Sthan Kabar-Louët and Death and the Maiden

It has long been on my agenda to go to New Caledonia to do a work with Sthan Kabar-Louët – probably ever since he started his own company there in 2005. Somehow things always seemed to conspire against it…usually related to company contracts and schedules!
Finally this year the heavens aligned and it is on… I am going to New Caledonia to create a work with Sthan inspired by Schubert’s Death and the Maiden.
So who is Sthan? Sthan is a New Caledonian born dancer/choreographer/director who I met and worked with during my time with Béjart Ballet Lausanne. He showed an early desire to create his own work and was fostered in that direction by M. Béjart himself. Sthan left BBL in 2005 to start his own company in NC incorporating classical technique with traditional dance of the Pacific region.
My personal ties to Sthan are strong as he is one of the many people who persuaded me, during my turbulent twenties, to keep dancing. He even lent me his apartment in Lausanne so that I could stay there and get back into dancing when I was drifting away from it all.
Some people come and go in life and some people are a constant. Sthan is a constant.
I have just finished an in depth interview with Sthan about his interesting career so far which I will be publishing in the next few days… Stay tuned.

Tags: Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Death and the Maiden, Sthan Kabar-Louet
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