Tommy Cattin is a Swiss and Italian dance artist who works as a free-lance performer, choreographer and teacher.
Tommy created his company, EREM dance, in Switzerland in 2020 after several years spent abroad dancing and studying. In 2020 he presented in both Italy and Switzerland two of his first creations with EREM dance; SOIR HB and NOMAD .
For the last two years, Tommy has been involved in different creation process and has been given the opportunity to teach several workshops and dance classes in Switzerland, Italy, Denmark and in the UK.
As a professional dancer and choreographer, Tommy has both danced or showcased his works in England, Denmark, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. He has taken part in different festivals and danced on the stages of the Teatros del Canal in Madrid, at the Danish Opera, Theater Basel, and at the Musikteatret Holstebro, amongst others.
Currently, Tommy is developing the future projects of EREM dance in Switzerland and abroad, and he also works as a dancer in projects of other professional companies and international choreographers. He also regularly teaches dance, somatic practices or physical theatre workshops in different contexts and with different groups of people, from children to adults.
As part of his artistic journey, Tommy was able to study or collaborate with a wide range of international dance artists such as Marcos Morau, Pau Aran, Marie Chouinard, Marie Brolin-Tani, Theo Clinkard, Rahel Vonmoos, Fabio Liberti, Igor & Moreno, Lali Ayguadé, Jason Mabana, David Zambrano, amongst many others.
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.
Between 2018 and 2019, Tommy was a member of the Black Box Dance Company in Denmark.
Interview of Tommy Cattin for the Dance Art Journal to read here.
Picture by Marion Joray
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
CREATIONS
Picture: Erson Perez
Aléa
by T. Cattin & S. Cavelti
Théâtre Sévelin 36, Lausanne, 2021
TIMELAPSE
by Marcos Morau
B12 Festival, Berlin, 2021
SOIR HB
by T. Cattin
Forum Saint-Georges, Delémont, 2020
NOMAD
Teatro India, Roma, 2020
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
by Kirill Serebrennikov
Theater Basel, Basel, 2019 - 2020
Filo Rosso
by I. del Valle
Teatros del Canal, Madrid - 2019
Set and Reset
by Trisha Brown Company
Biennale di Danza, Venice - 2019
Dance me to the end of love
by Alessandro Sciarroni
Biennale di Danza, Venice - 2019
2018 -2019 Apprentice at Black Box Dance Company
FEAR
by Stephanie Thomasen & Thomas Bentin
Holstebro & Copenhagen, Denmark - 2019
No Sex
by Jason Mabana
Danish tour, Denmark - 2019
TRIOMPHE - planned 2022
Aléa - 2021
Duet and Shifting Ground - 2021
SOIR HB - 2020
Filo Rosso - 2019
I see light - 2018/2019
Joe - 2018
Hatch - 2018
Sorry Flowers Die - 2017
Far For You - 2017
More about past creations on Vimeo, click on the link.
AWARDS
Simon Michelle Award for outstanding achievements in choreography
London - 2018
Bourse de Perfectionnement de la Fondation FARB
Delémont, CH - 2018
TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS
2021
Atelier théâtre du Gymnase de Bienne, Switzerland
La Corte Ospitale, Rubiera, Italy
Teatro Dimora - L'Arboreto, Mondaino, Italy
CFMM - Centre de Formation de Massage Médical, Bienne, Switzerland
Coordination Jeune Public, Switzerland
2020
Alma Danza - Alma Pro programme, Bologna, Italy
CFMM - Centre de Formation de Massage Médical, Bienne, Switzerland
Open-level workshop - EREM dance residency, Delémont, Switzerland
2019
Trinity Laban Cons. of Music and Dance - Student Union, London, UK
Northern School of Contemporary Dance - BA Programme, Leeds, UK
Dansk Talent Akademi - Dance Programme, Holstebro, Danemark
Dansekapellet - Company workshop, Copenhagen, Danemark
Camp Danse CJP - dance intensive week, Sornetan, Switzerland
Sports-art-études Théâtre, Delémont, Switzerland
EDUCATION
Pilates and Reformer Instructor
Accademia Italiana Fitness, Bologna, Italy - 2021
MA Contemporary Dance Performance
NSCD Leeds, UK - 2019
BA Contemporary Dance
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, UK - 2018
Erasmus Exchange
Institut del Teatre, Barcelona - 2016
Diploma in Dance Studies
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance,
London - 2015
Foundation course in Drama
Conservatoire de Fribourg, CH - 2014