Shown and Told

Meg Stuart,

born in New Orleans, is an American choreographer and dancer, living and working in Berlin and Brussels. Stuart decided to move to New York in 1983 and studied dance at New York University. She continued her training at Movement Research. Interested in devising her own structure through which to develop artistic projects, Stuart founded Damaged Goods in Brussels in 1994. Together they have worked on over thirty productions, ranging from solos to large-scale choreographies. Improvisation is an important part of Meg Stuart’s practice. She has initiated several improvisation projects. The use of theatrical devices, in addition to the dialogue between movement and narrative, are recurrent themes in her choreographies. Stuart’s choreographic work revolves around the idea of an uncertain body, one that is vulnerable and self-reflexive. Her artistic work is analogous to a constantly shifting identity. damagedgoods.be

Tim Etchells

is an artist and a writer based in the UK whose work shifts between visual art, performance and fiction. He has worked in a wide variety of contexts, notably as the leader of the world-renowned. Sheffield-based performance group Forced Entertainment. With and for Forced Entertainment, winner of the prestigious Ibsen Award in 2016, he has created and realized dozens of performance projects earning him a. o. an invitation to the Berliner Theatertreffen. Many of the pieces have been shown at the TQW in recent years. Etchells is currently Professor of Performance & Writing at Lancaster University. Before Shown and Told, Etchells and Stuart already collaborated on Alibi (2001), It’s not funny (2006), All Together Now (2008) and the video installation I thought I’d never say this (2008). timetchells.com forcedentertainment.com