STATEMENT As a movement artist, my aim is to foster empathetic experiences that bridge the gap between individuals. With this idea, I envision my work as performative experiences that invite the bodies of audience members to connect with the bodies of performers. I'm driven by the idea of creating a shared space where feelings, sensations, and thoughts can be collectively explored. My artistic interests centers on the concept of interconnectedness, viewing the self as part of a larger, interwoven ecosystem. I seek to cultivate this interconnection in my performances by blending various artistic media, thereby questioning the power dynamics between humans on stage and other scenographic elements. In my choreographies, performers are part of a whole, rather than central to it. Lately, I've been particularly fascinated by the dialogue between my internal landscape and the external world—how my body, as an ecosystem, mirrors and interacts with the natural systems around it. I’m interested in how the intricate networks within us resonate with broader networks of life, focusing on fascia dance and movement techniques as a way to become a living network connecting to other beings. Slowness, sustainability, and degrowth are essential ideas in my performative practice. I believe that only through slowness can we fully feel, understand, and empathize with the other earth-bound organisms—both human and non-human—with whom we share this planet. I want to create art towards this goal of togetherness and sharing.
BIOGRAPHY
Céline Bellut is a performer and choreographer engaged in various artistic disciplines. Over the past seven years spent in North Rhine-Westphalia, she has established herself as a creator of transdisciplinary stage performances. Among her works are SUDDENLY, A SLOTH CROSSES THE STREET (2023), A PERFORMANCE IS A LONG QUIET RIVER (2021), and HOLD ON (2019), all co-produced by Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf and Tanzfaktur Cologne, who have supported her since 2017. She has also directed films such as HOLD ON, still not live (2020) and the performative video installation JA est BI est BI est BI (2018-2020).
In addition to these regular co-producers, her work has been presented at various festivals in Germany, including the Ateliers of PACT Zollverein in Essen, Favoriten in Dortmund, Zeitzeig in Bochum, Explosive in Bremen, First and Further Step in Krefeld, FREIRAUM Salon #18 – digital agora in Düsseldorf, as well as Tanz.tausch, Rh(ein)far, Auftakt, and The Artist Are Present in Cologne.
Moreover, her inclusive performance A PERFORMANCE IS A LONG QUIET RIVER was nominated for Best Choreography at the Kölner TanzPrize 2022, and her solo JA est BI est BI est BI won third prize at the solo competition at Euro-scene Leipzig in 2017.
As a dancer, Céline has collaborated with several artists, including Alexandra Pirici, for whom she performed at the Venice Art Biennale in 2022, a memorable experience that strengthened her interest in visual and transdisciplinary works. Her career is also marked by her collaboration with the inclusive and mixed-ability company DIN A 13 Dance Company as an assistant choreographer, as well as her participation in the MADE (Mixed-Ability Dance Education) program from 2018 to 2020.
In early 2024, Céline is relocating to Marseille, where she is reevaluating power dynamics in art while taking a step back from artistic creation. Her reflections are rooted in post-humanist thinking and resonate with her political commitments, economic degrowth, and ecology. She is also involved in self-organized artistic and social spaces, as well as in boxing with a self-managed collective, La Maladroite, where she explores a new relationship with her body while strengthening collective bonds through the sharing of knowledge and practices.
Now, Céline aspires to create more connections between Germany and France, as well as between dance and other art forms, with the goal of continuing her artistic development and expanding her creative space by preparing a new work based on the post-humanist ideas of Donna J. Haraway.
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