Michel Schweizer

After studying at the Bordeaux Conservatory of Dramatic Arts and the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts, Michel Schweizer began to gain experience in the fields of visual arts and contemporary dance. Michel Schweizer’s various pieces naturally associate the stage, visual arts, and a certain idea of “enterprise”. His approach consists of shifting statements and reinjecting a societal or human reality onto the stage. He is driven by a movement that is always the same: to go out and meet the world and bring together temporary, ephemeral communities. In 1995, he created the La Coma company and presented his first piece, entitled Assanies 1 and 2. In 2025, thirty years after the birth of La Coma, he created DOGS [Nouvelle du parc humain], a show that brings together a group of young dancers, and VIVANT !, a piece designed for the choreographic research group (Atelier de Recherche Chorégraphique) at the University of Poitiers. 

Participants will be invited to question their practice in relation to the economy of life that structures the space of representation. Drawing on his experience in building ephemeral communities, Michel Schweizer will guide them in their reflection on the world around them and their place as future artists in society. By highlighting each person’s creative capital and potential, role-playing exercises and reflection sessions will enable them to better understand their creative capacity, through mastery of what it entails and what it brings into play in their relationships with others. This workshop will bring together individuals motivated to enjoy an artistic and human experience, and will conclude with a public performance. This workshop requires participants to have experience in one of the artistic disciplines. This foundation of experience, however modest, will serve as a valuable reference point for each participant during the various experimentation sessions offered. It is strongly recommended that each participant have previous experience producing and presenting creative work to an audience, regardless of the nature and scale of the work exhibited.