Vlog, Videoblog: Damien Diaz : Dancer

October 11th, 2006

Interview with Damien Diaz (Quicktime-Video)

Damien Diaz is one of the most headstrong dancer and choreographer who are working today. At the Leipzig Opera in good old europe, he was the Principal Dancer under the leadership of Uwe Scholz. His sources of inspiration were the previous named Uwe Scholz, the dancers Marina Otto, Nurejew and some others.

Damien Diaz by Christian E. Klinger.

Futhermore he talks about his great choreography to the music of Sakamoto from the year 1998. Rightnow he is dancing with the Ensemble “Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo” and is on stage in Tokyo, Istanbul and London among other cities. Next year he and his company will dance in Berlin. If there is any time left he continued to study new choreographies with the “California Riverside Ballet” in Los Angeles.

Damien Diaz by Christian E. Klinger. Chicago. 1999.

In our interview he talks about his dancing experience, about genders and the devil in Hollywood. Furthermore he explains his secrets about dance and choreography. We met him in London and catched a little chat between his numerous shows (130 per year, only Pina Bausch is supposedly more often on stage).
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