Understanding dance above all as a site for encounter – this is how Josef Nadj defines his work. Beyond his role as choreographer the man is in fact an artist without borders and without barriers.

Dancer, but also visual artist and photographer, his vision of humanity is poetic and passionate.

Constantly in search of new forms. Ceaselessly willing to explore humanity as close as possible to human truth. Across his career, from Canard pékinois (1987) to Mnémosyne  (2018), Josef Nadj has relentlessly pursued exigent and passionate choreography where gravity and compassion take turns, where depth and humour alternate. Whether he is visiting atypical authors (Beckett, Kafka, Michaux) or bringing painting along on stage with him (in performance with Miquel Barceló), Josef Nadj flourishes in complete corporal freedom.

Oscillating between reality and fantasy, tradition and modernity, he explores the essential: man’s relationship with himself. Because for Nadj, dance is fundamentally a humanist act.

Over the years, the works of Josef Nadj have become references in contemporary dance.

Beyond his national influence (Carte Blanche at the Grande Halle de La Villette in Paris in 2014; Associated Artist at the 2006 Avignon Festival that officially designated him as “creator without borders”), his work is recognized and celebrated around the globe. Enthusiastically received in nearly 50 countries, more than 400,000 audience members across five continents have appreciated his works in the most important international venues.

Drawing his inspiration from the depths of the great myths of humanity, passionately intertwining both artistic disciplines and cultural references, Josef Nadj is elaborating a universal language.

From 1995 to 2016, Josef Nadj has been director of the Centre Chorégraphique National d’Orléans. Since 2017, he established his new company Atelier 3+1 in Paris.

2018

Mnémosyne

 

Dark Union

 

2017

Penzum

 

2016

Inhancutilitatem

 

2015

Pour Dolores

 

2014

Paysage inconnu

 

2013

Ozoon

 

2012

ATEM le souffle

 

2010

Les Corbeaux   (long version)

 

Cherry-Brandy

 

2009

Etc., etc.  (performance)

 

Les Corbeaux (performance)

 

2008

Entracte

 

Sho-bo-gen-zo (performance)

 

2006

Asobu

 

Paso doble

Premis Fad (Foment de les Arts Decoratives) Sebastia Gash International 2006 

Paysage après l’orage

New version of Last landscape

 

2005

Last landscape

 

Les jours

 

2004

Poussière de soleils

 

Opus de Saratov

 

2003

Il n’y a plus de firmament

 

2002

Journal d’un inconnu

 

Les miniatures

 

2001

Les philosophes

Critics grand prize 2001-2002 from French union of theater music and dance critics.

 

Petit psaume du matin

Critics grand prize 2001-2002 from French union of theater music and dance critics.

 

1999

Petit psaume du matin (1st version)

 

Les veilleurs

“Golden Mask” for best foreign performance in Russia, 2000

 

Le temps du repli

 

1997

Le vent dans le sac

1st prize International Festival at Théâtre “Mess”, Sarajevo 1998.

 

1996

Le cri du Caméléon

 

Les Commentaires d’Habacuc

1st  Critic’s prize “Danza & Danza”, Italie (saison 1996/1997)

 

1995

L’Anatomie du Fauve

 

1994

Woyzeck, ou l’ébauche du vertige

1st public’s prize at 32e Festival “BITEF”, Belgrade, 1998 and“Golden Mask” for best foreign performance in Russia, 2002

 

1992

Les Echelles d’Orphée

 

1990

Comedia tempio

Critic’s prize Festival “Mimos 1995”, Périgueux

 

1989

La mort de l’Empereur

 

1989

Sept peaux de Rhinocéros

 

1987

Canard Pékinois