Pierre Rigal (born 1973) is a French dancer and

choreographer Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A chor ...

based in

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Life and career

Pierre Rigal originally trained to be an athlete in 400m race and 400m hurdles. He studied mathematics and economics at the

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and graduated with a master's degree in cinema from École Supérieure d'Audiovisuel de Toulouse in 1997, but became interested in dance after meeting choreographers and directors. In 2002, he joined a dance company, working under the choreographer

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. In 2003 Rigal founded his own Compagnie Dernière Minute. He choreographed and produced his first pieces, ''érection'' (2003), and ''Arrêts de Jeu'' (2006) in collaboration with the director

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. His work has been well-reviewed in

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, performed at the

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and described as original and progressive.

Works

Selected works include: *''érection'' (2003) *''Arrêts de Jeu'' (2006) *''press'' (2009) *''asphalte'' (2009) *''Micro'' (2011)

References

External links

Official sitePierre Rigal performs ''Press''
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