Since graduating from The Place, London in 1991, Mark has worked as a dancer, choreographer, rehearsal director, teacher, researcher, pedagogical advisor in many different contexts.
His main collaborations as a dancer have been with Rosas/Anne-Teresa De Keersmaeker (1994–2023), ZOO/Thomas Hauert (1997–2005) and Alix Eynaudi (2012–present). Alongside he has worked on many projects with (among others) Lea Anderson/The Featherstonehaughs, Jonathan Burrows, Deborah Hay, Boris Charmatz, UPSBD – Marlene Saldana and Jonathan Drillet, Alain Buffard, Marten Spangberg, Kris Verdonck and Liz Santoro/Pierre Godard.
As a choreographer Mark made the piece Canon and on and on…, a commission for 9 Geneva-based dancers for the ADC and the festival La Bâtie in September 2021. He has made two other full-length works To Intimate with cellist Thomas Luks and fellow Rosas mainstay Cynthia Loemij and Dancesmith - Camel, Weasel, Whale again with Cynthia as well as with graphic artist and dancer Clinton Stringer. In 2016 he made a piece for the Bodhi Project SEAD, Salzburg: Darwin’s Gypsy Dance. Another work he made with students of the Laban Centre, London, and a duet with Chrysa Parkinson; Nylon Solution.
Mark Lorimer teaches regularly at La Manufacture, Lausanne (composition with musical scores) and is the pedagogical adviser at the Cndc, Angers in France.
11.06.2024
