| Genre | Contemporary dance |
|---|---|
| Inventor | Jean-Claude Gallotta |
| Year | Written between 1976 - 1981 Presented for the first time on March 13, 1981 at the Maison de la culture de Grenoble |
Ulysse is a contemporary dance work by French choreographer Jean-Claude Gallotta, created in 1981 for eight dancers. It is considered one of Gallotta's most important works, and a cornerstone of the new French dance movement of the early 1980s.[1][2][3][4] Faithful to his desire to revisit his works, Jean-Claude Gallotta has re-choreographed Ulysse on numerous occasions, offering four different versions to date in terms of performers, scenography and music: Ulysse (1981), Ulysse, re-création (1993), Les Variations d'Ulysse (1995) and Cher Ulysse (2007). Les Variations d'Ulysse, commissioned by the Paris Opera, entered the Paris Opera Ballet repertoire in 1995 under the direction of Brigitte Lefèvre.
- ^ Entrée Ulysse, Philippe Le Moal, Dictionnaire de la danse (in French), éditions Larousse, 1999 ISBN 2035113180, p. 507.
- ^ Ginot, Isabelle & Michel, Marcelle, La Danse au XXe siècle (in French), Paris, éditions Larousse, 2008 ISBN 978-2035843234, pp. –217-218.
- ^ Boisseau, Rosita, Panorama de la danse contemporaine. 90 chorégraphes (in French), Éditions Textuel, Paris, 2006, p. 227.
- ^ Jean-Claude Gallotta (1998), pp. 7-8.