
Peggy Oulerich
Gymnastics, Modern, Contemporary, Choreographer
International choreographer Peggy Oulerich grew up between New Caledonia and Senegal.
While there, she joined Sans Dessus Dessous company under direction of choreographer Bénédicte Raquin, under whose tutelage she gained and built a diverse artistic identity.
Her artistic growth expanded to include collaboration, and exchanges with notables choreographers such as J. Montalvo-D.Hervieu, Robyn Orlin, Samir Hachichi and Karim Sebbar.
In 2008, she moved to St Martin, with the ambition to develop contemporary dance, which was in its infancy at that time.
Partnering with director of "Imbali Center for Creative Movement Clara Reyes, iconic cultural figure of Sint Maarten society, Peggy Oulerich embarked on a process to engage in the arts on an educational innovative artistic evolution.
Founding her Company, the "Peggy Ö company" was a coming together of all the elements of her artistic journey. This in turn lead to the development of "Head Made Factory" of which Peggy is one of the artistic directors. Head Made Factory is an artist collective which includes painters, sculptors, the plastic arts and video artists who promote contemporary art in the Caribbean.
In 2013 she was apointed coordinator of modern contemporary dance at the National Institute of Arts. Through her involvement with The National Instiute of Arts and Imbali Center for Creative Movement, Peggy has been awarded first prizes with her students in contemporary dance in the French Federation of Dance National championship
Her choreographic styles draws inpiration from contact improvisation, and is an eclectic fusion of capoeira, African dance and celebrates a dancers journey in the process of creation.
Peggy Oulerich is guided by the principal, that the journey of the interdisciplinary arts, preferably the plastics arts and visual artist, acts as "the preferred means of confrontation an interpretive world of reality."
