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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