Dominique Dupuy

Dominique Dupuy (31 October 1930 – 1 May 2024) was a French dancer and choreographer of modern dance. He is best known as a pioneer of modern dance in France. Additionally, he ran a choreographic centre as well as an annual dance festival in Provence.

Biography

Early life Dominique Dupuy was born on 31 October 1930 in Paris. He was first trained as an eight-year-old by choreographer Jean Weidt and later by Doryta Brown. During the Second World War, he left Paris for rural France, and he learned how to act. Additionally, he took more acting lessons with Charles Dullin and Marcel Marceau. Together, they have choreographed many dance performances.

Later, they also established the Mas de la danse, a choreographic center in Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône, in the South of France. The first one was performed at the Théâtre national de Chaillot in Paris. Dupuy died on 1 May 2024, at the age of 93.

Dances En pure perte (1969) Cercle dans tous ses états (1978) En vol (1983) L'Homme debout, il... (1995) Opus 67-97 (1997) L'Estran (2005) Le Regard par-dessus le col (2007) Acte sans paroles I (2011) Acte sans paroles II (2014)