DÆNCITY Student artistic residency
DÆNCITY, performance Sévelin 36. Photo : Mehdi Bouguerra Ezzina, Performance Lighthouse, EPFL
DÆNCITY is a Performance Lighthouse artistic project that was conceived and coordinated in collaboration with Sévelin 36, in Lausanne, and took place between April and June 2025.
It was structured around the following axes :
- Artistic residency between the 22nd and the 25th of April, at Sévelin 36, for 32 EPFL and UNIL students, to explore dance improvisation with choreographers and dancers Noémie Cuérel and Matthieu Ruf, (5-hour workshop every day), and take part in a reflexive workshop (90-minute workshop every day) led by EPFL researcher Sascha Nick and performance artist, dancer and Performance Lighthouse coordinator Simona Ferrar
- 3 public performances and an exhibition : on the 25th of April, at Sévelin 36 ; on the 12th of May, at the Festival Les Culturelles, at EPFL ; on the 13th of June at the Festival Magma, at Sévelin 36
- Experimental research in Learning Sciences led by PhD student Tanja Ulrich
- Documentation of the artistic residency by three EPFL students : Ben Begon (video), Léo Perrin-Livenais (drawing) and Mehdi Bouguerra Ezzina (photography), exhibited alongside each public performance.
Team
Direction: Professor Simon Henein, EPFL
Coordination: Simona Ferrar (EPFL) & Morgane Stephan (Sévelin 36)
Dance and choreography workshop: Noémie Cuérel & Matthieu Ruf
Reflexive workshop: Simona Ferrar & Sascha Nick
Production: EPFL Performance Lighthouse & Sévelin 36
Raphaël A., Section of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, EPFL
Joelle B., researcher, EPFL alumna
Aidan B., Section of Life Sciences Engineering, EPFL
Auxane B., Faculty of Arts, UNIL
Damien B., Section of mathematics, EPFL
Flore C., Social and Intercultural Psychology, UNIL
Salomé C., Institute of Psychology, UNIL
Ugo D., Cybersecurity engineer, EPFL alumnus
Siroune D.S., Sustainable Education Project Manager, EPFL
Lena D., Neuro-X section, EPFL
Mathis D., Section of mathematics, EPFL
Élodie H., Clinical Psychology, UNIL
Cédric H., Computer science teacher, EPFL alumnus
Juliette L., Section of Architecture, EPFL
Marisol L., Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences UNIL
Chiara L.d.M., Urban architect, EPFL alumna
Jana L., Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, EPFL alumna
Julia M., researcher, EPFL alumna
Nina M., substitute teacher, sheperdess, cheesemaker, medicinal plants, EPFL alumna
Julia R., Section of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, EPFL
Mathilde R., Section of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, EPFL
Nadège S., Section of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, EPFL
Émilie S., Faculty of Biology and Medicine, UNIL
Lou S., Center of Theatre Studies, UNIL
Neta S., Doctoral Assistant, Chair of Discrete Optimzation, EPFL
Marguerite T., Data Science Master, EPFL alumna
Noémie T., Architecture EPFL alumna
Prudence V., Section of Architecture, EPFL
Églantine V., Section of Life Sciences Engineering, EPFL
Lena V., Master in Life Sciences, EPFL alumna
Martina W., Section of Life Sciences Engineering, EPFL
