Thomas Hauert Presentation Biography - Charleroi

Thomas Hauert
inaudible / (sweet) (bitter) / From B to B
Presentation
When Thomas Hauert starts to move, an expression of astonishment seems to appear on his face almost straightaway. It is hard to tell whether the
expression in question comes from his own surprise at the series of brainwaves coming from the uninterrupted flow of his steps or rather whether this
prolonged questioning masks the continuity of the invention, with continually evolving body movements kept in suspension, supposed never to stop,
never to become fixed in a reproducible “definitive” form. The instantaneous composition is an exercise in surfing and balancing on the temporal wave,
the memory of the movement anticipating the disappearance of the ephemeral writing just in time, unleashing the need for the next movement. This
need is his trademark. (…)
There are a number of paradoxical techniques that often return: improvised unison for example (reminiscent of flocks of birds or shoals of fish). The
rules of ethology seem better suited to exploring his approach than the latest precepts of conceptual dance. There is something of the animal kingdom
about it… the name of the company of course: ZOO… But do these dancers have some kind of antenna allowing them to react instantaneously to
movements produced behind their backs? (…)
ZOO creates and weaves before our eyes an intense moment of intersubjectivity, gradually drawing the audience into the loop. Invisible threads and
connections appear to link the protagonists – performers and audience – together.
Thierry De Mey, March 2012
Excerpt from the portrait written for the ManiFeste 2012 festival academy
Biography
A fter training at the Rotterdam Dance Academy, the Swiss dancer and choreographer Thomas Hauert moved to Brussels in 1991 to work in Anne
Teresa De Keersmaeker’s company Rosas, before going on to collaborate with Gonnie Heggen, David Zambrano and Pierre Droulers. After creating
the solo Hobokendans (1997), he founded his company ZOO through which he initiated Cows in Space (1998), a piece for five dancers which was
consequently awarded two prizes at the Rencontres chorégraphiques of Seine-Saint-Denis.
Since then, Thomas Hauert has created around 15 performances with ZOO, including Jetzt (2000), Do You Believe in Gravity? Do You Trust the
Pilot? (2001), Verosimile (2002), modify (2004), Walking Oscar (2006), Accords (2008), You’ve Changed (2010), From B to B (a duet in collaboration
with the Catalan choreographer Angels Margarit (2011) and Like me more like me (a duet in collaboration with the American performer Scott Heron). In
2012, he has also created the solo for young audiences Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée on music by John Cage performed live. MONO, a group
creation for 8 dancers and 1 alto, has been premièred in November 2013. (sweet) (bitter) the new solo of Thomas Hauert was created in April 2015 and
the collective creation with LaBolsa group, The Measure of Disorder with seven creators of Barcelona has been presented during the GREC Festival
in July 2015. His performances have been staged in over 200 different venues in 29 countries.
The work of Thomas Hauert and ZOO initially came out of research into movement, with a particular interest in improvisation-based processes
exploring the tension between freedom and constraint, individuals and the group, order and disorder, form and formlessness. Over the years the
structure of the company has remained very stable, with several of the original dancers still currently involved. This longevity affords a depth to the
choreographer’s research that is rarely encountered in the field of contemporary dance today.
The relationship with music, from pop to contemporary and from jazz to baroque, plays a major part in Thomas Hauert’s work. He works with
The relationship with music, from pop to contemporary and from jazz to baroque, plays a major part in Thomas Hauert’s work. He works with
institutions as Bozar, Ars Musica and Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Concertgebouw in Bruges, the Zurich Opera and the Unione
musicale in Torino. In 2012, he was invited by Ircam in Paris to lead a project on the relationship between improvised dance and electronic music
composition in the context of the festival-academy ManiFeste.
In addition to his work for ZOO, Thomas was also commissioned to create Hà Mais (2002) with a group of Mozambican dancers, Milky Way (2000),
Lobster Caravan (2004), 12/8 (2007) and Regarding The area Between the inseparable (in collaboration with the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in
Brussels, 2010) with students from Brussels’ PARTS academy, as well as Fold and Twine (2006) at the Laban School in London. In Fall 2010, he has
created a new work for the Zurich Ballet, Il Giornale della necropoli based on the composition of the same name by Salvatore Sciarrino, with a set by
Belgian artist Michaël Borremans. In Spring 2013 he was commissionned by Toronto Dance Company, in Canada, to create the piece Pond Skaters
(for which he was nominated as best choreographer of the year at the Dora Awards). And in 2014, he created the piece Notturnino for the British
company of disabled and non-disabled dancers Candoco Dance Company.
Complimenting his performance work, Hauert has developed an internationally recognized teaching method. As a teacher, he has an ongoing
collaboration with the P.A.R.T.S. academy in Brussels and regularly gives workshops worldwide. In 2012-13, he was the Valeska-Gert-guest professor
for dance and performance at the Institute for Theater Studies of the Freie Universität Berlin. In 2013 has also been appointed academic director of
the new bachelor degree in contemporary dance opened within the theatre academy La Manufacture the Lausanne (Switzerland’s first dance school at
university level).
In 2012, he was invited to participate in the project “Motion Bank” initiated by The Forsythe Company to stimulate research into choreographic practice.
A multi-disciplinary team of the Ohio State University (USA) worked with him to create “on-line digital scores” which document and analyse specific
aspects of his work. The results have been released in Nov 2013 and are visible on the www.motionbank.org.
ZOO/Thomas Hauert is resident artist at Charleroi Danses.
Tours
2016
24.02 - inaudible (démo) - CCNR de Rillieux-la-Pape - Rillieux-la-Pape (FR)
18 & 19.03 - inaudible ( PREMIÈRE ) - Festival Programme Commun - Théâtre Sévelin 36 - Lausanne (CH)
25 & 26.03 - La Mesure du Désordre - Les Brigittines - Bruxelles (BE)
07 & 08.04 - Notturnino - Equilibre - Nuithonie - Fribourg (CH)
11 & 12.04 - Notturnino - Gessnerallee Zürich - Zürich (CH)
13.04 - Notturnino - Théâtre Forum Meyrin - Geneva (CH)
16.04 - Notturnino - Le Reflet - Théâtre de Vervey - Vervey (CH)
19 & 20.04 - Notturnino - Theater Winterthur - Winterthur (CH)
22.04 - Notturnino - Theater Chur - Chur (CH)
24.04 - Notturnino - Dampfzentrale - Bern (CH)
28.04 - Notturnino - Théâtre du Passage - Neuchâtel (CH)
01.05 - Notturnino - Lugano Arte e Cultura - Lugano (CH)
25 > 28.05 - inaudible - La Raffinerie / Charleroi Danses - Kunstenfestivaldesarts - Bruxelles (BE)
03 & 04.06 - inaudible - Festival June Events - Paris (FR)
11.06 - (sweet)(bitter) - Ircam - Les Spectacles vivants - Centre Pompidou Paris (FR)
25.06 - inaudible - Biennale de Venis - Venise (IT)
07 & 08.09 - inaudible - Festival de Genève - La Bâtie (CH)
18 & 19.11 - (sweet) (bitter) - Kriens SüdPol (CH)
23.11 - (sweet) (bitter) - Tanz Festival Winterthur - Winterthur (CH)
08 & 09.12 - inaudible - Les Ecuries / Charleroi Danses - Bruxelles (BE)
2015
07 > 13.01 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, Nanterre (FR)
30.01 - Pond Skaters - River Run Centre, Guelph (CA)
31.01 - Pond Skaters - Burlington Performing Arts Centre, Burlington (CA)
05.02 - Pond Skaters - The Grand Theatre, Kingston (CA)
07.02 - Pond Skaters - Centre for the Arts, Brock University, Saint Catharines (CA)
13.02 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - L’ONYX La Carrière, Saint-Herblain (FR)
28.03-20.04 – Space In – Vidéodanse, Centre Pompidou Malaga, Malaga (SP)
14.04 - From B to B - Le Granit, Scène nationale de Belfort (FR)
24 & 25.04 - (sweet) (bitter) - DANSEUR/Figures Libres, Bruxelles (BE)
29.04 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - Cité Culture, Bruxelles (BE)
08.05 - (sweet) (bitter) – Fête de la Danse / L’Arsenic, Lausanne (CH)
09.05 - (sweet) (bitter) – Fête de la Danse, Neuchâtel (CH)
09.05 - (sweet) (bitter) – Fête de la Danse, La Chaux-de-Fonds (CH)
20.05-14.06 - Space In – Un Nouveau Festival 2015 / Vidéodanse, Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
20.05-14.06 - Cows in Space re-run (film) – Un Nouveau Festival 2015 / Vidéodanse, Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
19 > 22.05 - MONO - ADC Genève, Genève (CH)
26.05 - (sweet) (bitter) - Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray (IR)
26-27 & 30.05 - (sweet) (bitter) - Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin (IR)
28.05 - (sweet) (bitter) – Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray (IR)
28 > 30.05 - (sweet) (bitter) - Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin (IR)
20-21.06 – Notturnino – Festival de Marseille, Marseille (FR)
14-15.07 – La mesure du désordre – Festival GREC, Barcelone (SP)
03.10 – La mesure du désordre – Biennale de Charleroi Danses, Charleroi (BE)
04-08.11 - (sweet) (bitter) – ADC Genève, Genève (CH)
18.11 - MONO - Tanz in Olten - Olten (CH)
25 & 26.11 - Accords - Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn - Solothurn (CH)
17.12 - (sweet) (bitter) - NAO Performing Festival - Milan (IT)
2014
26.01 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - STUK – 30CC/Schouwburg, Louvain (BE)
08.02 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - Objectifs Danse 7 - Bruxelles (BE)
09 & 10.02 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - Festival Pays de Danses - Centre culturel d'Eupen (BE)
20.02 - MONO - cc Berchem, Anvers (BE)
28.02 & 01.03 - Notturnino (Création pour CandDoCo) - Trinity Laban - London (GB)
04 & 05.03 - Notturnino (Création pour CandDoCo) - Warwick Arts Centre - Coventry (GB)
13.03 - Notturnino (Création pour CandDoCo) - Edge Hill - Ormskirk, Lancashire (UK)
18 & 19.03 – MONO – Kaaitheater, Bruxelles (BE)
21.03 – Accords – Espaces pluriels au Zénith, Pau (FR)
26.03 – From B to B – Festival In Movement - Les Brigittines - Bruxelles (BE)
06.04 – MONO – PACT Zollverein - Essen (DE)
09 > 11.04 – MONO – Centre Pompidou-Spectacles vivants / Ircam, Paris (FR)
16.04 – MONO – La Passerelle, Saint-Brieuc (FR)
19.04 – From B to B – Festival BIPOD, Beyrouth (LE)
03.05 – Drum & Dance – Festa danzante – Lugano (CH)
03 > 06.05 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée, Centre des arts pluriels, Ettelbruck (LU)
07 & 08.05 - Notturnino (creation for CanDoCo) - Sommerblut Festival - Köln (DE)
15.05 – MONO – STUK, Louvain (BE)
17 & 18.05 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée – Brighton Festival – Brighton (GB)
20 > 22.05 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée, Opéra de Lille, Lille (FR)
22 & 23.05 – From B to B – Tanz:now, Steckborn (CH)
30.05 - Notturnino (creation for CanDoCo) - Dance Week Festival - Zagreb (HR)
04.06 - Notturnino (creation for CanDoCo) - Norrlands Operan - Umea (SW)
08.09 - Notturnino (creation for CanDoCo) - Festival Oriente Occidente - Rovereto (IT)
01.10 - Notturnino (creation for CanDoCo) – Artsdepot - London (GB)
10.10 - From B to B - L’Octogone - Pully (CH)
16.10 - Notturnino (creation for CanDoCo) - Pavilion Dance South West - Bournemouth (GB)
17 & 18.10 - Danse improvisée avec piano préparé - Salon Bombardon, Schaerbeek (BE)
25 & 26.10 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - Festival bis-ARTS - Charleroi (BE)
04 > 08.11 - Pond Skaters (creation for TDT) - Harbourfront Centre - Toronto (CA)
08 & 09.11 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - FID, Belo Horizonte (BR)
11.11 - Notturnino (creation for CanDoCo) - Lakeside Arts Centre - Nottingham (GB)
14 & 15.11 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - Panorama Festival, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
16.11 - Notturnino (creation for CanDoCo) - Sadlers’s Wells, London (GB)
27.11 - Notturnino (creation for CanDoCo) - Live at LICA, Lancaster (GB)
28 & 29.11 - Nouveau solo de Thomas Hauert - Escénica en Movimiento, Concepción (CL)
02 & 03.12 - Notturnino (creation for CanDoCo) - The Lowry, Manchester (GB)
09 & 10.12 - Notturnino (creation for CanDoCo) – Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre – London (GB)
19.12 - Nouveau solo de Thomas Hauert - El Porton de Sanchez Teatro, Buenos Aires (AR)
2013
06.01 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - Centre culturel de Huy (BE)
13.01 - Like me more like me - The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (US)
26 & 27.01 - From B to B - Kaaitheater, Bruxelles (BE)
05.02 - From B to B - Le Théâtre Scène nationale de Saint-Nazaire (FR)
07.02 - From B to B – Swiss Dance Days, Bâle (CH)
11.02 – Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée – Krokusfestival, Hasselt (BE)
15.02 - One moving as many as moving as one - Professeur invité Valeska-Gert – Akademie der Künste, Berlin (DE)
01.03 - From B to B - Les Hivernales, Avignon (FR)
22 & 23.03 – Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée – Tweetakt Festival, Utrecht (NL)
03 & 04.04 - Like me more like me - Winchester St. Theatre, Toronto (CA)
17 > 21 & 24 > 27.04 - Brussels/Toronto Project - Totonto Dance Theatre - Winchester St. Theatre, Toronto (CA)
23 & 24.04 – Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - Ruutia! Festival, Helsinki (FI)
03 & 04.05 - From B to B - Les Écuries Charleroi Danses, Charleroi (BE)
21.05 - From B to B - Pôle Sud, Strasbourg (FR)
06.06 – From B to B – Gdansk Dance Festival, Gdansk (PO)
30.6 & 01.07 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée – Tanzhaus nrw, Düsseldorf (DE)
09 & 10.07 - Acostumbrismo - Festival internacional de danza Italica, Sevilla (ES)
13 & 14.09 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée – La Bâtie-Festival de Genève, Geneva (CH)
18 & 19.10 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - Big Bang Festival - Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon (PT)
31.10 – MONO – CCN de Rillieux-la-Pape, Lyon (FR) – avant-première
15 & 16.11 – MONO – Biennale de Charleroi Danses, Charleroi (BE)
20 > 24.11 - Like me more like me - New Orleans Fringe, New Orleans (USA)
29.11 > 01.12 – MONO – The Forsythe Company / Motion Bank @ Frankfurt Lab, Francfort-sur-le-Main (DE)
15.12 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée – December Dance, Bruges (BE)
2012
06.10 - Like Me More Like Me - Festival Performa, Losone (CH)
12.10 - Like Me More Like Me - Dance Umbrella, Londres (UK)
02 & 03.11 - Accords - Les Brigittines, Bruxelles (BE)
14.11 - From B to B - Tanz in Olten, Olten (CH)
17 & 18.11 - From B to B - ADN Hiver de Danses, Neuchâtel (CH)
30.11 - Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée - Festival Turbulences, Namur (BE) – CRÉATION JEUNE PUBLIC - PREMIÈRE25-26.11 – Accords Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn, Solothurn (CH)
Repertory
inaudible
La mesure du désordre
(sweet) (bitter)
MONO
Danse étoffée sur musique déguisée
Accords
From B to B
Like Me More Like Me
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ZOO / THOMAS
HAUERT
15-17 Rue des Chartreux
B 1000 Bruxelles
T +32 (0)2 502 57 84
www.zoothomashauert.be
Company manager
Caroline Vermeulen
T +32 (0)486 388 230
[email protected]
Administration et
Finance
Régis Rémigy
T +32 (0)474 23 55 23
[email protected]
ZOO / THOMAS HAUERT
15-17 Rue des Chartreux
B 1000 Bruxelles
T +32 (0)2 502 57 84
www.zoo-thomashauert.be
Company manager
Caroline Vermeulen
T +32 (0)486 388 230
[email protected]
Administration et Finance
Régis Rémigy
T +32 (0)474 23 55 23
[email protected]
Like me more like
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From B to B
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Accords
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