DDF Digital 2025 – Screening: In Conversation with Boris Charmatz hosted by Mary Nunan
26 Nov—05 Jan
Acclaimed for his iconic performances, innovative choreographic works, and esteemed leadership roles, Boris Charmatz brings a wealth of experience and fresh perspectives to this candid public discussion where he talks with Mary Nunan about the development of his career, the unique and hypnotic solo SOMNOLE, and the ephemerality of dancing and performance.
↓ Read moreAdmission
Watch online for FREE
Duration
50 mins
Share this event
This video will be released on Wednesday 26 November and will be available to stream on demand until Monday 5 January 2026.
Watch
This talk was part of Interspaces, a special series of inspirational workshops and discussions for Dublin Dance Festival’s 21st Edition. These events were designed to celebrate and inspire audiences and artists alike and create a meeting space to share ideas and build community.
About Boris Charmatz
Dancer, choreographer, and creator of experimental projects, Boris Charmatz emerged in 1993 as a major figure in French contemporary dance with A bras le Corps, a duo created with Dimitri Chamblas. From 2009 to 2018 he was director of the CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, which he transformed into Musée de la danse, an experimental space to rethink the relationship between the public and the territories of art. Pieces like Aatt enen tionon (1996), enfant (2011) created for the Cour d'honneur at the Festival d'Avignon, or 10000 gestes (2017) have been shown around the world. His work has been the subject of retrospectives at MoMA (New York), Tate Modern (London), Festival d’Automne (Paris).
Since 2019, he has ceaselessly been questioning the foundations of his discipline with his company Terrain. In 2022, Boris Charmatz became director of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch to develop, with Terrain, a new project between Germany and France. In 2024, he was the “Artiste Complice” at the 78th Festival d'Avignon.
About Mary Nunan
Mary Nunan is a dance artist. Her curiosity about the raw materials of movement and questions about what dance is (is not) are currently the driving force in her practice. Throughout her career she has created a substantial body of solo and ensemble choreographies, toured to national and international venues. Markers of time passing include: choreographer, performer with Dublin Contemporary Dance Theatre (1981-86), Founder Artistic Director of Daghdha Dance Company (1988-1999), Course Director of the MA Contemporary Dance Performance, UL (1999-2016). Since 2016 she has been working as an independent artist: choreographer, performer, collaborator, writer. She is a member of ‘The Parsley Collective’ a group of Limerick-based dance artists. Mary earned her PhD Middlesex University 2013). She has published a number of peer-reviewed articles on choreographic process and performance.
