Sophie Tabakov
Sophie Tabakov is a dancer and choreographer. At the age of 14, she decided to dedicate herself to dance. She studied contemporary dance with Wes Howard, Michel Hallet Eghayan, Margaret Jenkins (San Francisco) and classical dance with Thomas Enckell and Dyana Byer (New York). From 1984 to 1990, she was a dancer in the Michel Hallet Eghayan Company.
She founded the Anou Skan Company with Laurent Soubise and, since 1993, they have been creating danced and sung events in Lyon that integrate ritual and encounters with other cultures. She won the Villa Médicis Hors Les Murs award for her research project on the ritual dances of Indians from the North-West Pacific Coast of the USA and Alaska.
She studied world singing with Borys Cholewka, sacred chant with Sister Marie Keyrouz, and opera with Anna Nozati. She participated in Javad Téhranian’s classes (an Iranian whirling Dervish) on the sacred art of whirling and in Maia Mihneva’s classes on traditional Balkan dances.
She participates in the Théâtre Narration’s creations on an ad hoc basis.
Source : Anou Skan Dance Company ‘s website
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