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08 Aug

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Commissioned by London Contemporary Dance School for the BA3 Graduation Show | Performed 25-28 June 2024 at The Place Theatre, London.   For their graduation show this year, a selection of students have been working with choreographer Simone Mousset and the Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg’s artistic director, M. Chevalier, to revisit the famous Pigeon Dance. The fiendishly difficult Pigeon Dance is...

10 Oct

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Artistic residency: Luxembourgish Pavilion, 17- 23.01 2022, World Expo Dubai Exhibition periods: Luxembourgish Pavilion, World Expo Dubai; 15 - 28.01 2022, Pomhaus, Centre national de l'audiovisuel (LU), 23.9.2023 – 07.01.2024   With a total of 14 artists involved (from UAE, Croatia, Iran, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Lebanon, and Switzerland), How to Host a Ghost is a critical and self-critical project-laboratory at the intersection of...

06 Oct

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BAL: Pride and Disappointment Sharings: 25 & 27 June 2021, Escher Theater (LU)   Watch Teaser on vimeo   BAL: Pride and Disappointment is a collaboration with dance artist Lewys Holt and remained unfinished due to the pandemic. It was originally triggered by the impact of one of my previous works, BAL (2017), a danced documentary about a fictional national dance company: https://simonemousset.com/portfolio_page/bal-2017/   BAL:...

01 May

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Commissioned by London Contemporary Dance School and made in collaboration with LCDS third year students Joao Costa, Margherita Giuliodori, Bethanie Hayes, Tasha Hess-Neustadt, Eevi Kinnunen, Andrei Nistor, Maya Riuz, Yasmin Roberts, Piers Sanders, Daisy Mae Smith.   Alaladalaba Row is a doodled dance riddle and a danced tongue twister in song-form. We understand Alaladalaba Row as a state of mind for rigorously...

10 Feb

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BAL 2017   Watch teaser here Watch trailer here   For a première, this is a stroke of genius. With BAL, Simone Mousset signs the first ballet-documentary ever shown in the country. (...

22 Jun

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The Passion of Andrea, or: How We Learned to Laugh with Our Monsters 2016   Watch the trailer here   A piece reminiscent of a joke, a boxing ring, a conference, a monologue, a mini-ballet; where the words harmoniously combined with the performers' movements swoop us up, restraining realism to celebrate the absurd. Anna Chirescu, C'est comme ça qu'on danse / www.cccdanse.com for full review   Three dancers...

15 Mar

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Impressing the Grand Duke 2016   Watch the trailer here   Impressing the Grand Duke (★★★★) by Simone and Elisabeth offers something a little different. In contrast to the fluffy, pastel tulle costumes and the self-absorption of their characters, this is a refreshingly objective and tightly crafted work. Racing through an array of choreographic devices Simone and Elisabeth attack the creative process and the challenge of...

15 Feb

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Their Past 2016 As rich in imagination and as enigmatic as Khanon’s music, Their Past forges a unity of its elements that sustains its folkloric enchantment to the end. Nicholas Minns, Writing About Dance   What retains the attention here is the mastery with which Simone Mousset lets the trio evolve on stage and the way in which the gestures of the dancers converse. Marie-Laure Rolland,...