Biographie

Claire Croizé

Claire graduated from P.A.R.T.S. in 2000. Her graduation project, Donne-moi quelque chose qui ne meure pas, was hailed by the French press as one of PARTS@PARIS's discoveries. Claire began working with the support of WP Zimmer (Anvers) in 2006, and premiered Affected at STUK (Leuven), an internationally acclaimed performance consisting of three solos for three women on Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder.

From 2014 to 2021, Claire created a number of pieces (Primitive, EVOL, Flowers we (are) Duet for two string trios, ...) including Mer- which she co-signed with Etienne Guilloteau.

In March 2023, Claire was invited by the Theatre Bremen to come and work with the ensemble of the theatre, Unusual Symptoms. Together with the electric guitar-quartet ZWERM and drummer Karen Willems, she created Fabula. The prog-rock and psychedelic sound of Zwerm's album, "Great Expectations", meets figures from Greek mythology and texts by the Italian writer Cesare Pavese, which Claire Croizé contrasts with the individual gestural languages of the dancers. The performance remains on tour in Germany, Belgium and France. Also in 2023, at the invitation of the vocal ensemble HYOID voices, Claire assisted Joris Lacoste on the creation of the performance A-Ronne by Luciano Berio.

An important aspect of Claire's artistic career is her experience in facilitating workshops with different audiences. The places where she has given workshops include P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels), International Dance Dialogues with Janet Panetta (NY), Arts Station Foundation (Poland), and STUK (Leuven). In addition to her impressive portfolio, Claire has worked as a dancer for Caterina Sagna, Andy Deneys, Etienne Guilloteau, Hooman Sharifi, Jean-Luc Ducourt, Philippe Blanchard, Alexander Baervoets, Anabel Schellekens and Kris Verdonck.

Etienne Guilloteau

After a few years at the Poitiers Conservatory, he joined P.A.R.T.S. in 1998, and completed his studies in 2002 with the solo Love me two times, which was the subject of an international tour. He immediately began his collaboration with wpZimmer in Anvers, where he directed the duets Skènè (2004), with Claire Croizé, and La Magnificenza (2006), performed with the dancer Vincent Dunoyer and with Hans Meijer, who became his lighting designer.

In 2008, Etienne created two "études": Prima dell'atto, a children's piece on the music of Debussy presented as part of the Krokus festival in Hasselt, and DAAD, a solo on the music of John Cage ("Experiences") presented as part of "Hit the stage" at the Monty (Anvers) in 2009. At the Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2010, he premiered Tres Scripturae, a piece for three dancers, a pianist (Alain Franco) and a lighting designer (Hans Meijer). In 2013, he created The Gyres, commissioned by TDT (Toronto Dance Theater); his love duet Synopsis of a Battle (2013); and Feu (2015), a solo for the talented Argentinian dancer Cecilia Lisa Eliceche. with live music by the electric guitar quartet ZWERM. In November 2015, he was invited by the DIALOGE Festival in Salzburg to create Zeit-Bild, a piece for eight dancers from the SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance) to music performed live by the oenm (Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik). For the 2016 production, 7 Dialogues by the German ensemble Dance On, Etienne developed a short solo for Ami Shulman. In 2016, he also created a performance with 9 young dancers from the ungdomskompani esc, The Diamond Sea, which opened Oktoberdans in Bergen.

Etienne created some piece with Claire Croizé : Mer- (2017), Pole Reports from Space (2019) and Our solo (2023). In addition to his choreographic work, Etienne has danced for several people such as Vincent Dunoyer, Rosas, Charlotte Vanden Eynde and especially Marc Vanrunxt. He has also designed the lighting for several shows such as Nada Gambier's Once Upon A Time in Petaouchnok and Busy Rocks' Dominos and Butterflies. He has been working as a dramaturg for Croizé's creations for more than 20 years.

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