Frédéric Gies

Frédéric Gies is a dancer and choreographer based in Sweden.

Oscillating between clockwork composition and the intensities and  chaos generated by dancing bodies surrendering to the desires and forces  that traverse them, Frédéric Gies’ dance pieces bring to the forefront  the capacity of dance to speak without having to commit to any  aboutness. Drawing from their former training in ballet, their encounter  with specific trends of contemporary dance at the beginning of the 90s,  their dance floor experiences in techno clubs and raves and their study  of somatic practices, Frédéric Gies approaches form as possibilities  rather than constraints. Their dances weld forms seemingly foreign to  each other, recycle and pervert dance history and heritages. They  playfully collapse the distinction and hierarchies between erudite and  popular forms of dance. Their dances also address and actualize politics  in a non-representational way, beyond the appearance of bodies. In  their pieces, bodies as the instigators of movement don’t reinforce  identities but excavate the complexity of their layers. Frédéric Gies’  work is also tightly connected to techno music and infused with  references to clubbing and rave cultures. This is widely enabled by  their long-term collaboration with the dj and producer Fiedel.

Frédéric Gies started their career as a dancer beginning of the 90s  in France. They danced with choreographers such as Daniel Larrieu,  Olivia Grandville, Jean-François Duroure, Odile Duboc, Bernard Glandier  and Christophe Haleb. During this period, they started creating their  first pieces. In 2004, they moved to Berlin and in 2006, they created  the piece Dance (Praticable), which encountered an international  success. As they moved to Sweden in 2014, they initiated their work with  techno music and started to develop their practice Technosomatics. They  present their works in various contexts, including dance venues, music  festivals and museums. Their latest works include the seven hours  performance Dance Is Ancient, Tribute (commissioned by Weld Company) and  Queens Of The Fauns, for which Fiedel created a live set. They also  danced in pieces of Cristina Caprioli, Jefta van Dinther, Alice  Chauchat, Isabelle Schad and Antonija Livingstone. Between 2012 and  2018, they were head of program of the MA in choreography at DOCH-SKH.

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