Jozsef Trefeli

Born in Australia but of Hungarian origin, József Trefeli has lived and worked in Geneva since 1996. An accomplished artist in classical and contemporary dance, musical comedy, song, tap dance and traditional Hungarian dance, he creates innovative contemporary dance-theatre shows. During the eight years he spent with the company Alias, József Trefeli performed in thirty countries and more than one hundred cities. His works have recourse to very varied styles such as contemporary dance, cabaret, theatre, musical, opera, video clips and the cinema.

József Trefeli also dances for the companies of Philippe Saire, Da Motus, the Cie Mix, the Cie Utilité Publique, the Cie Greffe, the Cie Drift and the Cie Skree Wolf, as well as performing, as an actor, with the Korpüs Animüs company in two plays.

In 2005, he founded his own company, the József Trefel company for a choreographic commission from the Association pour la Danse Contemporaine (ADC) in Geneva.

Alongside this, József Trefeli created two works for the twenty-five dancers of the Ballet Junior de Genève, Safety In Numbers and Beach Ball & Body. He also choreographed Robert Clerc’s OperAdôn and three creations by the Théâtre Spirale, Louves (2009), La Ronde (2010) and Remonter la pente (2011).

In 2011, József Trefeli worked as a choreographer on the La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, an opera by Jacques Offenbach, staged by Omar Porras, for the Opéra de Lausanne.

Source: programme of the CND