Loup Abramovici

Dancer, performer, choreographer

Loup Abramovici (photo: Sploh archive)

Loup Abramovici (1979) is a dancer and performance maker. He was born in France and grew up in France and Portugal, before moving to Slovenia in 2009. He was trained in classical dance from the age of 11 and later received his training in contemporary dance at the CNDC d’Angers and CCN de Montpellier in France, where he studied with choreographers Gilbert Canova, Loïc Touzé, Mathilde Monnier, Emmanuelle Huynh, Boris Charmatz, Jennifer Lacey, Simone Forti, Benoît Lachambre, and others.
In 2000 he started his dance career and worked for Meg Stuart, Vera Mantero, Loïc Touzé, Mustafa Kaplan & Filiz Sızanlı, Antonija Livingstone & Heather Kravas, Yves-Noël Genod, Rémy Héritier, Catherine Contour, Yasmine Hugonnet.
Since 2010 he has been developing his own artistic work in Slovenia in collaboration with the musician, composer, improviser Tomaž Grom (Sploh Institute), and as a member of two collectives Via Negativa and Feminalz (Emanat). He has also worked with directors and choreographers Matija Ferlin, Maja Delak, Mala Kline, Teja Reba, Leja Jurišić, Bara Kolenc, Nataša Živković and filmmaker Ema Kugler. In 2013 he received the Ksenija Hribar Award for the best dancer in Slovenia.

Links: Sploh / Via Negativa / Emanat / Stronger Peripheries