David Roussève is an American choreographer, writer, director and filmmaker. He founded his company, David Roussève/REALITY in 1988[1] and has since choreographed, written and directed 14 evening-length works[2] for the group. His latest work for REALITY, Halfway to Dawn[3] premiered in October 2018 at REDCAT in Los Angeles before touring nationally and internationally.[4] His work addresses issues of racism, sexism, and homophobia.[5]

Roussève has commissioned work for a plethora of renowned companies including Ballet Hispanico, Dancing Wheels Company, Houston Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theater, Dance Alloy, Ilkhom Theatre Company of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, among others.[6] In 2017, he choreographed “Lost in the Stars” (Kurt Weil) for SITI Company and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.[7] Roussève’s work “Enough?” a 2016 commission for San Francisco’s RAWDance, was performed at LA’s Ford Theater by Lula Washington Dance Theater in 2018.[8]

Roussève graduated magna cum laude[9] from Princeton in 1981[10] as a Guggenheim Fellow for Creative Arts.[11] Awards he has received include a Bessie[12] seven consecutive National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, three LA Horton awards, the Cal Arts/Alpert Award in Dance, the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Association of Black Princeton Alumni, a Creative Capital Fellowship and two Irvine Fellowships in Dance.[7]

In 1996, Roussève joined the faculty of UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, where he is currently Distinguished Professor of Choreography.[7] He has also served as Associate Dean (2014-2015),[13] Acting Dean (2015) and Interim Dean (2015-2017) for the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture.[14]

Personal life

Roussève was raised in Houston[15] and participated in ACT UP protests while living in New York in the late 1980s and early 1990s.[5] He is married to Steven Rubenstein.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "David Roussève | Double Exposure". rawdance-doublex.org.
  2. ↑ "David Roussève/REALITY, West Hollywood, United States". Google Arts & Culture.
  3. ↑ "A Life Lived "Halfway To Dawn": David Roussève Celebrates Jazz Legend Billy Strayhorn". October 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Choreographer David Roussève shines a light on Duke Ellington's unsung arranger Billy Strayhorn at a REDCAT premiere". Los Angeles Times. October 3, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Is Dance "Enough" to Meaningfully Address Something Like Black Lives Matter?". Dance Magazine. February 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Award-winning choreographer David Roussève blends jazz, dance, and design in his newest work". www.vtnews.vt.edu.
  7. 1 2 3 "David Roussève". www.wacd.ucla.edu.
  8. ↑ "Dance Preview: LULA WASHINGTON DANCE THEATRE (Ford Amphitheatre)". www.stageandcinema.com.
  9. ↑ "The Power of Being Present | Arts NC State". arts.ncsu.edu.
  10. ↑ "Princetonians: Dance Movement". Princeton Alumni Weekly. October 11, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Stardust to Strayhorn: Twenty Years of David Roussève". October 24, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Award Archive".
  13. ↑ "David Roussève new associate dean, UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture". UCLA.
  14. ↑ "David Roussève named interim dean of UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture". UCLA.
  15. ↑ "Caftan Chronicles". thecaftanchronicles.substack.com.
  16. ↑ "David & Steven". theknot.com.
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