Lives in Geneva, Switzerland and Brooklyn, NY
Born 1969, Geneva, Switzerland
Dancer/Choreographer
My work in choreography has had me dancerunning through the streets of Cairo, counting votes of the audience as they chose the outcome of a dance and using my face to animate a Francis Bacon painting.
I am interested in finding the appropriate form in order to express a particular concept, and as a result, my pieces are very different in look and structure. I try to find an unexplored angle, and through reading, research and observation, express a unique point of view. I use various corporeal and theatrical modes, and therefore my work has been referred to as pure dance, theatrical dance, experimental theater, performance art, mime and even stand-up comedy. It is my attempt to freely combine those disparate elements in indoor and outdoor settings, and in solos and group pieces, to create a dance-going experience that escapes strict categorization.
I tend to be drawn to the following four topics: the onstage verbal and corporeal discourse on dance analysis and dance history, the embodiment of digital movements that exist in our media-driven society, the relationship between art and the public and, in the dancerun series, the analysis of similarities and differences between the worlds of dance and sport.
Self-taught
2000- Artistic Director, Neopost Ahrrrt
1991-1998 Dancer, Merce Cunningham Dance Company
1987-1990 Dancer, Stuttgart Ballet
2008 The Making of Spectacles, premiered in Geneva, Switzerland; also performed in Chiasso, Zurich and Bern, Switzerland
2006 Incidences, premiered in Geneva, Switzerland; also performed in Lausanne, Switzerland
2005 Benjamin de Bouillis, premiered in Geneva, Switzerland; also performed in Paris and Lyon, France; Zurich and Bern, Switzerland; Catania and Bologna, Italy; New York, NY
2003 Kilometrix.dancerun.4, premiered in Lille-Roubaix, France; also performed in Paris and Lyon, France; Cairo, Egypt; Bologna, Italy; Zurich and Bern, Switzerland
2003 Match.dancerun.6, commissioned by the Nederlands Dans Theater II; performed in various cities, Switzerland
2001 Le Show, premiered in Roubaix, France; also performed in Paris, France; Valencia, Spain; Venice, Italy; Geneva, Switzerland
1999 Terpsicorp. premiered in Hellerau, Germany; also performed in Paris, France; Cologne, Germany; Bucarest, Romania; Budapest, Hungary; Luzern, Switzerland
1998 Iuj Godog? premiered in Brussels, Belgium; also performed in Geneva, Switzerland; Paris, France; New York, NY
2006 Swiss Prize of Dance and Choreography
1999 Grantee, Fondation Leenaards, Switzerland
1995 New York Dance and Performance "Bessie" Award for Exceptional Artistry in the work of Merce Cunningham
1987 Prix Professionnel at the Prix de Lausanne, Switzerland
1986 Bronze Medal, International Dance Competition, Jackson, MS
