Eszter Salamon (D/H)

Choreographer and dancer Eszter Salamon was born in Hungary and lives in Berlin. Following classical training as a dancer at Budapest’s National Dance Academy, Salamon worked from 1992 to 2000 in France with different choreographers such as Sidonie Rochon, Mathilde Monnier and Francois Verret. In 2001 she created the solo pieces “What a Body You Have, Honey” and “Giszelle” in co-operation with Xavier Le Roy, followed by “Reproduction” (2004), a piece for 8 dancers, “Magyar Tàncok“ (2005) with traditional hungarian dancers and musicians, “Nvsbl“ (2006), the film choreography “AND THEN“ (2007) and in co-operation with Arantxa Martinez “Without You I Am Nothing“, a-capella concert/performance (2007). In 2008, Salamon participated at the self organised choreographic research project „6M1L“ („6 Month 1 Place“) at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier, France. Together with Christine De Smedt she created “Transformer“ (2009), a workshop research project for a group choreography in Brussels, Budapest, PAF / St.Erme, Madrid, Mexico City, Vienna and Tokyo. „Voice Over“ a commissioned solo work by and for Cristina Rizzo as part of „Dance#3“ premiered also in 2009 and „Dance for Nothing“ in 2010. At steirischer herbst 2003, Eszter Salamon assisted Xavier Le Roy in the direction and choreography of the opera „Theater der Wiederholungen“ by Bernhard Lang (Graz, Cultural Capital 2003) and in 2008 she was guest at the festival with her work „Dance#1/Driftworks“, a collaboration with Christine de Smedt.
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