In her short solo set to music by Palmistry, Gwilym Gold and Hiatus  Kaiyote, Gyselinck searches for a physical expression that equals the  music so that music and dance form, as it were, a speaking voice.  Comfort, distraction, passion, joy, beauty… Music can offer it all,  music helps us to express the unspeakable. For dancer and choreographer  Femke Gyselinck, this power of music is an infinite source of  inspiration.

Femke Gyselinck (1983, Belgique)   

is a dancer and choreographer. After graduating from  P.A.R.T.S. in 2006, she worked as a freelance dancer with, among others,  Eleanor Bauer, Andros Zins-Browne and Esther Venrooy. She worked for  nine years as an artistic assistant to Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas  and is part of the P.A.R.T.S. faculty.

In her own work, Femke explores a dance language that is intricately  interwoven with music, combining a brave performativity with subdued  expression.

- Flamer (2018), a duet with brother and musician Lander, known for work on drums (with, among others, STUFF. and LABtrio).
- Lachrimae or Seven Teares (2018), a collaboration with Romina Lischka & the Hathor Consort, to the music of John Dowland & Annelies Van Parys.
- L’écho du Danube (2018), a collaboration with Romina Lischka & the Hathor Consort, to the music of Johannes Schenck.
- Pigmalion (2019), a miniature opera, a collaboration with  dancers Bryana Fritz & Jasmin Gins Posada, set to live music by  Apotheosis conducted by Korneel Bernolet.
- ERATO (2019), a short and intimate solo, set to the music of Palmistry, Gwilym Gold & Hiatus Kaiyote.
- Moving Ballads (2020), set to music composed by Hendrik Lasure, performed by Bryana Fritz, Hendrik Lasure, Sue-Yeon Youn & Femke herself.
-Letters 2 Dance (2022), a choreographic translation of Gymnastics of the Mind(2020), a research based on the book ABECEDA (1926).
- Change of Plans (2023), a musical dance performance  co-produced by GRIP and Platform-K, in which Femke shares the stage with  dancers Zanne Boon and Oskar Stalpaert and musician-composers Hendrik  Lasure and Adia Vanheerentals.
- 324 mountains between us (2023), with musician Anushka  Chkheidze, commissioned by europalia georgia. In this project, the  artists show how Femke’s danced vocabulary and Anushka’s electronic  compositions can sometimes bridge the distance between them but  sometimes also increase that same distance.

Femke is currently working on Torment of Hearts, a  collaboration with baroque ensemble B'Rock Orchestra that will premiere  in 2025. Torment of hearts will be a dance performance that seeks to  embrace the idea of loneliness.

Femke enjoys tapping into the creativity of others and is inspired by  requests to collaborate from artists in theatre, dance and music.
 

- Choreographies for the following music performances: Court of Choice part I: PLAY (2019) and Court of Choice part II: ENTRE-CÔTES (2021), by Liesa Van der Aa & One Trick Pony
- Choreography for Faust Szenen (2022), an opera directed by Julian Rosefeldt, an Opera Vlaanderen & Montpellier Opera production.
- A project week with the dancers of Weld Company, Stockholm (2022) working from the sci-fi poem Aniara (1956) by Harry Martinson.
- Choreographic advice for Analoog (2022), a theatre performance by Louis Janssens & Willem de Wolf (De HOE).

(Femke Gyselinck is one of GRIP’s artistic leaders. GRIP is a dance  organisation led by choreographers Jan Martens, Cherish Menzo, Steven  Michel and Femke herself.)

Born in 1977, Fabien Plasson is a video director specialized in the field of performing arts (dance , music, etc).

During his studies at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (joined in 1995) Fabien discovered video art. He was trained by various video artists (Joel Bartoloméo Pascal Nottoli , Eric Duyckaerts , etc).
He first experimented with the creation of installations and cinematic objects.

From 2001 to 2011, he was in charge of Ginger & Fred video Bar’s programming at La Maison de la Danse in Lyon. He discovered the choreographic field and the importance of this medium in the dissemination, mediation and pedagogical approach to dance alongside Charles Picq, who was a brilliant video director and the director of the video department at that time.

Today, Fabien Plasson is the video director at La Maison de la Danse and in charge of the video section of Numeridanse.tv, an online international  video library, and continues his creative activities, making videos of concerts, performances and also creating video sets for live performances.

Sources: Maison de la Danse ; Fabien Plasson website

More information: fabione.fr