Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui defies easy description: dancer, choreographer, opera director, composer… After seven seasons as ballet director at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Cherkaoui now helms the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève and his own contemporary dance company, Eastman. Cherkaoui works across many forms of art and performance including theatre (Bunkamura, Young Vic), opera (De Munt, Bayerische Staatsoper), ballet (Paris Opera Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo), film (Joe Wright, Marjane Satrapi), music (Madonna, Beyoncé) and circus (Cirque du Soleil). His honors include two Olivier Awards, the Europe Prize Theatrical Realities and a Tony Award nomination. In 2024, the King of Belgium granted Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui the noble title of Baron.

Photo: Pamela Berkovic