Kader Belarbi
Renowned dancer and choreographer, Kader Belarbi is characterized by an endless curiosity and a renewed appetite for dancing adventures.
After studying choreography at the School Dance of the Paris Opera, he joined the ballet corps in 1980, where he climbed the stage with brilliance. In 1989, he was named Star with the role of “The Bluebird” in Rudolf Nureyev’s “Sleeping Beauty”. Nineteen years later, he made his official farewells at the Ballet de l’Opéra in Paris with “Signs” by Carolyn Carlson.
Open to all styles, he danced the numerous ballets of the repertory of the Paris Opera and remains a familiar of the contemporary dance. He has been associated with numerous world premieres by major choreographers and aesthetics such as Roland Petit, Rudolf Noureev, John Neumeier, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Maurice Béjart, Maguy Marin, Dominique Bagouet, Saburo Teshigawara, Jirí Kylián, William Forsythe, Mats Ek and Pina Bausch.
Also a choreographer, Kader Belarbi is the author of forty ballets: “Giselle and Willy” (1991), “Salle des pas perdus” (1997), “Les Saltimbanques” (1998), “Hurlevent” (2002) for the Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris , “Les Épousés” (2004), “La Bête et la Belle” (2005) for the Grands Ballets Canadiens, “Entrelacs” for the National Ballet of China, “The Wonderful Mandarin” for the Ballet of the Grand Théâtre de Genève Musicians and dancers of the Paris Opera (2008), a lunar Pierrot accompanied by a dancer and a guitarist (2011) …
During two seasons (2009-2010 and 2010-2011), he is an associate artist at La Comète, a national stage in Châlons-en-Champagne (France) and performs on tour with a group of dancers.
For the Capitole Ballet (Toulouse, France), which he directs since August 1, 2012, he creates “Liens de table” and “À nos Amours” (2010), “La Reine morte” (2011), “Étranges Voisins” (2012), “Entrelacs”, “The Corsair”, “Beauty and the Beast” (2013), “Bach-Suite III” (2014), “Giselle” (2015) and “Mur-Mur” (2016).
Throughout the seasons, Kader Belarbi allows the dancers to seize the diversity of choreographic styles in order to nourish their dance.
He is an Officer of Arts and Letters (2006), Knight of the Legion of Honor (2008) and an Officer in the National Order of Merit (2016).
Source: Theatre du Capitole ‘s website (Toulouse, France)
