Switzerland

La Cie 100% Acrylique produit des spectacles grâce à des interférences constantes entre intuition et recherche. Elle aime les zones d’intersections où les classifications se brouillent et les défis se posent. On ne sait jamais où elle traînera ses réflexions ni avec qui elle s’associera (sculpteur, musicien, vidéaste, réalisateur, photographe...), la «rencontre» étant le moteur de chaque création. - [Read more]

Avventure in Elicottero Prodotti è una associazione culturale nata a Lugano (Svizzera) nel 1988 dall'incontro di quattro artisti provenienti da ambiti di ricerca differenti: Marcello Mazzella (computer/scultore), Claudio Prati (videoartista), Carlo Somaini (produttore televisivo) e Ariella Vidach (coreografa). - [Read more]

Aspara was found in April 1996 by Sophie Paratte, Martin Greil and Armin Sengenberger. - [Read more]

Earthphish was founded in 2001. Donovan John Szypura and Aleksandra Mirjana Crossan met in a recording studio, while Aleksandra was singing backup vocals. Three months later they released their demo EP “Metropolis”. - [Read more]

The Ballet Junior aims to help young dancers in their future careers by giving students who have completed their basic training to acquire essential stage experience in order to be considered by a professional company. - [Read more]

2004 Brigitta Luisa Merki was awarded with the Hans Reinhart Ring for her innovative work based on living tradition and continuity. She is - after Heinz Spoerli and Anna Huber - the third artist in the field of dance receiving the highest award in Swiss performing arts given by the Swiss Society for Theater Culture (SGTK) and the Swiss Federal Office for Culture (BAK). - [Read more]

The Geneva Dance Center was founded in 1980. It is first and foremost a professional training school for young ballet dancers. However, it also offers classes to amateurs of all ages who wish to dance but are not pursuing a professional career. - [Read more]

inFlux A company on the move The dance company inFlux, founded by Swiss choreographer and dancer Lucía Baumgartner, has produced and created various pieces for stage, specific sites and short dance films over the past five years. Under Lucía Baumgartner's artistic direction, the company's repertoire spans the range from poetic imagery to narrative scenes, using the rich language of contemporary dance. - [Read more]

Switzerland's major international dance festival, is gradually approaching. Under the theme "Interdisciplinary Encounters and Dialogues", Steps #8 will feature a broad range of contemporary dance from April 4th through May 5th, 2002. 12 dance companies will be presented in over 70 performances in 23 cities throughout Switzerland. This diverse festival will showcase works by world-famous and influential artists as well as previously lesser known, innovative dance discoveries. - [Read more]

Katarzyna Gdaniec and Marco Cantalupo founded Linga in 1992. In 1993, Linga was offered to take permanent residence at the Octogone Theater in Pully/Lausanne (CH), an important national theater. Their works, their physical and unconventional style have made the fame of the company, hosted in Europe's, South America's and Middle East's most important festivals and theaters. - [Read more]

Metzger,Zimmermann,dePerrot have been stalking the edge between dance, music, performance, circus and architecture since 1998. The search for new work methods has become a part of their work method. - [Read more]

Heidi Aemisegger and her company, öff öff productions have developed their own idiosyncratic style during their ten years of existence. In their search for new variations on the theme “man and monument“ and in their various site-specific works, öff öff has detached itself from the floor and expanded its dance to all the dimensions - horizontal as well as vertical - of the space. öff öff's world today contains elements of dance, aerial acrobatics and theatre. - [Read more]

The Prix de Lausanne is a dance competition reserved for young student-dancers intending to pursue a professional career. It is open to candidates of all nationalities, aged 15 to 17, who have not yet been in professional employment. Since 1973, it has been held each year over a one-week period in January, generally in Lausanne. - [Read more]