sep 9, 2011
"From B to B" on Tour
"From B to B", the collaboration between
Thomas Hauert and renowned Catalonian choreographer Àngels Margarit, premiered in July
at the GREC Festival in Barcelona. A play on words, a play on dance; the
resulting performance is driven by the artistic complicity of two
choreographers...
sep 8, 2011
A festive opening
Thomas Hauert and Michel Debrulle’s “Drum and Dance” helps ring in the new season as a part of STUK’s opening festival, STUK Start, September 30 and October 1, in Leuven.
sep 7, 2011
A trip to the farm...
This October, Thomas Hauert will
travel to an artist commune in rural Tennessee for the fourth of five
residencies in his collaboration with American performance artist, Scott Heron.
Their work, tentatively entitled “H:H”,
focuses on the idea of “two-ness” as the smallest and most...
jan 31, 2011
“Dance and percussion evening” opens at Concertgebouw Brugge
ZOO presents two works where dance and percussion meet face to face. In “Drum & Dance” (2004), Thomas Hauert and drummer Michel Debrulle improvise in search of the frenetic body that results when two beings share an instantaneous creative process. In “Prepared play by ear” (premiere),...
jan 28, 2011
“La Valse” on Arte France
The film “La Valse” by Thierry De Mey (Charleroi/Danses), based on ZOO’ performance “Accords”, will be aired on the television channel Arte France on 31 January.
aug 24, 2010
“You’ve changed” goes on tour
After kicking off at the alkantara Festival in Lisbon this June, ZOO’s newest creation, “You’ve changed”, launches its international tour. Notably, the company will perform at the La Bâtie festival in Geneva and Ruhrtriennale in Essen during the month of September, after which the work...
aug 24, 2010
Thomas Hauert creates a new piece for the Zurich Ballet: “Il Giornale della necropoli”
Thomas Hauert has been commissioned by Zurich Ballet to create a new work premiering in Zurich on October 30. This piece for 12 dancers is set to Salvatore Sciarrino’s piece for orchestra and solo-accordion “Il Giornale della necropoli” with scenography by Belgian artist Michaël Borremans.
okt 16, 2009
ZOO helps bring contemporary dance to a wider audience
As a prologue to an educational DVD that ZOO/Thomas Hauert are planning to produce by 2011, the company will be running an outreach programme to bring contemporary dance to young people from seven schools and extracurricular establishments in the Belfort area and Jura in Switzerland.
okt 13, 2009
“Parallallemande” at the Biennale de Charleroi/Danses
Already presented at the Kaaitheater and at Centre Pompidou as part of Ircam’s Agora Festival, the short duet “Parallallemande” was originally created by Thomas Hauert and Chrysa Parkinson. At the closing evening of the Biennale de Charleroi/Danses, ZOO will present a new version of...
okt 13, 2009
ZOO’s choreographic creation on Maurice Ravel’s “La Valse” presented with live orchestra as part of “Equi Voci”
To complement the presentation of the first two parts of Thierry De Mey’s “Equi Voci” in Charleroi/Danses on 27th November 2009, and as anticipation of the last part of this polyptych projected to be realized in June 2010 on a choreography by Thomas Hauert on Maurice Ravel’s “La...
sep 5, 2009
danceXmusic
In September and October 2009, Thomas Hauert will be working with 13 students from PARTS to create a new piece with music by Claude Debussy and Salvatore Sciarrino. The performance will be presented in March 2010 as part as “danceXmusic”, a four nights program set up by PARTS and La Monnaie...
apr 6, 2009
“Korean Screens” premièred in Seoul
Korean Screens is a dance project made up of Belgian and Korean ingredients. Thomas Hauert, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Michèle Anne De Mey and Arco Renz have each created a solo dance for a young Korean artist. Thomas Hauert has decided to work with Eun-Kuyng Lee, a dancer he discovered while making...
apr 6, 2009
Thomas Hauert takes part in Pierre Droulers’ “Walk, Talk, Chalk”
Pierre Droulers asked Thomas to participe in his new creation for Charleroi/Danses: Walk, Talk, Chalk. The piece will be premièred in Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, before travelling to Charleroi/Danses, Festival de Marseille and La Bâtie - Festival de Genève.
okt 24, 2008
“Accords” to open the Swiss Dance Days 2009
Accords has been selected to open the Swiss Contemporary Dance Days 2009. The platform takes place 22-25 January in Ticino. Info: www.swissdancedays.ch
jun 25, 2008
“Accords” nominated for best dance show of the year
On June 23, ZOO’s new creation Accords has been nominated in the category "Best dance show of the year" at the Critics Prize awarded by the Belgian French-speaking press.
apr 15, 2008
“Accords” opens at PACT Zollverein Essen
The new creation of ZOO opens on the 2nd of May 2008 at PACT Zollverein in Essen. Shortly after, Accords will be presented at Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels, Alkantara Lisbon and International Festival of Salamanca.
In Accords , Thomas Hauert continues his research on body and
movement,...
apr 9, 2008
“Hà Mais” goes on tour again
In 2008, ZOO/Thomas Hauert is celebrating its 10th anniversary. For this occasion, ZOO reprises two shows: Cows in Space , its very first piece, and Há mais , a project that is very dear to Thomas Hauert. Há mais
(“there’s more”) was created in 2002 with 5 dancers from Maputo,...
jan 12, 2008
ZOO restages its first performance “Cows in Space”
To mark the 10th anniversary of its creation, Thomas Hauert’s ZOO dance company is restaging its very first piece: Cows in Space . This is an exceptional opportunity to see (again) a show that was an award-winner at the renowned Rencontres chorégraphiques de Seine-Saint-Denis in 1999 and...
jan 10, 2008
ZOO 10 YEARS ANNIVERSARY
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nov 15, 2007
Thomas Hauert creates a new piece for P.A.R.T.S.
Thomas Hauert has created a new piece for the fourth year students of the Brussels school PARTS. 12/8 will have its premiere at The Space in London.
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