Cie Gilles Jobin

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Gilles Jobin is an internationally renowned choreographer from Geneva. Since founding his company in 1997, his creations have been performed all over the world. In 2015, he received the Swiss Grand Award for Dance for his contribution to the development of contemporary dance in Switzerland and beyond.
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Online Projects in the Performing Arts

Gilles Jobin «Dance Trail» Dancing as an avatar, dancing with avatars – as a giant on the streets or as Tom Thumb on the palm of someone’s hand – Gilles Jobin’s app «Dance Trail» offers experiences in an expanded reality. The Swiss dancer and choreographer, winner of international awards for earlier virtual reality productions, created «Dance Trail» […]

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Swiss-Russian Season

Pro Helvetia Moscow will be hosting a tantalising mix of performing arts productions over the next few months.

Touring in China: Cie Gilles Jobin and Gardi Hutter

Two very different Swiss shows can be experienced from 9 to 18 May 2019 in Shanghai, Nantong Wenzhou, and Taizhou.

Swiss Dance Days

Swiss Dance Days’ tenth edition will take place from 6 to 9 February 2019 in Lausanne. An event offering the opportunity of discovering the different trends and aesthetics in today’s Swiss dance scene.

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PAST EVENTS

29 Apr -
03 May 2020

Premiere

CANCELLED – Real Time

Real Time promises a new experience during which the movements of two dancers will be captured before the eyes of the audience and broadcast in real time on different screens. Passed through the filter of digitalisation, the dancers’ bodies multiply and metamorphose into avatars or abstract forms. Motion capture merges stage reality and the virtual sphere.

Arsenic • Lausanne, Switzerland

06 Feb -
09 Feb 2019

Special Event

Swiss Dance Days

The 10th edition of this promotion platform takes place in Lausanne and presents a selection of productions to international professionals as well as to a large audience. The programme includes 15 Swiss performances from different regions of the country, which have been created over the past two seasons.

City of Lausanne • Lausanne, Switzerland

09 Jan -
18 Jun 2019

Special Event

Hiver de Danses

Longer than winter, the programme spans several months and takes place in different locations in the canton of Neuchâtel. Emerging and established artists present a season of contemporary Swiss dance. Featuring Foofwa d’Imobilité, Tabea Martin, Cie Gilles Jobin, Cie Yasmine Hugonnet and others.

Neuchâtel • Neuchâtel, Switzerland

11 Sep -
30 Sep 2018

Festival

La Biennale de la Danse Lyon

A generous and committed Biennial presenting 42 productions in more than 200 performances, appealing to a wide audience. The 2018 edition offers an exciting programme including Gilles Jobin, Martin Zimmermann, Eugénie Rebetez and Thomas Hauert.

La Biennale de Lyon • Lyon, France

01 Mar -
18 Mar 2018

Festival

Tanz:Now 2018

The beautiful Theater Phönix on Lake Constance opens its doors to three dance productions from Geneva in this year’s edition of «Tanz: Now»: Ballet Junior de Genève and its four-part programme, Ioannis Mandafounis with «Sing the positions» and Gilles Jobin’s virtual reality project «VR_I».

Theater Phönix • Steckborn, Switzerland

25 Oct -
29 Oct 2017

Special Event

VR_I

Gilles Jobin invites the audience to be part of a unique sensory experience: equipped with VR headsets, visitors can navigate in real space and at the same time interact with dancers from a virtual world. For the first time, a choreographer combines dance with immersive virtual reality.

Haus der elektronischen Künste • Basel, Switzerland

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