Listening, sounding, performing, choreographing & facilitating, I work with the body, the voice, place and matter, tending to the choreographic, the sonic and the ecological. My practice and work are motivated by radical love, for the earth, all its beings, and the cosmos, where our dance revolves. Rooted in a de-colonial political ecology of things, and for environmental justice within the terrestrial, I/we research and imagine with, following tensions and desires, so as to process the present and create possibilities, through sensuousness, humour, collaboration, collectivity, solidarity and a poetic re-enchantment.
As a choreographer and artist, I created, performed and toured work in Europe, Canada and Hong Kong, from stage performances, to immersive and participatory projects, to gallery installations, and now site-sensitive land based work. In addition to many international residencies, I was an artist in residence for two years as part of the Artists’ Support Program at the Conway Hall in Holborn, London. From 2014 to 2015 I participated in the choreographic research and composition program Prototype II, “Vocal presence in choreographic scores”, in Royaumont (FR).
With Vibrant Matter I am a member of IETM (International network for contemporary performing arts) through the three year Network Grant by Kultur.lx, where I participated in the Green School in 2023. I benefited from long-lasting support by Trois C-L (LU), have been a long-time collaborator with the dance and performance collective Exit Map (U.K.), and I was a member of Chisenhale Dance Space (U.K.).
I have been teaching dance within various settings and with diverse participants, such as for the Progress Department at City Lit (UK), and at the Conservatoire (LU), and co-facilitated creative community projects, such as with EME (LU).
As a dancer/performer and collaborator, I worked with collectives, artists, choreographers and companies, such as with Tino Segal (U.K), Simonetta Alessandri (U.K), Pepa Ubera (U.K) and Vedanza (LU). I studied contemporary dance at SEAD (AT) and dance theatre at LABAN (U.K.), completing with an MA in Contemporary Dance Performance from The Place and an MA in Performance Making from Goldsmiths (U.K.). In 2002 I received a dance web scholarship during the ImPulsTanz Festival in Vienna and in 2004 I did a work placement with the Trisha Brown Dance company in New York.
After living for 11.5 years in a housing co-operative in London, and core to my practice and interest in commoning and the commons, I am now a board member of Adhoc, a housing co-operative project in Luxembourg.
Theaters and venues my work has been performed in
Trois C-L- Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois, Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, MUDAM, Casino - Forum d'Art Contemporain, Théâtre des Capucins, Mierscher Kulturhaus, opderschmelz, Kinneksbond, Théâtre de la Ville d’ Esch-sur-Alzette, Atelier D, Kulturfabrik, Cercle Cité, (Luxembourg), LABAN, The Place, Conway Hall, Trip Space, George Wood Theatre and The Green (London, UK), Colchester Arts Center (UK), Chapter (Cardiff), Sophiensale, Laborgras and Uferstudios für Zeitgenössischen Tanz Berlin (Berlin, DE), Mains d’Oeuvre (Paris), Les Repérages at Prato (Lille), L’Autre Canal (Nancy), Le Pacifique (Grenoble), dietheater (Vienna), Valvesali (Oulu, Finland), Cankarjev dom (Ljubljana),Platform of Young Choreographers at Dancetarium in Zagreb (Croatia), Lubelski Teatr Tańca, Centrul de Cultura GEORGE APOSTU (Bacau, Romania), Tangente (Montreal) and I-Dance Festival (Hong Kong)
Residencies
Trois C-L, Banannefabrik, Mierscher Kulturhaus, Opderschmelz, AtelierD by DKollectiv (Luxembourg), Rosas/P.A.R.T.S. and dansecentrum jette (Brussels), The Place, The Green, Clarence Mews (London, UK), Folkestone Dance (UK), Laborgras and Uferstudios für Zeitgenössischen Tanz Berlin (Berlin, DE), Wachsfabrik (Cologne, DE), Mains d’Œuvres (Paris), CDC – Le Pacifique (Grenoble), JoJo Dance Centre (Oulu, FIN), the Firkin Crane (Cork, IR), Lubelski Teatr Tańca (P), George Apostu Arts Centre (Bacau, RO)
Co-producers and financial support
Arts Council England and the Conway Collective (U.K.)
The Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg, Trois C-L, stART-up de l’Œuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, Focuna, Fondation Indépendence, Mierscher Kulturhaus, opderschmelz, Kinneksbond (LU)
Companies I worked with
Vedanza, Small Room Dance, Kimatica Studio, Zephyr in Zanussi, and the postgraduate dance company EDge, working with Rachel Krische, Rosemary Butcher, Rosemary Lee, Fillip Van Huffel, Gabriela Tropier and Jonathan Lunn
Choreographers and (dance) artists I worked with
Pepa Ubera, Simonetta Alessandri, Laura Doehler, Laura Wilson, Tino Seghal, Filip Markiewitz, Aloun Marchal, Vangelis Legakis, Fernanda Munoz-Newsome, Annick Pütz, Gianfranco Celestino, Christina Jensen, Anaïs Bouts and Meredith Nadler
Collectives I was working with
Exit Map, the Conway Collective and Explorer
Films and videos I danced for and/or choreographed
Lovebinge (2020) fiction/documentary film by Simona Ze (London)
No more secrets (2018), music video by Lunar and the Deception (London)
Trust (2018) music video for Maria Di-Tommaso (London)
Stream (2017), artist video for Queen of the Wild
Mnemonic (2016), artist video by Ingrid Munk Plum
The Rage and the Grace (2005), video creation of my choreography filmed by Warren Chapman, music by Greg Hall, performed by Anais Bouts and myself, London
Dance in the Woods (2001), a student collaboration in a dance film by Thierry De Mey, in Salzburg
Other Projects 2022-March 2024 Choreographic Music Expansion and Transformation DYCP (develop your creative practice) grant by the Arts Council England 2014 - 2016 Artist in residence as part of the Artists’ Support Program at the Conway Hall in Holborn, London May 2015 Performing in Paradiso Lussemburgo Pavillon by Filip Markiewicz at the Venice Biennale 2014 – 2015 Choreographic research and composition program Prototype II, “Vocal presence in choreographic scores”, Royaumont, France September 2010 Performing in “Circadanse” by Annick Pütz at the Luxembourg Pavillon within the World Exhibitoin in Shanghai September 2009 Participating in a project by Sally Marie, as part of Choreodrome, at the Place, London 18.8 – 5.9.2008 Deborah Hay Solo Commissioning Project in Findhorn (Scotland) September 2004 A two week placement with the Trisha Brown Dance Company in New York City, researching her choreographic and collaborative processes 11.7 - 13.8.2002 Dance-web participant (Vienna Dance Festival) with coach Vera Mantero 17.2 – 27.2 2002 Dance Extensions for Universities (Erasmus intensive program Belgium)
Professional Dance and Performance Education 2011-2013 Masters in Performance Making, at Goldsmiths University of London , working with Theatre Maker Anna Furse, composer Greame Miller, Performance makers Mischa Twitchin, Andrea Cusumano, Franko B, Steve Paxton, Marie-Gabirelle Rotie, Julia Bardsley, Nick Parkin, Gerladine Pilgrim, Chitra Sundaram, Maja Mitic and scenographer Sally Jacobs, among others 2008-2009 MA Contemporary Dance Performance, at The Place, London Contemporary Dance School, consisting of my adaptation and performance of “I’ll crane for you”, choreographed by Deborah Hay, which I learned at the solo adaptation project in Findhorn, Scotland 2007-2008 EDge, Postgraduate Dance Company, at The Place. Working with Rachel Krische, Rosemary Butcher, Rosemary Lee, Fillip Van Huffel, Gabriela Tropier and Jonathan Lunn, with Lauren Potter as artistic and rehearsal director 2002-2005 BA(hons) in Dance Theatre (first class honour) at LABAN, dancing for i.a. Kirsty Simpson and Athina Vahla 2000-2002 SEAD, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, (Austria), working with Susan Quinn, Bernard Baumgarten, Libby Farr, Martin Sonderkamp, Gus Solomon, Mia Lawrence, Ori Flomin and Rebecca Murgi, among others