Beaver Dam Company

Edouard Hue is first and foremost a dancer who puts his physicality at the service of pure movement. As a performer, he experimented with the extremes of choreographers Hofesh Shechter, Damien Jalet and Oliver Dubois. He quickly developed a particular style, a mixture of mastered virtuosity and mischievous spontaneity. He was awarded the Swiss Dance Prize 2019 as “Outstanding Dancer”. He naturally turned to choreography, which allowed him to put his professional experiences to profit, to satisfy his quest for independence and to develop his own choreographic language. He then founded his own company, Beaver Dam Company, in reference to the building qualities of this animal and its ability to work as a team.
Beaver Dam Company / Edouard Hue has currently 6 pieces to its credit (solo, duets, quintet and group pieces) touring the world. An emerging choreographer who has already been spotted, he is supported by Pro‑Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, which has set up a mentoring programme with Olivier Dubois for Meet me halfway. His solo FORWARD is part of the Programme Danse & Dramartugie initiated by Philippe Saire – Théâtre Sévelin 36 and he is artist in residence at L’Auditorium Seynod, Scène Régionale Auvergne Rhône-Alpes since 2016.
Concurrently, Edouard Hue is regularly asked by well-known companies to create pieces. This was the case with Yoann Bourgeois’ Requiem, for which Édouard Hue created the part of Domine Jesu (Grenoble-France), No Matter for the Gauthier Dance Company (Stuttgart-Germany), Titan for the Basel Ballet (Basel-Switzerland), and The Firebird in 2023 for the Grand Opéra d’Avignon.

The company starts its season with the Le Temps d’Aimer la Danse festival in Biarritz on September 16th and 17th 2023. First with Yumé, a piece for young audiences inspired by Japanese fairy tales, then with All I Need, which has been widely praised following its acclaimed performance at La Scala Paris last January.

The first performance of Dive, Edouard Hue’s latest creation, will take place on October 20th and 21st 2023. The piece delves deeper into the question of the body, its history and its composition. La Scala Paris is renewing its confidence in the choreographer by programming the piece for three weeks from January 13rd to 27th 2024.

Finally, the Beaver Dam Company will continue its European tours, including All I Need and Yumé at the Escher Theater in Luxembourg in May 2024.

“Bubbling, impetuous, made of rupture, eminently political, the choreographer’s writing electrifies, hypnotizes.”

Olivier Frégaville-Gratian d’Amore, L’Oeil d’Olivier

“Barely a ten-year career, half a dozen creations and the young choreographer appears to be a rising star in emerging dance. A well-deserved recognition brought about by tireless work and undeniable talent. […] A fine artist whose rigorous thinking and openness to the world are appreciated.”

Véronique Vanier, cccdanse.com

“Edouard Hue is a magnificent dancer and now choreographer with a personal style. […] He composes choreographies where the body is called upon to the extreme, where physical performance transcends movement while embodying his view of the world.”

Brigitte Lefèvre, Festival de danse de Cannes 2021