Cecilia Bengolea

Cecilia Bengolea was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1979. She now lives and works in France. Cecilia Bengolea uses a variety of means of expression, including live performance, video and sculpture. For her, dance is a tool and a means of eliciting deep empathy and emotional exchange. The artist develops a wide range of artistic activities in which she conceives movement, dance and performance as animated sculptures, and in which she is both the object and subject of her own work.

Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud have been collaborating since 2005. Their works Pâquerette (2005-2008) and Sylphides (2009) have won several awards, including the Prix de la Critique de Paris in 2010 and the Young Artist Award at the Gwangju Biennale in 2014. They have also created choreographies together for their dance company, as well as for Ballet de Lyon (2013), Ballet de Lorraine (2014) and Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal.

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François Chaignaud

François Chaignaud was born in Rennes, France, in 1983. He began dancing at the age of six and studied at the Conservatoire national supérieur de danse de Paris. From He's One that Goes to Sea for Nothing but to Make him sick (2004) to Думи мої (2013), he creates performances in which dance and song intertwine, in the most diverse venues, with multiple inspirations. Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud have been collaborating since 2005. Their works Pâquerette (2005-2008) and Sylphides (2009) have won several awards, including the Prix de la Critique de Paris in 2010 and the Young Artist Award at the Gwangju Biennale in 2014. They have also created choreographies together for their dance company, as well as for Ballet de Lyon (2013), Ballet de Lorraine (2014) and Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal.