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Cultural Olympiad: The Labors of Hercules by Dominique Hervieu

2024-02-26T15:44:13.948Z

Highlights: Dominique Hervieu is cultural director of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. She has granted the label to more than 2000 events. 2100 projects have received the Cultural Olympiad label. 600 have already taken place, the remainder will be performed by September 8. 70 proposals are still arriving per week today, and this figure has been growing since we became aware of it. This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 84% left to discover. Flash sale -70% on digital subscription I ENJOY IT Already subscribed? Log in.


DECRYPTION - Cultural director of the Olympic Games, the dancer has granted the label to more than 2000 events.


Turn on the wing.

From arabesque, Dominique Hervieu moved on to the labors of Hercules!

A dancer, she was a joyful fairy cut out for the pirouette, which she did on pointe in

Paradis

, by José Montalvo.

She rose to prominence, choreographed the works with him and co-directed the company, then the Théâtre de Chaillot, the first national dance theater.

To finish solo at the head of the Maison de la danse de Lyon and its biennial.

A steep journey.

Here she is, one step higher on the podium: since March 2022, she has been cultural director of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Combining

“muscle with mind”

, as Pierre de Coubertin put it, is one of the fundamentals of Olympism.

She is the one in charge.

For the moment, 2100 projects have received the Cultural Olympiad label, 600 have already taken place, the remainder will be performed by September 8.

But it's not over: 70 proposals are still arriving per week today, and this figure has been growing since we became aware of…

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