Hubert Hazebroucq
Dancer
Hubert Hazebroucq is a dancer, choreographer, researcher and teacher specialising in early dance (from the 15th to the 18th century). He started out as a contemporary dancer in Lyon and danced for Kilina Cremona from 2001 to 2007. Since 1998 he has specialised in Baroque and Renaissance dance, performing with Christine Bayle - L'Éclat des Muses and Marie-Geneviève Massé - L'Éventail.
Since 2008, he has been the choreographer of the company Les Corps Éloquents, which combines creation with demanding, innovative research into the repertoires and styles of early dance. His company is regularly invited to perform in prestigious heritage venues (Château de Versailles, Théâtre de la Reine, Galerie Dorée de la Banque de France, Musée National de la Renaissance, etc.), and at numerous international festivals, notably the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, for which he created a work for 6 dancers on Watteau in 2022. He also collaborates with renowned ensembles such as Doulce Mémoire (Magnificences à la cour de François 1ᵉʳ, premiered in 2015 in Hong Kong and then Chambord, Banquet à la Cour de Bourgogne in 2018, Eh bien dansez...), the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Marguerite Louise ensemble, and Les Arts Florissants with William Christie, whose Molière et ses musiques show he will choreograph in 2022. He is currently touring two solos, La Flûte d’Arlequin with flutist Julien Martin, premiered in 2017, and Le Ballet des passions with keyboardist, since 2023.
A freelance researcher with a Master's 2 on ballroom dance around 1660, he has received three grants from the Centre national de la danse for research and heritage in dance. Invited to numerous international conferences, he has published several articles on the technique and poetics of Renaissance and Baroque dance. He has also been involved in the performance research project at the Théâtre Molière Sorbonne (notably Le Malade Imaginaire, 2022).
A qualified dance teacher, he regularly gives master classes for dancers and musicians at French and international conservatoires and universities (CNSMD Paris and Lyon; CRR Caen, Toulouse and Rouen; Sorbonne University; Besançon University; Toulouse University; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Brussels Royal Conservatoire; Temple University, Philadelphia; Cornell University, Ithaca; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, etc.). He has been Professor of Ancient Dance at the CRR de Paris since 2021.
Thanks to his knowledge of musicology and his research into German choreographic sources from Bach's time, Hubert Hazebroucq took part in devising the Movimento programme in close collaboration with cellist Aude Walker-Viry. He co-wrote the choreography with Hip Hop dancer Maria Piccardi, known as Picca, and combines the subtlety, elegance and virtuosity of Baroque dance with a rather abstract contemporary dance style.