In 1962, the Grand Théâtre de Genève acquired a permanent ballet company, made up of 22 artists, offering two original choreographic creations per season. Collaborating with choreographers of international renown, over the course of its performances, it has built a worldwide reputation for itself. Today, whilst the premieres are always held in Geneva, the Geneva Ballet frequently performs outside Switzerland (France, Italy, United States, Russia, Australia, China, Brazil, South Africa…). From the 22–23 Season, the Ballet is under the management of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Geneva Ballet Director

The Ballet is already family; its performers have danced my work: Loin, Fall and they rehearsed Exhibition up to the point of the second lockdown. As the new director, I want to give its dancers the opportunity to show themselves as full human beings on stage instead of just people who are very good at moving around.
I believe in artists who understand the deep-rooted relationships between all the arts, so inviting choreographers like Fouad Boussouf and also especially Damien Jalet is a way to show my desire to reveal analogies between us as artists, letting us honour the interconnection between music, the visual arts and choreography. In collaboration with visual artists, such as Ugo Rondinone or Antony Gormley this season, choreography finds an innovating visual voice. I love to work with live music especially created for my shows: the arts become one, they support one another. The living artists are part of my extended family, which opens limitless possibilities.
My intention with the company is to create new pieces and share my existing repertory of larger scale works in which a big group of dancers can be featured together as one coherent whole. We’ve been so isolated from each other these last years that seeing humans come together and stand as a community can bring us comfort, it can remind us we are part of a bigger picture. Pieces like Noetic, which we are bringing to La Bâtie at the beginning of the season, or Sutra as Guest Ballet programme, are a reflection on these interconnections.
I am always on the lookout for the elements that can show us how much we have in common as human beings, how much we differ. Are these really differences or rather choices? Sometimes we are different because we have to make our choices; I wanted to become an interpreter and did a really rewarding first year at the Antwerp Translators and Interpreters Institute. But I couldn’t at the same time follow my desire to be a performing artist. I had to let go of something. Nevertheless, the spirit of the interpreter still resides in me as a performer and a designer of performance, and it will never leave me.

Director of the Ballet
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Company Executive Manager
Florent Mollet

Deputy Assistant
Vitorio Casarin

Administrative Coordinator
Léa Caufin

Ballet Master
Pascal Marty
Manuel Renard

BALLET TECHNIQUE
Technical directors of the ballet
Philippe Duvauchelle
Rudy Parra

Lighting manager
Sébastien Babel

Stage Manager
Alexandre Ramos

Medical service
Dr Victoria Duthon
(Hirslanden Clinique La Colline)

Physiotherapist
Thomas Meister

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