Cultural Attaché’s Icons 2025 celebrates a dancer/choreographer who creates and lives his life well: David Roussève.
For more than four decades, choreographer, writer, and performer Roussève has been a vital voice in American dance-theater. Known for his ability to blend storytelling, movement, humor, and raw honesty, Roussève has never shied away from tackling difficult questions about love, survival, and identity.
We spoke on September 13th as David Roussève was fine-tuning his new work, Becoming Daddy AF in preparing for its world premiere later that month.
In this conversation, Roussève reflects on curiosity, mortality, the search for meaning, and the profound role of love.
He also opens up about vulnerability, catharsis, and what it means to survive—and thrive—through decades of challenges. The result is a powerful portrait of an artist still asking the biggest questions and daring to share the answers he discovers onstage.
This interview was posted on September 24th.
To read the print version of my interview with David Roussève, which includes provocative photos from Becoming Daddy AF, please go HERE.
Main Photo: David Roussève from the Cultural Attaché interview.