Beaver Dam Company

Edouard Hue is a dancer who channels his physicality to embody pure movement. As a performer, he explores extremes with esteemed choreographers such as Hofesh Shechter, Damien Jalet, and Olivier Dubois. He quickly developed a unique style, blending controlled virtuosity with playful spontaneity, earning him the 2019 Swiss Dance Award for «Outstanding Dancer.» Transitioning naturally to choreography, he sought independence and the chance to cultivate his own choreographic language within his company, Beaver Dam.

As a promising choreographer, Edouard Hue receives support from Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, which facilitated a mentorship with Olivier Dubois for «Meet me halfway.»

Edouard Hue is frequently commissioned by renowned companies to create new works. Notable collaborations include the Domine Jesu segment in Yoann Bourgeois’s Requiem (Grenoble, France), No Matter for Gauthier Dance Company (Stuttgart, Germany), Titan for Ballet Basel (Basel, Switzerland), and The Firebird in 2023 for the Grand Opéra d’Avignon.

His repertoire is also performed internationally, notably by the Frontier Danceland Company in Singapore, Le Marchepied in Lausanne, Switzerland, SEAD in Salzburg, Austria, and the École de Danse Contemporaine de Montréal in Canada.

Beaver Dam Company / Edouard Hue kicks off the 2024-2025 season with a new creation titled FLOWERS. This fresh and light-hearted quartet is an ode to the simplicity of shared moments. The premiere will take place on August 31, 2024, in Vernier, Switzerland.

The company is then set to embark on a European tour with performances of DIVE and YUMÉ in France, Switzerland, and Germany from November 2024 to April 2025. DIVE, which received significant acclaim during its run at La Scala Paris last January, will be presented at the Internationale Tanzwochen in Neuss, Germany, alongside YUMÉ, its young audience work.

Lastly, La Scala Paris reaffirms its trust in the choreographer by programming the company for the third consecutive season. Beaver Dam will present its creation FLOWERS there from June 17 to 29, 2025. The piece will then be performed at La Scala Provence in July 2025, as part of the Avignon Festival.

« Drunk, bubbling, impetuous, marked by breaks, eminently political, the choreographer’s writing electrifies and hypnotizes. » Olivier Frégaville-Gratian d’Amore, L’Oeil d’Olivier

« With Dive, Édouard Hue reaffirms his standing as a distinctive choreographer, blending popular appeal with rigorous artistry. His work is refreshingly devoid of showiness—no elaborate sets to obscure a weak concept, no overt political agenda—just pure, unadulterated dance. In Dive, even more than in his previous creations, Hue meticulously sculpts his performers’ bodies, transforming their movements into a heightened expression of artistry. The result is truly exhilarating. »

Jean-Frédéric Saumont, Danses avec la Plume