“From childhood, when I saw my sister dance, I realized that something was happening, that it was imprinting itself somewhere within me, not on the side of the dancer, but on the side of the choreographer.” Throughout his dialogues with Philippe Bouret, Hervé Koubi unfolds what it means to him to be a choreographer. He explains, “Being a choreographer is like creating a wave on which the dancers surf. It’s a metaphor I particularly like. The wave is what is written. I don’t change the wave. It translates itself, it can break, even crash, but it has a precise, deliberate force, a form, and my dancers work with it. My role is to create waves and allow each dancer to invent, from these waves, a form of freedom.” Hervé Koubi also elaborates on his conception of the ensemble, of the chorus, when he is creating a piece. “There is an incredible power in a group. It could be birds, men and women, or even a field of wheat in the wind in May. That's what moves me deeply. Being together, regardless of gender. I've always had teams with many dancers, and what emerges from this constant is always the idea of a group, the idea of the collective, the idea of the dancing chorus.” Publication: September 1, 2025 Order Press Release