Eric Minh Cuong Castaing

Born  in 1979 in Seine-Saint-Denis, Eric Minh Cuong Castaing is from the  field of visual arts: graduate school image Gobelins in Paris, he has  been for several years in the creative animation. Interested  in choreographic writing in real time, it first discovered hip-hop 97  and Butoh, led master Carlotta Ikeda and Gyohei Zaitsu and finally  contemporary dance, especially with the German choreographer Va Wölfl.

Eric  MCC founded in 2007 Shonen the company, setting up within a couple of  shows, performances, films and installations, crossing the dance and new  technologies, and using both professional dancers and amateurs  performers. In a move he  described as “in situ Socius”, each work is created in partnership, art  & science and / or institutions outside the field of art (schools,  research laboratory, driving Education Center …)

Member  of the European network Modul-dance choreography (2012- 2014), it is  now an associate artist at the National Ballet of Marseille (2016-2018).  During this association  with Ballet, Eric MCC introduces a highlight of the festival “adventure  Inventors” in partnership with the Commissioner in visual arts Gael  Charbau door and artistic director of an educational digital  implementation supported by Creative Europe.

His  work, supported by the Ministry of Culture (DRAC PACA DICRéAM CNC …)  received various awards in the field of dance (choreography Exchange  SACD – Beaumarchais, 1st prize Arts and Cultural audacity Diversity  Foundation) , contemporary art (Audi Talents 2017 Pulsar 2017) or  digital arts (Dream digital draft Scam Lagardère digital Exchange).

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