The Joyce Theater Foundation Presents COMPAGNIE HERVE KOUBI

The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) is thrilled to present the debut of acclaimed French-based contemporary/hip-hop dance troupe Compagnie Hervé KOUBI at The Joyce Theater from January 30-February 4. Tickets, ranging in price from $10-$46, can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org.

Established in 2000 by French-Algerian dancer and choreographer Hervé Koubi, Compagnie Hervé KOUBI is a troupe consisting of dancers from Algeria and Burkina Faso. Renowned for mixing capoeira, martial arts, hip-hop, and contemporary dance, Compagnie Hervé KOUBI has dazzled audiences around the world. Now in its Joyce debut, the company will present the New York premiere of Mr. Koubi's 2013 full-length, What the Day Owes to the Night. A transcendent work full of emotion and intensity, What the Day Owes to the Night, is a jaw-dropping piece packed with backflips and head-spins set to an eclectic score that includes Johann Sebastian Bach, Hamza El Din, the Kronos Quartet, and traditional Sufi music.

Hervé Koubi is of Algerian roots and grew up in the South of France where he studied both biology and dance at the University of Aix-en-Provence before graduating as a Pharmaceutical Doctor in 2002. After deciding to concentrate on a dancing career and graduating from the world-renowned Rosella Hightower School of Dance in Cannes, Koubi gained professional experience as a dancer with the Opéra de Marseille. He also worked on the development of new contemporary dance projects along with Jean-Charles Gil and Jean-Christophe Paré, former principal dancers with the Ballet National de Marseille and the Paris Opera Ballet respectively. In 2000, Hervé Koubi created his first personal project Le Golem. Since 2001, he has collaborated with Guillaume Gabriel on all his creations. He created Menagerie and Les abattoirs, and fantaisie. In 2006, he worked with musical artist Laetitia Sherrif for the creation of 4'30". In 2007, he reworked a piece created in 1997 on the Promenade de la Croisette in Cannes, Les Heures Florissantes (The Flowering Hours), for the Festival Cadence in Arcachon, as well as created the contemporary and unusual work Moon Dogs - a discovery of the movements of hip-hop. In 2008, he created three pieces based on three written works: Coppelia , une ancée aux yeux d'email; The Supremes, and Bref séjour chez les vivants. He collaborated with writer Chantal Thomas for the creation of The Supremes, and with Roman Panassié for the creation of Bref séjour chez les vivants. In 2009, he initiated a collaboration with Ivorian dancers from the Beliga Kopé Company for the creation of Un rendez-vous en Afrique. He also collaborated with videographers on their video dance projects: Max Vadukul for Yoji Yamamato's Chic Chef; Pierre Magnol for Body Concrete and Ovoid Edges; Pierre Magnol et Michel Guimbard for Body Concrete 2; and Stephane Chazelon for Une Histoire de Traces. Since 2010, he has been working with a group of 12 dancers from Algeria and Burkina Faso, all now French residents, for several productions: El Din (2010-2011),What the day owes to the night (2013), Le rêve de Léa (2014), Des hommes qui dansent (2014), Les nuits barbares (2015), and Les premiers matins du monde (2016). The company has toured extensively throughout the United States and internationally. He has been Associate Choreographer at the Pole National Supérieur de Danse since 2014 and at the Conservatoire de Danse de Brive-la-Gaillarde since 2015. In July 2015, choreographer Hervé Koubi was awarded the French medal of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.

The Joyce Theater Foundation ("The Joyce," Executive Director, Linda Shelton), a non-profit organization, has proudly served the dance community for over three decades. Under the direction of founders Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech Foundation acquired and The Joyce renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea. Opening as The Joyce Theater in 1982, it was named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther's clear, undaunted vision, and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to build the theater. Ownership was secured by The Joyce in 2015. The theater is one of the only theaters built by dancers for dance and has provided an intimate and elegant home for over 400 U.S.-based and international companies. The Joyce has also presented dance at Lincoln Center since 2012, and launched Joyce Unleashed in 2014 to feature emerging and experimental artists. To further support the creation of new work, The Joyce maintains longstanding commissioning and residency programs. Local students and teachers (K-12th grade) benefit from its school program, and family and adult audiences get closer to dance with access to artists. The Joyce's annual season of about 48 weeks of dance now includes over 340 performances for audiences in excess of 150,000.

Performances of Compagnie Hervé KOUBI will be January 30-February 4 at The Joyce Theater (175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street) as follows: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30pm;Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm. There will be a post-performance Curtain Chat with Compagnie Hervé KOUBI on Wednesday, January 31, which is open to all patrons attending that evening's performance. The Joyce Theater School & Family Programs will host a Family Matinee performance at 2pm on Sunday, February 4; discounted tickets are available for children at this performance.

Tickets range in price from $10-$56 and can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org.

Lead support for The Joyce Theater Foundation has been received from LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.

Special support for Compagnie Hervé Koubi generously provided by Rajika & Anupam Puri.

Support for The Joyce's presentation of international dance provided by the R. Britton Fisher and Family Gift for International Dance. Additional support has been provided by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Endowment Fund to encourage the performances of out-of-town companies at The Joyce Theater.

The Joyce Theater's Dance Presentation Program is supported by a grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts; made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council with special thanks to Council Member Corey Johnson.

Major support for The Joyce has been provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The SHS Foundation, and The Shubert Foundation. Key support has been provided by First Republic Bank, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The Pasculano Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, and Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.