Julie Dossavi
Born in France in 1968, of Beninese origin, Julie Dossavi studied jazz dance. In 1990, she graduated in physical education and sports, with contemporary dance option. Admitted to the CNDC in Angers, she joined the company of Jean François Duroure. In 1992, she was a dancer, assistant and rehearsalist for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Albertville, directed by Philippe Decouflé.
At the same time, with her evolution in the movement of contemporary dance, she enlists for the promotion of voguing in nightclubs, connects clips, jingles and fashion shows.
From 1999, Julie Dossavi multiplies international exchanges. Performer for the Cie Salia ni Seydou, Kader Attou, Kettly Noël, she created the Compagnie Julie Dossavi in Poitiers in 2003 and developed a contemporary dance “very personal, hybrid and robust, sensual and plastic, all in vibrations of forms and rhythms”. . An enlightened actress, she composes intimate shows around the status of women and the phenomenon of double culture. Invited by the event” Le Vif du Sujet”, in 2004, she asked Daniel Larrieu to compose a solo for her : “A chaque vent le papillon se déplace sur le saule”, presented at the Montpellier Danse and Paris summer quarter festivals. In 2012, she presented Cross & Share at the Rencontres chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, where she explored a third way, that of co-composition, co-writing. It dealed with a principle of shared creation of authors, choreographers, musicians and directors: Thomas Lebrun, Serge Aimé Coulibaly, Hamid Ben Mahi and Michel Schweizer. Julie Dossavi is associated artist with Treize Arches – Scène conventionnée de Brive Arts Croisées / Ecritures d’aujourd’hui from 2013 to 2015. She was in residence at the Théâtre d’Angoulême national scene from 2007 to 2011 and “”artiste en partage”” at the Choreographic center of la Rochelle from 2011 to 2013. She directed contemporary dancers from the Cairo Opera, leaded stages in Cameroon, London, and Marrakech.
Source: Fondation Zinsou, “Dansons Maintenant”! 2011. Le Journal, The Festival Daily news, n°9, February 8, 2015, Fondation Zinsou.
