Compagnie Hervé Koubi – Esbenshade Series 2025-2026

Name: Compagnie Hervé Koubi – Esbenshade Series 2025-2026
Start: 2025-09-24T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Peoples Bank Theatre

Schedule

Wed, 24 Sep, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Peoples Bank Theatre | Marietta, OH

Compagnie Hervé Koubi
September 24, 2025 – Peoples Bank Theatre
Doors 7:30 p.m. | Show 8 p.m.
Reserve free seats at www.peoplesbanktheatre.com
Ticket reservations start on September 15th 10 a.m.
Tickets required. Limit 4 per person.
Absolutely unique and utterly original, this fearless company defies gravity. Bringing together dancers of diverse nationalities–some from communities not often expected to share a stage–Compagnie Hervé Koubi blends contemporary and urban dance, capoeira, and martial arts with powerful imagery and inspired choreography, showcasing the incredible unifying power of dance. Founded in 2000, Koubi discovered his Algerian roots a decade later and began collaborating with Algerian street dancers. His works soon expanded to include performers from across the Mediterranean basin, and today, Sol Invictus, features dancers from around the world. Described by The New York Times as “a creation of poetic beauty”, this meditative yet athletic work that explores the ties that bind us.
Sol Invictus, derived from the “invincible sun” deity, upholds love as a guarantor of peace, where communion emerges as humanity’s saving grace, despite fracture. The score features music by Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson, with excerpts by Steve Reich and digital composer Maxime Bodson.
This event has been funded by the Frederica G. Esbenshade Memorial Fund, which provides
annual income for the purpose of bringing lectures, performing artists, and programs of diverse nature to the campus and community at large. The endowed fund was established in 1980 by Harry H Esbenshade Sr., and Harry H. Esbenshade Jr., husband and son, respectively, of the late Mrs. Esbenshade of Uniontown, Pennsylvania. All events are free and open to the public.