The Company

The plan, aesthetic and moral remains, to lead the dancers towards new experiences of life and dance, to develop a personal style, contemporary with these experiences, not to dismiss any heritage, not to follow any trend, to succeed in this point where the form and the content merge.

Philippe Tréhet has always been keen to write down his artistic adventure, not on an individual level but in the history of a company. An obstinate wager but a wager kept, against all odds.

To maintain the artistic team in this constant state will remain our principal preoccupation, a token of continuity indispensable to the assertion of an artistic aim and to the elaboration of a choreographic language.

Established in Le Havre since 1987, the company immediately gained the support of local cultural organizations and after two years received subsidizing from the French Ministry of Culture. As the company’s existence continued, Philippe Tréhet gathered about him a group of highly proficient dancers, thus ensuring an ongoing artistic excellence, indispensable both to his work and to the company’s development. All contribute to the progressive development of the company, fulfilling their role not only in the work within the studio but also contributing to the company’s many outside activities, increasing the public scope of the company and confirming its place within the community. Further ties have also been established between the company and a number of composers, set designers, musicians, artists and actors.

The company is regularly invited to perform at various international dance festivals including the Festival Biennale du Val du Marne, Holland Dance Festival, Holland Festival, Danse à Aix, Festival Le Temps d’Aimer, Cologne Festival and Dance Umbrella.

As well as creating new works for his own and other companies, Philippe Tréhet is often sought after to reset works from his company’s repertoire for other prestigious companies, thus bringing his works to a large international audience.

French. At the age of 13, after several years of gymnastics, he entered Rosella Hightower’s school in Cannes to study contemporary dance. From 1993, he continued his studies at the National Superior Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Paris, joining the Junior Ballet and working with numerous choreographers such as Serge Ricci, Lucinda Childs and Philippe Tréhet, whose company he joined in 1998. In 2000, dancing with Nadia Debuf, he won the Premier Grand Prix for Contemporary Duet, at the International Dance Competition in Paris.

Brazilian. Studied classical ballet, contemporary dance and jazz from 1986 until 1994 before joining such important Brazilian companies as the Raça Dance Company, the Cisne Negro Dance Company and the Ballet Stagium of São Paulo. There he worked with Jennifer Müller, Vasco Wallenkamp, Gigi Caciuleanu and Nils Christie. Further opportunities led him to Portugal, Holland and Israel and in 1996 to Philippe Tréhet’s company.

Israeli. Pursued her studies in Tel Aviv, and after winning first prize in the Mia Arbotova Dance Competition in 1993 joined the school of the Bat Dor Dance Company. On completion of her training in 1995 she was integrated into the company as soloist, working with a number of invited choreographers such as Nils Christie, Gigi Caciuleanu and Philippe Tréhet. After working with the New Israeli Opera and the Kibbutz Dance Company, she joined Philippe Trehet’s company in 2000.

French. Started dancing at the age of 11 and in 1993 was accepted into the National Superior Conservatoire of Music and Dance in Paris. There, on joining the Junior Ballet, she worked with many different choreographers including Lara Barsacq, Lucinda Childs, Serge Ricci and Philippe Tréhet. This last encounter led to the beginning of her professional career when she joined Philippe Tréhet’s company in 1998. In 2000 she won the Premier Grand Prix, with Dorian Crétey, for Contemporary Duet, in the International Dance Competition of Paris.

French. Studied at the National Centre for Contemporary Dance in Angers. Her professional career started with Joëlle Bouvier and Régis Obadia then Dominique Petit and Philippe Découflé. Her training also allowed her to work with Laura de Nercy and Bruno Dizien, Georges Appaix, Trisha Brown, Pierre Doussaint...Since 1991, the year of her meeting with Philippe Tréhet, she has performed in the majority of the creations of the company.

Spanish. Started dancing at the age of 12 with studies in classical ballet. Further training took him to Madrid where he continued studying under the guidance of Luis Fuente. With the desire to study contemporary dance, he enrolled in Rosella Hightower’s school in Cannes and after completing his training there, worked with the Jeune Ballet de France and the Swiss company Nomades. He joined Philippe Tréhet’s company in 1996 and in 2000 was among the finalists of the 9th International Dance Competition in Paris.

Venezuelan. Trained at the National School of Contemporary Dance - Core Valencia, before beginning his professional career, with the company, Valencia Danza Contemporanea. He danced with several different South American companies before joining the Ballet Contemporaneo de Caracas in 2000 where he worked with a number of choreographers including Nils Christie, Thierry Malandin and Philippe Tréhet. He was invited to join Philippe Tréhet’s company in 2002.

Australian. Studied at the Queensland Dance School of Excellence and worked with the Queensland Ballet before being engaged as a Soloist in a number of important classical companies such as the Wiener Ballett Theater, the European Ballet and the Lewis London Ballet. In 1994 she joined the Bat Dor Dance Company as a Principle dancer where she worked with numerous choreographers, among them, Nils Christie, Gigi Caciuleanu, Hans Van Manen, Thierry Malandin and Philippe Tréhet. Six years later she joined Ballet Contemporaneo de Caracas where she once again worked with Philippe Tréhet, joining his company at the beginning of 2003.

Company Repertoire

2003 QUATRE ÉTAGES
2002 HOM E
2001 VITALITÉS OBSCURES - DU BOUT DES LEVRES
2000 LA CAGE - DANSES LITTERAIRES
1999 AU SAUT DU MONDE
1998 TRAHISON
1997 LES SEPT PAROLES DE PROKOFIEV
1996 LE JARDIN DU SILENCE
1995 NUIT BLANCHE OU LA PROMESSE DU TEMPS
1994 LEGENDE - MILITIA AMORIS
1993 LES MYSTERES D’UN NOUVEAU MONDE - LE PRESENT DES ANGES
1992 LE COULOIR DE GALILEE
1991 UNE VILLE PEUT MOURIR
1990 NOVEMBRE
1988 TRANSPARENCES D’UN TROUBLE
1987 ILS