As a dancer - after graduating from the Conservatoire National de Paris - Julie’s career brought her to work with a variety of renowned choreographers around the world including Angelin Preljocaj, Inbal Pinto and Cave Canem company. As assistant to the French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj, Ms. Bour has re-staged his repertory in New York City and Bordeaux, France. She also had the pleasure to work with the director Julie Taymor on the Opera “Grendel”. She received a Bessie Award for “Best performer of the year” in New York City.
While deeply conscious of her experiences and influences, Julie Bour doesn’t feel bound by a style, a history or a technique. As a choreographer, she is driven by the need to question, mix and share. By exploring the dynamics of contemporary culture through the prism of who she is now - on any particular day - she creates work which resonates in the cultural moment. The key to Ms. Bour’s creative process is to work consistently with dancers who are committed to movement invention and to develop a technique and language over time.
Ms. Bour founded The Flying Mammoth with Loic Noisette in 2006 as a bridge between the different arts, cultures and countries they have encountered over the course of their careers. The unorthodoxy and internationality of both her professional and personal paths are strongly present in her choreographic process.