Hiding-showing, appearing-disappearing, adding-subtracting: on the crest between abstraction and figuration, she builds choreographic machines where several tasks are superimposed and articulated polyphonically to create paradoxical situations with her own body, and attempts to condense a theater of appearances and disappearances on the scale of the body, both subject and object. 

— Anna Massoni

Biographie

Anna Massoni

Anna Massoni lives and works in Paris. She trained in contemporary dance at the CNSMD in Lyon (2003-2006), took part in Danceweb/Impulstanz (2007) and studied philosophy for three years. As a performer, she has worked with Johanne Saunier and Jim Clayburgh, Yuval Pick, Noé Soulier, Vincent Weber, Simone Truong and Cindy Van Acker. She created the pieces: (To) Come and See (2015), a piece initiated by Simone Truong and turned into a collective creation with Eilit Marom, Elpida Orfanidou and Adina Secretan and developed in 2017 in the form of a triptych including (To) Keep in Touch and (To) Give a Hand. Then Ornement (2016), in collaboration with Vania Vaneau. She creates a first solo, Notte, in 2019, Pièce d'angle, a short piece for both outdoor and indoor spaces (2020), Rideau (2022). She joins forces with Vincent Weber within the same structure that supports their respective work, the Association 33ème parallèle. She is a founding member of LIEUES, a space for artistic and educational research in Lyon, of Rodéo, a multidisciplinary magazine and platform for encounters between academic and artistic practices (2012-2015), and also contributes to the graphic design of books published by Trente-trois morceaux.

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