Léa Tirabasso is an award-winning international dancer and choreographer, born in eastern France and of Italian descent. Her work explores the body as a site of instinct, tension, and transformation.
She studied Art History and Modern Literature before training at London Contemporary Dance School. She also holds a Master of Arts in Professional Practice from Middlesex University.
As a performer, Léa has collaborated with a wide range of companies and choreographers, including José Vidal (CL), Clod Ensemble, Seke Chimutengwende (UK), Bernard Baumgarten (LU), Omar Rajeh (LB/FR), and Nicole Seiler (CH). From 2011 to 2013, she was a full-time member of the Staatstheater Kassel (DE), where she performed works by Johannes Wieland, Stephanie Thiersch, Michael Langeneckert (DE), Linda Kapetanea and Jozef Fruček (GR), and Chris Haring (AT).
Her independent choreographic work includes love me tender (2015), TOYS (2017), The Ephemeral Life of an Octopus (2019 – Aerowaves Twenty20), Starving Dingoes (2021), and In the Bushes (2024). These works have been presented across Europe and internationally, at festivals and platforms such as Tanzmesse Düsseldorf (DE), Le Festival d’Avignon at CDCN – Les Hivernales (FR), the Seoul International Dance Festival (SK), and Summerhall at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In 2023, she was commissioned by Tanzmainz (DE) to create The Kingdom.
Additional commissions include CAT (Dance City, Newcastle), EDGE (London Contemporary Dance School), and the Institute of the Arts Barcelona.
Her work is notably supported by TROIS C-L Maison pour la Danse (LU) and the Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg.
Beyond choreography, Léa works as a dramaturg and mentor on a variety of international choreographic projects, offering artistic guidance, conceptual development, and embodied research insights.
She teaches nationally and internationally, is a guest speaker at University College London, and serves as an ambassador for The Eve Appeal, a UK charity dedicated to gynaecological health