Linday Hayford and Christian Rizzo are CN D associate artists in 2025 and 2026. These long-term residencies are conceived as porous with the activities and missions of the CN D. They will enable the realization of specific projects combining creation, distribution, professional training, awareness-raising actions, time for reflection and the animation of a choreographic network.
These two years will be punctuated by public encounters with the work of Linda Hayford and Christian Rizzo, or of other artists who share common concerns.
Linda Hayford
Co-director of Collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne, the dancer and choreographer has been developing her personal projects with Cie Inside Out since 2015. Her dance, based on the “base of popping” and marked by the world of battles, relies on complex gestures while dealing with intimate subjects. From piece to piece, including her trio Recovering created in 2022, she develops a specific vocabulary called shifting pop, a sensory and emotional exploration of the performer's inner metamorphoses.
Christian Rizzo
A transdisciplinary artist, Christian Rizzo is a choreographer, visual artist, fashion designer and musician. In the 1990s, he turned to contemporary dance, initially as a performer. Since then, he has created numerous pieces, performances and installations, alternating with commissions for opera, fashion and the visual arts. Since 2015, he has headed the Centre chorégraphique national de Montpellier - Occitanie, renamed ICI (Institut chorégraphique international).
