that SLC still works with?
• Hip hop, modern, jazz, ballet, Irish, African and kathak


  What are the techniques that SLC uses in his works?
• Theatrical, dynamic, music-driven productions


  Overall summary of his works
• Pina Bausch and Tanztheater, Alain Platel, Trisha Brown, Wim Vandekeybus, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, William Forsythe


  Who influenced SLC?
• Radical dance theatre


  What was Alain Platel known for?
• Pedestrian movement


  What style of dance did Trisha Brown have?
• Release technique and the use of the skeleton (which was also influenced by his study of anatomy at P.A.R.T.S)

  How did Trisha Brown influence SLC?
• Keersmaeker


  Fill in the blank- Anne Teresa de ...
• Everyday gestures, makes dancers talk, uses geometric lines

  How did William Forsythe influence SLC?
• Gestural, intricate hand movements, fast footwork


  What are William Forsythe's significant features?
• Retireés, petit batterie


  What are the balletic elements in Forsythe's work?
• Use of core and contraction


  What are elements of Graham in Forsythe's work?