Melanie Munt
Person — Roles : Choreographer
Biography
Melanie Munt follows her dance education in Berlin (Die Etage), Rotterdam (Rotterdamse Dansacademie), New York (Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance) and Brussels (P.A.R.T.S., Performing Arts and Research Studios), supported by various scholarships (Vienna, New York). Since 1999, she works in Belgium with choreographers such as Michèle Noiret, Joanne Leighton, David Hernandez, Bud Blumenthal, and participates in repertory of, a.o., Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, William Forsythe.?In 2002 the dance company Michèle Noiret produces Melanie Munts first own choreographic work: the solo Gerückt. She than creates her own company which has by now a repertory of about 14 pieces. Her curiosity to other art forms influences her work and leads to various collaborations, such as the marionette artist Cyril Bourgois, the visual artist Charley Case, the trumpet player Marco Blaauw, the video artist Martijn Grootendorst and the composer Yannis Kyriakides. Her involvement with the video artist Antonin De Bemels results in various films, installations and performances (Peau Pierre, Light Body Corpuscules, Polyscopic Noise, Se fondre ). Her work is shown mostly in Brussels and Paris, but recently opening up internationally
