Edmond Russo

Dancer, choreographer and teacher, Edmond Russo began his career as a performer with the Ballet de l’Opéra national de Lyon, where he worked with Maguy Marin, Bill T. Jones, Stephen Petronio, Joachim Schlömer, Dominique Bagouet, Jean Claude Gallotta, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian and Angelin Preljocaj, among others. He then began a long collaboration with choreographer Hervé Robbe as a dancer and assistant, and also worked for several years with choreographer Joanne Leighton. He founded the company Affari Esteri with Shlomi Tuizer in 2005. Alongside his creative projects, he is a member of the teaching team at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris. He is regularly invited to teach within companies and various dance training structures.