A free electron in the dance world
Florence Becanne, Le Jeudi
A courageous choreographer, whose singular artistic approach develops a sincere and original message
Luxembourgish Dance Award
Simone Mousset is a Luxembourgish choreographer based between London, Luxembourg, and France. Recipient in 2017 of the Luxembourgish Dance Award, supported by Réseau Grand Luxe in 2018–2019, and associate artist of Escher Theater (LU) in 2020–2022, Simone is currently associate artist at The Place (UK), and accompanied by the Fondation Cléo Thiberge Edrom in France. Her company, Simone Mousset Projects, was founded in 2018 and is supported by the Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg since 2020. Recent commissions include works for London Contemporary Dance School, Nationalmusée / Musée National d’Archéologie, d’Histoire et d’Art in Luxembourg, and the Luxembourg Pavilion at World Expo 2021/2022.
Simone trained in London at Trinity Laban, the Royal Academy of Dance, and London Contemporary Dance School (EDge), touring works by Sasha Waltz, Igor Urzelai & Moreno Solinas, James Wilton, Tony Adigun, Matthias Sperling, and Rachel Lopez de la Nieta. In parallel, she trained with various folk dance ensembles including the Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble in Kiev. She went on to work with choreographers and companies including Anu Sistonen (FI), Jean-Guillaume Weis (LU), Dog Kennel Hill Project (UK), Caracalla Dance Theatre (LB), Provincial Dances (RU), Olga Pona (RU), Ballet Moskva (RU), and others.
Her interest in artist development led her to participate in the Aerowaves Startup Forum for emerging dance presenters (2023), and to accompany artists at Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg in the role of artist companion. She participated, among others, in the Prototype residency at Abbaye de Royaumont, and in the multidisciplinary residency of the Opera Festival in Aix-en-Provence 2024 (ENOA network), and her book On Uncertainty, Choreographic Spells, and Wanting to Be the Grass, reflecting on her own making process, was published in May 2023 by the Centre National de Littérature (LU) as part of their Choreographical Talks series.
Her work has been supported and presented internationally by institutions and festivals such as Atelier de Paris / CDCN (FR), Edinburgh Festival Fringe (UK), Festival d’Avignon (FR), The Place (UK), Les Théâtres de la Ville du Luxembourg (LU), Les Hivernales – CDCN of Avignon (FR), The Lowry (UK), KLAP Maison pour la danse (FR), State Philharmonia of Armenia – ARé Fest Yerevan (AM), CCN of Nantes (FR), POLE-SUD – CDNC (FR), Théâtre de Vanves (FR), Abbaye de Royaumont (FR), Le Gymnase CDCN (FR), among others.
Simone Mousset Projects a.s.b.l. adheres to the Charte de déontologie by the Ministry of Culture Luxembourg.
Formulaire d’adhésion
Charte de déontologie pour les structures culturelles – Ministère de la Culture
