Meg Stuart is an American Choreographer and Dancer based in Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

, Belgium. She is one of the key figures in the European and International contemporary dance world

Biography

From 1983 to 1986 Stuart studied at the New York University

New York University

New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

 where she received a BFA in dance with a main focus on release technique and contact improvisation.
From 1986 to 1992 she was a member of the Randy Warshaw Dance Company.
In 1991, Stuart presented her first full evening length choreography Disfigure Study at the Klapstuk Festival in Leuven

Leuven

Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...

, Belgium. Within the following two years, the production was shown 42 times in 17 cities (Berlin, Paris, London, Madrid, Lissabon, New York, among others). The Klapstuk Festival offered Stuart a residency in Leuven.

In 1994 she moved to Europe completely and founded her own company Damaged Goods. in Brussels the same year.
From 1997 Stuart/Damaged Goods was an artist-in-residence at the Kaaitheater Brussels. Between 2001 and 2004 she had a residency at the Schauspielhaus Zürich

Schauspielhaus Zürich

The Schauspielhaus Zürich is one of the most prominent and important theatres in the German-speaking world. It is also known as "Pfauenbühne" after its location on the Pfauen Square in Zürich, Switzerland. The large theatre has 750 seats...

 invited by Christoph Marthaler. Since 2002 Volksbühne

Volksbühne

The Volksbühne is a theater in Berlin, Germany. Located in Berlin's city center Mitte on Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in what was the GDR's capital....

 Berlin and Damaged Goods are collaborating.

During her career Meg Stuart collaborated with Hahn Rowe

Hahn Rowe

Hahn Rowe is an internationally renowned violinist, guitarist, composer, and record producer involved in a wide-range of projects. Originally a violinist and guitarist with New York City dream-poppers Hugo Largo, Rowe became a session player in the New York scene.As a musician, he has played on...

, Davis Freeman and Forced Entertainment  among others.

Selected Works

• Disfigure Study, 1991
• No Longer Readymade, 1993
• Swallow my yellow smile, 1994
• No One is Watching, 1995
• Inside Skin #1 They live in Our Breath, 1996
• Splayed Mind Out, 1997
• Remote, 1997
• appetite, 1999
• Comeback, 1999
• Snapshots, 1999
• Highway 101, 2000/2001
• Alibi, 2001
• Henry IV, 2002
• Visitors Only, 2003
• Das goldene Zeitalter, 2003
• Forgeries, Love and other Matters, 2004
• Der Marterphahl, 2005
• REPLACEMENT, 2006
• It's not funny!, 2006
• Blessed, 2007
• Maybe Forever, 2007
• All Together Now, 2008
• Die Massnahme/Mauser, 2008
• Do Animals Cry, 2009

Awards

• 2000: Culture Prize K.U.Leuven
• 2006: German theatre prize "Der Faust" for REPLACEMENT
• 2008: New York Dance and Performance Award / Bessie Award
  Bessie Awards
  The New York Dance and Performance Awards, informally known as the Bessie Awards in honor of Bessie Schonberg, are awarded annually for innovative achievement in dance and related performances, particularly so-called "downtown" performances...
  
  

Further reading

• http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/29/arts/dance/29beno.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=meg%20stuart&st=cse&oref=slogin
• http://www.bombsite.com/issues/104/articles/3142

External links

• http://www.damagedgoods.be/
• http://www.goethe.de/kue/tut/cho/cho/sz/stu/enindex.htm
• http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Stuart