Biography

Christian Rizzo took his first steps as an artist in Toulouse, where he started a rock band and created a line of clothing before studying visual arts at the Villa Arson in Nice. Serendipitous encounters led him to the stage.

In the 1990s, he performed in Europe with numerous contemporary choreographers, sometimes responsible for their soundtracks or costume creation.

In 1996, he created the “l’association fragile” and presented performances, installations, dance pieces, alternating with other commissions for opera, fashion and visual arts. Since then, over fourty productions have come to fruition. Christian Rizzo regularly teaches in art schools in France and abroad, as well as in institutions dedicated to contemporary dance.

On January 1st 2015 Christian Rizzo took over as the Director of the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier - Occitanie, which has been renamed ICI (International Choreographic Institute). He supports a crosscutting vision of creation, training, artistic education and openness to the public. Based on various practices and territories, this project is primarily a forward-looking space dealing effectively with inviting artists, creating the choreographic gesture and studying the forms that it can take when shared.

As a choreographer, visual artist or curator, Christian Rizzo relentlessly pursues the elasticity and tension between bodies and space in narratives where fiction emerges from abstraction.

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June 2023

July 2023

  • 3 to 4
    "IL (TTT : tourcoing-taipei-tokyo)" by Christian Rizzo and Iuan-Hau Chiang

    as part of "Festival Parterre, 4 jours de danse dans l'Aude", Chapelle Le Py (France)

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  • 10 to 13
    Symposium "CriticalBodies: borders|ACCESS|care" Université des Arts de Philadelphie (États-Unis)

    Pour la 5ème fois depuis 2018, ICI—CCN accueillera du 19 juin au 31 juillet prochains, la Summer School du Master en danse de l’Université des Arts de Philadelphie (MFA in Dance). Ce programme réunira une communauté de 50 étudiant·e·s-artistes et enseignant·e·s.

    Un symposium ouvert au public – intitulé CriticalBodies: borders|ACCESS|care – sera également organisé à ICI—CCN du 10 au 13 juillet prochains.

    Ce temps d’étude est l’occasion de réunir des artistes et chercheur·se·s prestigieux·ses lors de conférences, discussions et ateliers.

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  • 15 to 16
    en son lieu by Christian Rizzo

    kalamata dance festival – Kalamata (Grèce)

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  • 21
    "miramar" by Christian Rizzo

    miramar, ImPulsTanz — Vienna International Dance Festival (Austria)

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