Jérôme Bel

Jérôme Bel lives in Paris and works worldwide. He has been making dances since 1994. He politicises his questions, aware of the crisis involving the subject in contemporary society and the forms its representation takes on stage. He shows a preference for the community of differences over the formatted group, a desire to dance over choreography and duly applies the methods of a process of emancipation through art.

He has been invited to contemporary art biennials and museums internationally (Tate Modern, MoMA, Documenta 13, the Louvre), where he has presented performances and shown films.

Terry O'Connor is a core member and performer with Forced Entertainment, "Britain's most brilliant experimental theatre company" (The Guardian), award-winners of the 2016 International Ibsen Prize for their original contribution to theatre.

Her work as an artist and performer is also replayed through a long history of engagement as a lecturer, mentor and collaborator, recently focused on extending experimental practice in her work with young people on Forced Entertainment's participation projects. In 2011, she became Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance Practice at the University of Sheffield.

Her current doctoral research at the University of Salford (2019-25) investigates the functions and philosophies of improvised text within the postdramatic and the possibilities of the form in applied theatre contexts, working with young people and non-professional groups.

Text and video: Jérôme Bel
Assistant: Maxime Kurvers
With: Terry O'Connor with Frédéric Seguette, Claire Haenni, Gisèle Pelozuelo, Yseult Roch, Olga De Soto, Peter Vandenbempt, Sonja Augart, Simone Verde, Esther Snelder, Nicole Beutler, Eva Meyer Keller, Germana Civera, Benoît Izard, Ion Munduate, Cuqui Jerez, Juan Dominguez, Carine Charaire, Hester Van Hasselt, Dina Ed Dik, Amaia Urra, Carlos Pez, Henrique Neves, Johannes Sundrup, Véronique Doisneau, Damian Bright, Matthias Brücker, Remo Beuggert, Julia Häusermann, Tiziana Pagliaro, Miranda Hossle, Peter Keller, Gianni Blumer, Matthias Grandjean, Sara Hess, Lorraine Meier, Simone Truong, Akira Lee, Aldo Lee, Houda Daoudi, Cédric Andrieux, Chiara Gallerani, Taous Abbas, Stéphanie Gomes, Marie-Yolette Jura, Nicolas Garsault, Vassia Chavaroche, Magali Saby, Ryo Bel, Sheila Atala, Diola Djiba, Michèle Bargues, La Bourette, Catherine Gallant

Images: Herman Sorgeloos, Marie-Hélène Rebois, Aldo Lee, Pierre Dupouey, Olivier Lemaire, Chloé Mossessian
Production of the videos: CND Centre National de la Danse, Opéra National de Paris/Telmondis in association with France 2 with the participation of Mezzo et du Centre national de la cinématographie, R.B. Jérôme Bel/Theater Hora, French Institute Alliance Française - FIAF
Artistic advice and executive direction: Rebecca Lasselin
Production manager: Sandro Grando

Production of the performance: R.B. Jérôme Bel (UK version produced by ArtHouse Jersey)
Coproduction: Ménagerie de Verre (Paris), La Commune centre dramatique national d’Aubervilliers, Festival d’Automne à Paris, R.B. Jérôme Bel (Paris)

The writing of the text of this performance is part of the creative process of Sustainable theatre?
- Conceived by Katie Mitchell, Jérôme Bel and Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne
- Coproduced by STAGES - Sustainable Theatre Alliance for a Green Environmental Shift
- Cofunded by European Union: Dramaten Stockholm, National Theater & Concert Hall, Taipei, NTGent, Piccolo Teatro di Milano -Teatro d'Europa, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II Lisboa, Théâtre de Liège, Lithuanian National Drama Theatre, Croatian National Theatre Zagreb, Slovene National Theatre Maribor, Trafo Budapest, MC93 Maison de la culture de Seine-Saint-Denis

R.B Jérôme Bel is supported by the Direction régionale des affaires culturelles d'Ile-de-France, French Ministry for Culture.
Jérôme Bel is associated artist to Comédie de Caen CDN de Normandie.