Classe au CNDC

On February 4th 1984, Didier Deschamps taught a public class at the Théâtre Municipal, Angers, accompanied by pianist Dominique Lofficial. He brought to this Viola Farber’s qualities of liveliness and rigour of involvement and bodily rhythm

Class at the CNDC

teacher Didier Deschamps

In the first semester of 1984, Viola Farber had recently left her job as director of the Centre National de Danse Contemporaine in Angers prematurely. While awaiting her replacement, experienced members of the company (Douglas Nielsen, and French members, Claire Verlet and Didier Deschamps) took charge of the everyday running of the establishment. As part of this, they devised works for the students.
On February 4th 1984, Didier Deschamps taught a public class at the Théâtre Municipal (Municipal Theatre), Angers, accompanied by pianist Dominique Lofficial. He brought to this Viola Farber’s qualities of liveliness and rigour of involvement and bodily rhythm, as well as posture and projection in space. Didier Deschamps had no classical training, but he has a noticeable taste for the same great firmness in definition of movement as the widespread diffusion of Cunningham’s technique and its derivatives has encouraged in France. The following year, Didier Deschamps was called to direct the embryonic dance department of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon. Later, during a spell in the higher echelons of the Ministry of Culture, he would opt to direct a neo-classical ballet in Nancy. 

Source: Gérard Mayen