
Tommy Cattin is a Swiss and Italian dance artist who works as a free-lance performer, choreographer and dance teacher.
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Tommy created his company, EREM dance, in Switzerland in 2020 after several years spent abroad dancing and studying. Since 2020, he has created five dance pieces with his company, that were showcased in different theaters in Switzerland, and in Italy.
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As a professional dancer and choreographer, Tommy has both danced or showcased his works in many countries in Europe. He has taken part in different festivals and danced on the stages of the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, Teatros del Canal in Madrid, at the Danish Opera, Theater Basel, the House of Berliner Festspiele, at the Wiener Festwochen, amongst others.
For the last two years, Tommy has also been involved in different creation processes and has been given the opportunity to teach several workshops and dance classes in Switzerland, France, Italy, Denmark and in the UK.
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Currently, Tommy is developing his future dance projects 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 and companies such as Marcos Morau, Pau Aran, Marie Chouinard, Trisha Brown Company, Batsheva Ensemble, Theo Clinkard, Jasmine Morand, Fabio Liberti, Igor & Moreno, Lali Ayguadé, Susanne Kennedy, David Zambrano, amongst many others.​
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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.
Between 2018 and 2019, Tommy was a member of the Black Box Dance Company in Denmark.
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Interview of Tommy Cattin for the Dance Art Journal to read here.
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PERFORMANCE HISTORY
CREATIONS
Lumen
by Jasmine Morand,
Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, France
Théâtre du Jorat, Switzerland
Kuopio Dance Festival, Finland
2022-2023
Einstein on the Beach
by Susanne Kennedy
Theater Basel, Basel
Wiener Festwochen, Vienna
Berliner Festspiele, Berlin
Festival d'Automne, Paris
2022-2023
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 & Tommy Cattin
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
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2018 -2019 Apprentice at Black Box Dance Company
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FEAR
by Stephanie Thomasen & Thomas Bentin
Holstebro & Copenhagen, Denmark - 2019
No Sex
by Jason Mabana
Danish tour, Denmark - 2019
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Je devais naître - 2024
TRIOMPHE - 2022
Aléa - 2021
Duet and Shifting Ground - 2021
SOIR HB - 2020
Filo Rosso - 2019
NOMAD - 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
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Bourse de Perfectionnement de la Fondation FARB
Delémont, CH - 2018
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EDUCATION
TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS
2022
Dance intensive for children, Coordination Jeune Public, Switzerland
CFMM - Centre de Massage Médical, Bienne, Switzerland
Movement workshop for all, VIADANSE, Belfort, France
OPENVIA, sharing of end of residency, VIADANSE, Belfort, France
Movement workshop for all, Théâtre du Jura, Delémont, Switzerland
2021
Cie Vol de Nuit, movement and somatic workshop, Delémont, Switzerland
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: theatre and dance intensives, 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
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
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