Tommy Cattin

Tommy is a Swiss and Italian dance artist  who works as free-lance performer, choreographer and teacher.

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In 2019, Tommy graduated from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds (UK) with a Master's degree in Contemporary Dance Performance. Previously, he completed his Bachelor's degree in contemporary dance at the Trinity Laban Conservatory of Music and Dance in London, where he received the Simone Michelle Award for his choreography. As part of the Erasmus programme, he also studied at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. 

In 2019 he took part in the Biennale of Dance in Venice, directed by Marie Chouinard, where he performed pieces by Alessandro Sciarroni and Trisha Brown. Simoultanouelsy, he was able to enrich his own practice through an intense program of somatic practices.

As a professional dancer, Tommy has danced in England, Denmark, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. Between 2018 and 2019, Tommy was a member of the Black Box Dance Company in Denmark.
Since the end of 2019, Tommy has returned to the canton of Jura - where he received a scholarship from the FARB Arts Foundation in Delémont in 2018 - to reconnect with the Swiss and regional art scene.  
Currently, he develops EREM dance and also works as dancers in projects of other professional companies.

As part of his artistic journey, Tommy was able to work and collaborate with a wide range of international dance artists such as Elisa Pagani, Marie Chouinard, Marie Brolin-Tani, Theo Clinkard, Rahel Vonmoos, Fabio Liberti, Igor & Moreno, Lali Ayguadé, Jason Mabana, amongst many others.​