José Montalvo

José Montalvo (born 1954) is a prominent French dancer and choreographer. A 2001 winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Dance Production, his work has been performed in Europe, America and Asia.

Biography Early life José Montalvo was born in 1954 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France. He is of Spanish descent, as his parents moved to France during the Spanish Civil War. He went on to study Dance with Dominique Dupuy (fr) and Françoise Dupuy, when he learnt "expressionist" dance, pioneered by Jean Weidt.

At the end of the Bastille Day military parade on July 14, 2014, to commemorate the centennial of the First World War, he was commissioned by the French government a choreographic performance with 250 young dancers from the eighty countries who fought in the war on the Place de la Concorde. The eight-minute performance to a clarinet concerto by Mozart included echoes to La Sardane de la paix and La Colombe, two paintings by Pablo Picasso, as well as Les Oiseaux by Georges Braque. The dancers let doves fly away at the end of the performance, a symbol of peace through strength after the military parade.

Dances Hollaka Hollala Pilhaou Thibaou La Mitrailleuse en Etat de Grace Paradis Le Jardin Io Io Ito Ito Le Rire de la Lyre Don Quichotte du Trocadéro