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Michel Yang

Dancer/Choreographer
+32 (0)497 93 77 52 (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

STUDIES

  • 1995-1997: Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, Master of Fine Arts in Dance, USA
  • 1991-1995: Washington University, Bachelor of Arts in Dance Science, USA

SKILLS

  • Contemporary and classical dance
  • improvisation
  • installation performance
  • intermedia performance (dance, music, video)

LANGUAGES

  • English (native speaker)
  • Intermediate French
  • Elementary Chinese
  • Elementary Dutch.

EXPERIENCE

  • 2005 Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, training workshops by Antonio Ortega, Eszter Salamon.
  • Teach Contemporary Dance, Yantra Dance Academy, Belgium (2005-2006).
  • Teach Contemporary Dance, Danscentrum Jette, Belgium.
  • Choreography: untitled solo on presence and absence-a solo improvisation.
  • Dig Deep, Mia Lawrence, Germany - improvisation, dancer.
  • Agora, Simon Siegman and Pierre Droulers, Belgium -assistant choreographer. An outdoor installation for the Kunsten Festival des Arts.
  • Angie, Stefan Dreher, Belgium - improvisation, dancer.
  • 2004 Choreography: Decompressed : a dance performance for 2 dancers, 2 inflatable chairs, and video. Supported by Nadine, Kunst/Werk, WPZimmer, Kunstencentrum Netwerk. Belgium
  • Video clip, Ghinzu, Belgium - dancer.
  • Parade, Pierre Droulers, Belgium -- Replacement role.
  • Inouï, Pierre Droulers, Belgium, tour 2004-05- dancer and lead company class.
  • Vertigo Tracks, Walter Verdin, Belgium -- Video installation/performance.
  • Teach contemporary dance and improvisation. Fantast Dans Academie, Belgium (2003-2004)
  • 2003 Edges, Unidentified Flying Arts Company, Belgium --Live music, dance, video, and plastic arts event.
  • Choreography : Waste Paper Basket -- A performance parcour merging improvisation, video, and architecture. Supported by Vlaams Gemeenschaapscommissie, Nadine, and WPZimmer. Belgium
  • Teach company classes -- improvisation and contemporary dance. Circus Feria Musica, Belgium
  • Carte Blanche, Pierre Droulers, Belgium -- Improvisation. Theatre de la Balsamine, Belgium.
  • Hide and Seek, Mia Lawrence, (2002) - Reprise, New York.
  • Teach contemporary dance and improvisation. Laster Studio, Belgium.
  • Teach contemporary dance and improvisation. Fantast Dans Academie, Belgium (2002-2003)
  • 2002 Hide and Seek, Mia Lawrence -- Dance, improvisation, and text with live sound. Muffathalle, Munich.
  • Orpheus in the Dark, Unidentified Flying Arts Company, Belgium - Choreographer, dancer, workshop leader for an inter-media performance involving live dance video, music, and sounds. Supported by the Advancing Performing Arts Project. European tour.
  • Choreography: Box (2000) -- Performance installation. Reprise.
  • Choreography: if I were a beauty queen… (1999) -- Reprise
  • Ter Plekke Ik Was Hier (2), Round.Face, Belgium -- Performance installation for the Budda Eye.Land festival in Kortrijk.
  • Edges, Unidentified Flying Arts Company, Belgium -Live music, dance, video, and plastic arts event.
  • 2001 Accrochez-moi, Aglée Solex, France - Actress, dancer. A theater-video performance.
  • DA SSTM, Walter Verdin, Belgium - Choreographer, dancer. Dance-music-video concert using new technologies. & tour.
  • 2000 Choreography: Box -- Performance installation.
  • Artist-in-Residence, The Yard Choreographer and Dancer Residency, USA -- Dancer for residency choreographers. Teach contemporary dance.
  • Skeeter, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Danspace Projects, NYC, USA -- Classical dancer.
  • Artist-in-Residence, COLLECT 6 Dance Company, USA (1997-2000) -- Teach dance and choreography in the educational setting outside of the Greater New York City area. Ages 14-18.
  • 1999 Ring, Felix Ruckert, Movement Research, NYC, USA
  • Choreography: if I were a beauty queen…
  • Choreography: Family (a duet)
  • Artist-in-the-School, The Yard Artist-in-the-School Residency, USA -- Dancer for company-in-residence, Trapezius Ariel Dance. Teach dance to ages 6-9.
  • Pre-1999 Choreography: untitled duet - site specific work in a drained outdoor pool (1998)
  • Workshop participant, O Vertigo Danse, Canada (1998)
  • Choreography: in near ruins (1997)
  • Choreography: hopscotch (1997)
  • The Knowledge Project, Joanna Mendl Shaw, USA (1997) -- Site specific work.
  • an extremely quiet party, Douglas Becker (1997) - Classical dancer.
  • Untitled (Nothing to Sell), Vera Mantero (1996) -- American Dance Festival.
  • Mid-America Dance Company, USA (1992-1993) - Company dancer.

AWARDS/SUBSIDIES

  • Vlaams Gemeenschapscommissie Dans Subsidie for Waste Paper Basket (Autumn 2003)
  • Tisch School of the Arts Scholarship, New York University (1996-97)
  • Young Artists Tuition Scholarship, American Dance Festival (1996)
  • National Dance Association -- Outstanding Dance Major, (1995)
  • Ian Cramer Award, Washington University (1994, 95)
  • Stephens College Summer Dance Full Scholarship (1992)

VENUES

Dance Theater Workshop (USA), Movement Research (USA), PS122 (USA), Danspace Projects (USA), Edison Theater (USA), Dancenow Festival (USA), Dixon Place (USA), Centre Cultural Jacques Franck (Belgium), Nadine (Belgium), DansCentrumJette (Belgium)

Michel is a f,r,o,g,s-opensource artist.