{"id":502,"date":"2025-10-29T16:25:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/?page_id=502"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:22:15","slug":"2026-2027-choreographers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/index.php\/en\/2026-2027-choreographers\/","title":{"rendered":"2026-2027 Choreographers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2026-2027 Choreographers<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3&Prime;]<div  class=\"wpb_content_element   clearfix\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#ut_am_69ff6f94ac2bc { opacity: 1; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ac2bd .ut-image-gallery-item-caption-title h3 { letter-spacing: 0em; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ac2bd .ut-gallery-slider-caption { font-weight: bold; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ac2bd { text-align: left; }@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ac2bd { text-align: left !important; } }@media (max-width: 767px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ac2bd { text-align: center !important; } }<\/style><div id=\"ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ac2bd\" class=\"ut-image-gallery-image \"><div id=\"ut_reveal_69ff6f94ac2be\"  data-appear-top-offset=\"auto\" class=\"ut-animated-image-item ut-image-gallery-item ut-animation-done \"><a class=\"ut-deactivated-link\" href=\"#\"><div class=\"ut-animated-image-zoom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ut-lazy skip-lazy ut-animated-image \"  id=\"ut_am_69ff6f94ac2bc\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 945 1322'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Isam_Abad_Montalvo\u00a9AlinePaley-LABRI-min-945x1322.jpg\" width=\"945\" height=\"1322\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Isam Abad Montalvo<\/p>\n<p><em>Supported par L\u2019Abri \u2013 Gen\u00e8ve<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Isam is an ecuadorean performer based in Lausanne. He grew up Quito, in the middle of Los Andes. He started moving in different ways from a young age, going from ballet to breaking, swimming, capoeira, contact improvisation, partnering, acrobatics, contemporary dance, boxing, climbing and pole dancing. after performing and touring with different companies in Ecuador, the euro-centric standards of contemporary dance led him to search for schools in occidental Europe. After a semester at the Contemporary Dance School of Hamburg, and some questions regarding the cis-heteronormative colonial patterns reproduced in white institutions, he moved to Lausanne to pursue the bachelor at La Manufacture. He&rsquo;s been working in the Swiss scene, developing his own artistic practices, meeting bodywork with poetic writing, and dj-ing. His solo work has been shown at Les Urbaines in Lausanne, TU in Geneva and at the Lila Queer Festival, in Zurich. He has also collaborated with Marara Kelly, Baby Volcano, Cecilia Moya Rivera, Nina Negri, Tamara Cubas, Sami Galbi. He&rsquo;s one of the founders of the KissMyAss club in Z\u00fcrich.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ovlatnomdaba\/\">instagram.com\/ovlatnomdaba\/<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3&Prime;]<div  class=\"wpb_content_element   clearfix\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#ut_am_69ff6f94aca09 { opacity: 1; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94aca0a .ut-image-gallery-item-caption-title h3 { letter-spacing: 0em; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94aca0a .ut-gallery-slider-caption { font-weight: bold; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94aca0a { text-align: left; }@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94aca0a { text-align: left !important; } }@media (max-width: 767px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94aca0a { text-align: center !important; } }<\/style><div id=\"ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94aca0a\" class=\"ut-image-gallery-image \"><div id=\"ut_reveal_69ff6f94aca0b\"  data-appear-top-offset=\"auto\" class=\"ut-animated-image-item ut-image-gallery-item ut-animation-done \"><a class=\"ut-deactivated-link\" href=\"#\"><div class=\"ut-animated-image-zoom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ut-lazy skip-lazy ut-animated-image \"  id=\"ut_am_69ff6f94aca09\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 945 1322'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TROIS-C-L-Catarina-Barbosa-\u00a9-L.Junet-Photographie-945x1322.jpg\" width=\"945\" height=\"1322\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Catarina Barbosa<\/p>\n<p><em>Supported by TROIS C-L in Luxembourg<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"sqsrte-large preFade fadeIn\">Catarina Barbosa is originally from Portugal. She joined the Portuguese National Conservatory in Lisbon in 2009. She completed\u00a0 her professional training abroad at the Ballet Junior de Gen\u00e8ve, until 2014. She had the opportunity to work on pieces by Stjin Celis, Roy Assaf, Gustavo Ramirez, Lucinda Childs, and others. During her last year with Ballet Junior, Catarina also joined Compagnie Gilles Jobin (CH) and took part in the creation \u00ab\u00a0Quantum\u00a0\u00bb in July 2013, which toured internationally.<br \/>\nBased in Luxembourg since 2016, she works for her company AWA As We Are, of which she is Co-founder and Artistic Director with Baptiste Hilbert, and also works as a freelance artist. She collaborates with various choreographers including Benvindo da Fonseca (PT), Arthur Pita (UK) and L\u00e9a Tirabasso (LU\/UK) and others. L\u00e9a Tirabasso&rsquo;s piece <em>The Ephemeral Life of an Octopus<\/em> gave her the chance to perform in one of the <em>Last twenty<\/em> pieces in the renowned Aerowaves competition.<br \/>\nCatarina is now leading the artistic part of the company creating the trio <em>MARY&rsquo;S DAUGHTERS<\/em>, opening in May 2025, and a solo <em>estranha forma<\/em>, opening in November 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awa-asweare.com\/\">awa-asweare.com\/<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3&Prime;]<div  class=\"wpb_content_element   clearfix\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#ut_am_69ff6f94ad302 { opacity: 1; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ad303 .ut-image-gallery-item-caption-title h3 { letter-spacing: 0em; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ad303 .ut-gallery-slider-caption { font-weight: bold; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ad303 { text-align: left; }@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ad303 { text-align: left !important; } }@media (max-width: 767px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ad303 { text-align: center !important; } }<\/style><div id=\"ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ad303\" class=\"ut-image-gallery-image \"><div id=\"ut_reveal_69ff6f94ad304\"  data-appear-top-offset=\"auto\" class=\"ut-animated-image-item ut-image-gallery-item ut-animation-done \"><a class=\"ut-deactivated-link\" href=\"#\"><div class=\"ut-animated-image-zoom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ut-lazy skip-lazy ut-animated-image \"  id=\"ut_am_69ff6f94ad302\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 945 1322'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/01_CarolineAllaire-1-945x1322.jpeg\" width=\"945\" height=\"1322\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Caroline Allaire<\/p>\n<p><em>Supported by POLE SUD \u2013 CDCN Strasbourg<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Caroline Allaire trained at the Conservatoire de Nice, then at the Conservatoire de Paris. From 1995 to 2004, she performed with the Ballet de l&rsquo;Op\u00e9ra de Nice and then the Ballet de l&rsquo;Op\u00e9ra national du Rhin. She became an independent artist in 2004 and collaborated with Louis Ziegler, Association Woo, Christian and Fran\u00e7ois Ben-Ha\u00efm, David Brandst\u00e4tter, and Malgven Gerbes. She has participated in all of KiloHertZ-Vidal Bini&rsquo;s creative projects. At the same time, for several years she has been teaching a method based on the different practices she has encountered in her professional career and on original tools she has developed for children, as well as for teachers and young dancers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khz-vidalbini.com\/\">khz-vidalbini.com<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3&Prime;]<div  class=\"wpb_content_element   clearfix\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#ut_am_69ff6f94adcb6 { opacity: 1; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94adcb7 .ut-image-gallery-item-caption-title h3 { letter-spacing: 0em; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94adcb7 .ut-gallery-slider-caption { font-weight: bold; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94adcb7 { text-align: left; }@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94adcb7 { text-align: left !important; } }@media (max-width: 767px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94adcb7 { text-align: center !important; } }<\/style><div id=\"ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94adcb7\" class=\"ut-image-gallery-image \"><div id=\"ut_reveal_69ff6f94adcb8\"  data-appear-top-offset=\"auto\" class=\"ut-animated-image-item ut-image-gallery-item ut-animation-done \"><a class=\"ut-deactivated-link\" href=\"#\"><div class=\"ut-animated-image-zoom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ut-lazy skip-lazy ut-animated-image \"  id=\"ut_am_69ff6f94adcb6\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 945 1322'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/25_26_GrandStudio_MatteoSedda_CMarcelLennartz-945x1322.jpg\" width=\"945\" height=\"1322\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Matteo Sedda<\/p>\n<p><em>Supported by Grand Studio in Brussels<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Matteo Sedda, choreographer, dancer, and activist of Sardinian origin, has collaborated and continues to work as a freelance for various artists, including Jan Fabre, Enzo Cosimi, A\u00efda Gabri\u00ebls, Igor x Morena and Dag Taeldeman &amp; Andrew Van Ostade.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span>Since 2018, Sedda has been pursuing choreographic research, deeply marked by his experience with HIV. Exploring desire and vulnerability, he aims to create new representations of AIDS that renew the dialogue between historical memory and artistic remodelling.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span>His works pays tribute to the artists lost to complications related to GRIS (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency), establishing a contemporary dialogue with the past and making his infected body the started point for a new choreographic writing.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span>After his first solo <em>POZ!<\/em>, in which his coming out as a person living with HIV became both a political and artistic manifesto, he continued his journey with<em> FUCK ME BLIND<\/em>, a choreographic duet adwarded the DNAppunti Coreografici 2024 prize.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><br \/>\n<\/span>As an activist he shares his personal experience to provide information and support regarding HIV. He collaborates with several organisations from Europe, including LILA, Sensoa, Ex Aequo and Plateforme Pr\u00e9vention Sida.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-sheets-root=\"1\" data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Cr\u00e9\u00e9e en 2012 par Florencia Demestri et Samuel\u00a0nLefeuvre,\u00a0danseurs et chor\u00e9graphes bas\u00e9s \u00e0\u00a0nBruxelles,\u00a0la compagnie DEMESTRI &amp; LEFEUVRE\u00a0na pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 son travail en Belgique\u00a0et dans unenquinzaine de pays \u00e0 travers le monde :\u00a0France,\u00a0nGr\u00e8ce, Espagne, Italie, Lituanie, Suisse,\u00a0nAllemagne,\u00a0Hongrie, Angleterre,\u00a0nAutriche,\u00a0Slov\u00e9nie, Argentine,\u00a0nIsra\u00ebl, Japon et Cor\u00e9e.nDepuis huit ans maintenant, Florencia\u00a0et\u00a0nSamuel d\u00e9veloppent ensemble\u00a0des\u00a0nspectacles hybrides, o\u00f9 la question de\u00a0nl\u2018\u00e9tranget\u00e9\u00a0est toujours centrale,\u00a0privil\u00e9giantnune dramaturgie des sens et non du sens.nGr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des proc\u00e9d\u00e9s de narration nonnlin\u00e9aire et une physicalit\u00e9 intense et d\u00e9cal\u00e9e,nils invitent le spectateur \u00e0 l\u00e2cher prise\u00a0et \u00e0\u00a0ns\u2019aventurer dans une lecture multiple et intuitive.\u00a0n\u200bnDEMESTRI &amp; 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LEFEUVRE est accompagn\u00e9 par\u00a0nGrand Studio.n\u200b\u00a0&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4905,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:3}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:3}]},&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri,Arial&quot;}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matteosedda.com\">matteosedda.com<\/a><br \/>\n\u200b<br \/>\n<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3&Prime;]<div  class=\"wpb_content_element   clearfix\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#ut_am_69ff6f94ae6f4 { opacity: 1; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ae6f5 .ut-image-gallery-item-caption-title h3 { letter-spacing: 0em; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ae6f5 .ut-gallery-slider-caption { font-weight: bold; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ae6f5 { text-align: left; }@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ae6f5 { text-align: left !important; } }@media (max-width: 767px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ae6f5 { text-align: center !important; } }<\/style><div id=\"ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94ae6f5\" class=\"ut-image-gallery-image \"><div id=\"ut_reveal_69ff6f94ae6f6\"  data-appear-top-offset=\"auto\" class=\"ut-animated-image-item ut-image-gallery-item ut-animation-done \"><a class=\"ut-deactivated-link\" href=\"#\"><div class=\"ut-animated-image-zoom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ut-lazy skip-lazy ut-animated-image \"  id=\"ut_am_69ff6f94ae6f4\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 945 1322'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PORTO_Ana_Rita_Xavier-945x1322.jpg\" width=\"945\" height=\"1322\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Ana Rita Xavier<\/p>\n<p><em>Supported by CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"601\">Ana Rita Xavier (1995, Portugal) are a performer, choreographer and researcher based in Porto. Currently part of the collective Amparo99. They graduated in Escola Superior de Dan\u00e7a (Lisbon, 2016). As a co-creative performer, they emphasize collaborations with Gustavo Cir\u00edaco, Guilherme de Sousa and Pedro Azevedo, Jo Castro, Bod Wilson trio and Wura Moraes, Gil Mac, Andr\u00e9 Braga and Cl\u00e1udia Figueiredo, Xana Novais and Aura. As a choreographer, <em>Zona 1<\/em> (TMP, 2019), <em>T\u00edtulo meramente descritivo ou duas mulheres e uma plateia<\/em>, in co-creation with Sofia Alvernaz (TMP, 2021), <em>Ming the Clam and the Immortal Jellyfish <\/em>(TMP, 2023), <em>BEAUTIFUL<\/em>, in co-direction with Daniel Conant (DDD Festival, 2025) and <em>Tender Riot<\/em> in co-direction with Daniel Conant (premiere at GUIdance, 2026). Their current research project <em>Instimul\u00e1vel<\/em>\u00a0focuses on collaboration, horizontallity, visibility, spectatorship, power dynamics, interdependency and resistance.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3&Prime;]<div  class=\"wpb_content_element   clearfix\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#ut_am_69ff6f94af16b { opacity: 1; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94af16c .ut-image-gallery-item-caption-title h3 { letter-spacing: 0em; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94af16c .ut-gallery-slider-caption { font-weight: bold; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94af16c { text-align: left; }@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94af16c { text-align: left !important; } }@media (max-width: 767px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94af16c { text-align: center !important; } }<\/style><div id=\"ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94af16c\" class=\"ut-image-gallery-image \"><div id=\"ut_reveal_69ff6f94af16d\"  data-appear-top-offset=\"auto\" class=\"ut-animated-image-item ut-image-gallery-item ut-animation-done \"><a class=\"ut-deactivated-link\" href=\"#\"><div class=\"ut-animated-image-zoom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ut-lazy skip-lazy ut-animated-image \"  id=\"ut_am_69ff6f94af16b\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 945 1322'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/KarolineStachele@melaniebeulich-THEATER_FREIBURG-945x1322.jpg\" width=\"945\" height=\"1322\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]Karolin St\u00e4chele<\/p>\n<p><em>Supported by Theater Freiburg<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"399\">Karolin St\u00e4chele has been creating full-length pieces for various spaces and stages under the label DAGADA dance since 2014. Based in Freiburg, she works with a dynamic group of artists from different genres and develops a repertoire that includes both solo and group performances. In an open, participatory artistic discourse, she choreographs a vibrant dance language that always refers to the social change surrounding her. The company has presented its work nationally and internationally, including in Berlin, Leipzig, Basel (CH), Haarlem, The Hague (NL), Brest (FR), Barcelona (ES), and Prague (CZ). Karolin was a co-founder and active member of tanznetzIfreiburg (2018-2022). Since September 2021, she has been co-director of the training programs at bewegungs-art freiburg.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab\u00a0My work is loud and tender; it seduces and confronts. It challenges by refusing to simply please, daring instead to explore the raw and uncomfortable \u2013 that which lies deep within us all and is a part of who we are.\u00a0\u00bb <\/em>Karolin St\u00e4chele<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dagada.dance\/\">dagada.dance<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/2&Prime;]<div  class=\"wpb_content_element   clearfix\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#ut_am_69ff6f94b0567 { opacity: 1; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94b0568 .ut-image-gallery-item-caption-title h3 { letter-spacing: 0em; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94b0568 .ut-gallery-slider-caption { font-weight: bold; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94b0568 { text-align: left; }@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94b0568 { text-align: left !important; } }@media (max-width: 767px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94b0568 { text-align: center !important; } }<\/style><div id=\"ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94b0568\" class=\"ut-image-gallery-image \"><div id=\"ut_reveal_69ff6f94b0569\"  data-appear-top-offset=\"auto\" class=\"ut-animated-image-item ut-image-gallery-item ut-animation-done \"><a class=\"ut-deactivated-link\" href=\"#\"><div class=\"ut-animated-image-zoom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ut-lazy skip-lazy ut-animated-image \"  id=\"ut_am_69ff6f94b0567\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 945 1322'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Audrey-Merilus-c-DR-min-1-945x1322.jpg\" width=\"945\" height=\"1322\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/2&Prime;]<div  class=\"wpb_content_element   clearfix\"><style type=\"text\/css\">#ut_am_69ff6f94b1108 { opacity: 1; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94b1109 .ut-image-gallery-item-caption-title h3 { letter-spacing: 0em; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94b1109 .ut-gallery-slider-caption { font-weight: bold; }#ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94b1109 { text-align: left; }@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94b1109 { text-align: left !important; } }@media (max-width: 767px) { #ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94b1109 { text-align: center !important; } }<\/style><div id=\"ut_am_wrap_69ff6f94b1109\" class=\"ut-image-gallery-image \"><div id=\"ut_reveal_69ff6f94b110a\"  data-appear-top-offset=\"auto\" class=\"ut-animated-image-item ut-image-gallery-item ut-animation-done \"><a class=\"ut-deactivated-link\" href=\"#\"><div class=\"ut-animated-image-zoom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ut-lazy skip-lazy ut-animated-image \"  id=\"ut_am_69ff6f94b1108\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 945 1322'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ArnoPaul-2024-LeoGras-BD16-945x1322.jpg\" width=\"945\" height=\"1322\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/2&Prime;][vc_column_text]Audrey Merilus<\/p>\n<p><em>Supported by CCN &#8211; Ballet de Lorraine<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\">Audrey Merilus is a French artist of Afro-Caribbean descent based between Brussels and Paris. She studied at the Conservatoire R\u00e9gional de Paris (CRR) and continued her training at the Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon (CNSMDL), before obtaining her bachelor\u2019s degree in dance from the Training Cycle at P.A.R.T.S.<br \/>\nShe has worked with various international productions and artists, including: Gis\u00e8le Vienne, Soa Ratsifandrihana, Florentina Holzinger, Maud le Pladec, Michiel Vandevelde, and Rosas for the revival of <em>Drumming<\/em>.<br \/>\nAs an extension of her artistic journey, Audrey\u2019s evolving practice has extended into curation. For the tenth edition of Radiant Nights at DeSingel (Antwerp), she initiated the project <em>COLLECTIVE MEMORIES, <\/em>a program in which she invited several artists to share their work during two evenings composed of performances, literature, visual arts, textiles, and sound. She\u2019s currently working on the second edition in Atelier 210 in Brussels (2025).<br \/>\nRecently, she has taken on the role of dramaturg for Stanley Ollivier\u2019s last work <em>Spine of Desire: Wounds Without Tears, Out of One Skin in Diamonds and Shit<\/em> (2025). She joined <em>CROWD <\/em>by Gis\u00e8le Vienne, and is a performer of her forthcoming creation which will premiere at the Schauspielhaus Z\u00fcrich (2026).<br \/>\nAudrey&rsquo;s ongoing journey merges diverse artistic practices and collaborations, establishing her as a dynamic actor in the international dance and performance scene.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/audreymerilus.com\/\">audreymerilus.com\/<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/2&Prime;][vc_column_text]L\u00e9o Gras<\/p>\n<p><em>Supported by the Ballet de l&rsquo;Op\u00e9ra national du Rhin<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\">A <span class=\"sqsrte-text-highlight\" data-text-attribute-id=\"7605d49e-a592-4f6a-ab2e-a902e0c3eafa\">choreographer<\/span> and <span class=\"sqsrte-text-highlight\" data-text-attribute-id=\"ec9547f1-0333-4a2e-a488-ccdd1ad7dcf1\">performer<\/span>, L\u00e9o Gras trained and graduated from the P\u00f4le National Sup\u00e9rieur de Danse Rosella Hightower from 2010 to 2019 in study sports, before becoming a professional dancer-performer at the<span class=\"sqsrte-text-highlight\" data-text-attribute-id=\"9f00296c-7499-45e0-ab4e-e464bc8d168a\"> Centre Chor\u00e9graphique National Ballet de Lorraine<\/span> under the direction of Petter Jacobsson, he participated in numerous creations with various choreographers (M.Cunningham, T.Brown, M.Le Pladec, O.Dubois&#8230;).<br \/>\nIn 2024, he founded the structure <span class=\"sqsrte-text-highlight\" data-text-attribute-id=\"8f6d55a4-0677-4ef9-8f4c-560b181416d8\">BOIS DORMANT<\/span>, to enable him to develop his choreographic and artistic projects. Choreographing since his studies, he created his first project, <em>I&rsquo;ll Give You My Eyes<\/em>in 2020, followed by his first piece <em>Les Phal\u00e8nes<\/em> in 2022. Since then, he has developed a body of work combining dance, costume, theater, film and doll design, questioning identity and self-definition. Since 2022, he has been working on the reproduction of his own body through the creation of <span class=\"sqsrte-text-highlight\" data-text-attribute-id=\"d8ed15e1-2127-4912-80c8-f49da9888045\">human-sized dolls<\/span>. His aim here is to question the notion of individuality and personality through the act of doubling.<br \/>\nHe obtained his state diploma as a classical dance teacher in 2023 from the Centre National de la Danse in Pantin. At the same time, he has been studying at SciencesPo Paris in the Certificat pour Sportif de Haut Niveau since 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boisdormant-leogras.com\/\">boisdormant-leogras.com\/<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 2026-2027 Choreographers [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\u00a0\u00bb1\/3&Prime;][vc_column_text]Isam Abad Montalvo Supported par L\u2019Abri \u2013 Gen\u00e8ve Isam is an ecuadorean performer based in Lausanne. He grew up Quito, in the middle of Los Andes. He started moving in different ways from a young age, going from ballet to breaking, swimming, capoeira, contact improvisation, partnering, acrobatics, contemporary dance, boxing, climbing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-502","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653,"href":"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502\/revisions\/653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grand-luxe.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}