LC control no. | n 2007058742 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Cherkaoui, Sidi Larbi |
Variant(s) | Larbi Cherkaoui, Sidi |
Associated country | Belgium |
Birth date | 1976 |
Place of birth | Antwerp (Belgium) |
Field of activity | Dance |
Profession or occupation | Choreographers |
Found in | 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) 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) |
Associated language | eng |