Antonin Comestaz (FR)

Antonin Comestaz (1980) is a French dancer, choreographer and multidisciplinary artist based in The Hague (NL). He trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School and went on to dance with companies including the Paris Opera, the Hamburg Ballet, T.T.M (Tanz Theater München), Ballet Mainz, and Scapino Ballet. During his tenure at these companies, Antonin has worked with renowned choreographers, such as John Neumeier, Marco Goecke, Rui Horta, Carolin Carlson, Ed Wubbe, and Jacopo Godani among others. Antonin's artistic career has been forged by his ability to constantly explore and redefine boundaries in the various fields of dance, from ballet to neo-classic, modern and improvisation.



Antonin began choreographing in 2006 and his works have since won a number of awards and nominations, such as for "Hand in Hand" (International internet dance festival SideBySide 2006), "Flesh and Blood" (International Choreography Competition Hannover 2008), "She" (1st prize for interpretation, 3rd prize for choreography, and Audience Prize at the Stuttgart Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival 2010). And more recently "Then, Before, Now, Once more" (International Choreography Competition Hannover 2015 & production prize for the Rome National Academy of Dance at the 14th edition of Premio Roma Danza Choreographic Competition).

2013 marked the creation of his landmark cross-genre piece, "Out of the Grey", commissioned by Korzo for Voorjaarsontwaken which has since been performed in various festivals across Europe, and was selected to be part of Priority Companies 2014 by Aerowaves. His second venture in collaboration with Korzo was the 2014 creation, "Plastic Junkies" for Here we live and now. In 2015, he creates "Then, Before, Now, Once more", premiered at Dansmakers Amsterdam and currently presented in various festivals and choreographic competitions.

Alongside choreography, Antonin possesses a passion for drawing and music and has composed music for a number of his own pieces and other's such as for Joeri Dubbe's "Infant"(2015). His works often revel in the absurd & darkly comic expressions of everyday life and humanity, using his playful, quirky and highly engaging choreographic style.

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