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Christine de Smedt (BE)
After finishing studies in criminology, Christine De Smedt ‘s interest moved to dance and performance and went to study different movement research techniques.
Christine De Smedt is a member of the company Les Ballets C. de la B. (Ghent, Belgium) since 1990. She presented her own work since 1993, a solo "La force fait l’union fait la force", a travelling project in the Balkan "Escape Velocity" (1998) and between 2000-2005 she worked on a large scale choreography project, "9x9", realised in 15 different cities in Europe and Canada. She was artistic coordinator for Les Ballets C. de la B between 2003 and 2005.
De Smedt was collaborating for several years with Meg Stuart-Damaged Goods and initiated the multidisciplinary improvisation project "Crash Landing" in collaboration with Meg Stuart and David Hernandez (1996-1999). In the last years, she worked with Marten Spångberg, Mette Edvardsen, Christelle Fillod, Milli Bitterli, Susanne Berggren and was performing in Project by Xavier Le Roy.
She collaborated with Eszter Salamon for the quartet "nvsbl" (2006) and the duet "dance#1/Driftworks" (2008).
In 2008 she was also working with Myriam Van Imschoot on "PickUpVoices" (mingles historical research and performance), and with Philipp Gehmacher and Vladimir Miller for the video installation "Dead Reckoning".
Christine De Smedt is a member of the company Les Ballets C. de la B. (Ghent, Belgium) since 1990. She presented her own work since 1993, a solo "La force fait l’union fait la force", a travelling project in the Balkan "Escape Velocity" (1998) and between 2000-2005 she worked on a large scale choreography project, "9x9", realised in 15 different cities in Europe and Canada. She was artistic coordinator for Les Ballets C. de la B between 2003 and 2005.
De Smedt was collaborating for several years with Meg Stuart-Damaged Goods and initiated the multidisciplinary improvisation project "Crash Landing" in collaboration with Meg Stuart and David Hernandez (1996-1999). In the last years, she worked with Marten Spångberg, Mette Edvardsen, Christelle Fillod, Milli Bitterli, Susanne Berggren and was performing in Project by Xavier Le Roy.
She collaborated with Eszter Salamon for the quartet "nvsbl" (2006) and the duet "dance#1/Driftworks" (2008).
In 2008 she was also working with Myriam Van Imschoot on "PickUpVoices" (mingles historical research and performance), and with Philipp Gehmacher and Vladimir Miller for the video installation "Dead Reckoning".
