Five Luxembourg creators of performances for young audiences with different backgrounds will introduce you to the full range of artistic forms developed for young audiences in Luxembourg, themselves from very different backgrounds. From installation to film-concert via dance, in Luxembourgish, German or French, these works are aimed at all ages and all languages.
Moderation: Laura Graser, Rotondes
Cie Corps In Situ / ARTEZIA asbl
Trained at the Angers Conservatory and then at the CCN Ballet du Nord School, Jennifer joined the Ballet de l’Opéra Théâtre de Metz-Métropole in 2005. Between 2009 and 2016, she worked for various choreographers such as Christophe Garcia (Cie La Parenthèse), Julien Ficely (Cie Filament), Anu Sistonen (FI), Bernard Baumgarten (LU) and Annick Pütz (LU). In 2014 she founded with Grégory Beaumont the company Corps In Situ/ARTEZIA asbl, based in Metz and Luxembourg, to carry out their own projects. From the stage to the public space, passing through schools and historical monuments, their works of variable shapes go out to meet the public. Their cross-border projects also shine internationally.
Jill Crovisier
Graduated from the Conservatory of Music in Esch (LU) before studying in China, France, USA, Indonesia and Israel, the Luxembourgish award-winning dance artist Jill Crovisier works as a dancer, choreographer, videographer, sound designer and artistic director of JCMP. Jill has been travelling around the world for the past 17 years and participated in numerous dance festivals and choreographic competitions. Also involved in dance therapeutic projects and collaborating with different institutions, the multidisciplinary artist aims to connect people through art and shares with conviction the message: ”What moves us makes us the mover we are.’ The JC movement production is funded by the Ministry of Culture Luxembourg.
Giovanni Zazzera
The choreographer and dancer, Giovanni Zazzera trained at the Luxembourg Conservatory and continued his studies in Joinville-Brazil, where he worked for various companies. In 2013, he signed his first creation entitled “IF I..”. That same year, he received the Luxembourg Dance Award. His creations have been presented at TanzMainz Festival (D), Barnes Crossing Solo/Duo Festival 2016, Köln (D), Théâtre Transversales de Verdun (F), Théâtre Juarez Machado de Joinville (Brazil), among others. In 2020, he founded his own company Z ART Dance as well as the Lucoda collective with which he notably led projects within the framework of the European capitals of culture Esch, Kaunas and Novi Sad 2022.
Jean Bermes
The bass-baritone Jean Bermes studied singing and conducting at the University of Music “Mozarteum” in Salzburg and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. As a singer, he works on various European stages such as the Flemish Opera in Antwerp and Ghent, the National Theater and the Grand Theater of Luxembourg, Kammeroper München, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra de Bordeaux, Landestheater Salzburg, Stadttheater Konstanz.
He is co-founder of the Salzburg Comedian Harmonists and the group Sodaa focusing on interdisciplinary musical theatre. His passion is to perform and invent musical theater shows and musical education projects for young audiences.
Ela Baumann
Ela Baumann studied music and dance at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. In her work as a director, she explores the combination of music and dance. Ela Baumann’s creations for young audiences are presented in many concert halls and theaters around the world: Luzern Festival, Wiener Staatsoper, Salzburger Festspiele, Konzerthaus Berlin, Washington Kennedy-Center, Hong Kong City Hall, Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie Cologne, Philharmonie Luxembourg. Her work was rewarded with a Junge-Ohren-Preis, a YEAH! Young European Award and a YOUNG AUDIENCE MUSIC AWARD.
Florence Kraus
Florence Kraus is a multi-saxophonist artist-creator. She gratuated in classical and jazz music, but she also studied art at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. With her saxophones, her extraordinary energy, and her multidisciplinary talents, she is part of many groups and projects including Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar (Balkan rock), Grizz-Li (brass band pop rock), Afro carnival of animals (young afro audience), Cumbia Ya (world, Colombia), NEW improvised musical comedy. and creates original shows on manufactured instruments and diverted objects, Trioman Orchestri, Curieuse Nature (film-concert), Toystroy (concert-electro installation).
Gregory Terrier
Grégoire Terrier is a composer and musician. He is the winner of several competitions in film music (Best Score in 2022 at the Film in Focus Festival, Composition Prize in the short film category at the Aubagne Film Festival in 2021), in experimental music (Music and Research in 2020, INA GRM in 2018) and in sound documentaries (Gulliver Grant from SACD and SCAM in 2018). His passion for art leads him to collaborate with filmmakers, choreographers and visual artists. In particular, he signed the soundtrack for the series “Le Mystère Satoshi” by Rémi Forte for IKO/ARTE.