Boris Charmatz

Dancer and choreographer, Boris Charmatz presented from "Aatt enen tionon" (1996) to "enfant" (2011) a series of highly memorable pieces. While maintaining an extensive touring schedule, he also participates in improvisational events on a regular basis (with Saul Williams, Archie Shepp, Médéric Collignon) and continues to work as a performer.

Director since 2009 of the Rennes and Britanny National Choreographic Centre, Boris Charmatz proposes to transform it into a Dancing Museum of a new kind. A manifesto is at the origin of this museum, which has already received the projects "préfiguration", "expo zéro", "héliogravures", "rebutoh", "service commandé" (on commission), "brouillon" (rough draft), "Jérôme Bel en 3 sec. 30 sec. 3 min. 30 min et 3 h." and has travelled to Saint Nazaire, Singapore, Utrecht, Avignon and New York.

Associate artist of the 2011 Festival d'Avignon, Boris Charmatz creates at the Cour d’Honneur of the Pope’s Palace "enfant", a piece for 26 children, 9 dancers and 3 machines ; and he proposes Une école d’art, a project by the Musée de la danse and the Festival d’Avignon. From 2002 to 2004, while an artist-in-residence at the Centre national de la danse, he developed Bocal, a nomadic and ephemeral school that brought together students from different backgrounds.

In 2007 and 2008, he was a visiting professor at Berlin’s Universität der Künste where he contributed to the creation of a new dance curriculum. Charmatz is also the co-author of "Entretenir / à propos d’une danse contemporaine" written with Isabelle Launay and published jointly by the Centre national de la danse and Les Presses du réel. His latest book “Je suis une école” was published in April 2009 by Les prairies ordinaires.