Michèle Noiret

Michèle Noiret is a recognised artist in the world of contemporary dance in Belgium and abroad. A true pioneer, in the 1990s she introduced the interactive technologies of sound and image in her choreography, questioning our perceptions of time and space. The critic Gérard Mayen was the first to coin the expression « dance-cinema » to evoke her work, in 2003.
From one creation to another, the choreographer loves to cloud things and sow confusion. She reinvents and deepens the concept of « dance-cinema » by the recurring questioning of movement, music, light and image. Through these multiple languages and their meticulous arrangement, the artist explores the human, its flaws, its desires and the chaotic world that we live in. Her dance reveals a style that is both fragile and strong, supported by a rigorous and inventive search, borne by the dancers, true « choreographic characters ».
Trained at Maurice Béjart’s Mudra school, she formed her own company in Brussels in 1986. She has created around forty choreographies, including commissions for the Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris, the Ballet de Nancy and the Ballet de Marseille.
An associated artist at the National Theatre of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles from 2006 to 2017, at the Théâtre Les Tanneurs from 2000 to 2006 and regularly supported by the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris, her Brussels-based company is now independent. It is subsidized by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Service de la Danse.
Michèle Noiret is a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium.