About
About

The Field is a collective of dance artists who have been working together since 2019. The collective has collaborated with local and international artists to create a range of works from large scale performances to intimate artistic exchanges. So far, The Field has created works with Meg Stuart (Waterworks), Isabel Lewis (Scalable Skeletal Escalator), Simone Aughterlony (The Best and the Worst of Us) and is currently developing a piece with Ofelia Jarl Ortega.



The collective came into being from the need to create flexible, versatile, sensitive and enduring forms of togetherness and to find ways of articulating our cultural, social and political concerns through dance experiences. A commitment to non-hierarchical forms of working shapes all of The Field’s artistic outputs.

Pierre Piton
Pierre Piton

Pierre Piton studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Danse in Paris (2010-2014) and at La Manufacture in Lausanne under the artistic direction of Thomas Hauert. In 2016 he participated with his work Capillotractée in the contest Danse Élargie at the Théâtre De la Ville in Paris and at Les Quarts d'Heure de Sévelin in Lausanne. In 2017 he joined Corpus at the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen. He danced for Martin Forsberg, Christian Falsnaes, Tim Matiakis and Ioannis Mandafounis. In 2018 he performed for Ioannis Mandafounis, Philippe Saire and Marthe Krummenacher amongst others. Pierre founded La PP in collaboration with Romane Peytavin and became Associated Artist at L’Abri in Geneva where he performed Dédicace in the frame of the Antigel Festival and created Farewell Body.

photo © Helen Ree

Lucia Gugerli
Lucia Gugerli

Lucia Gugerli (*1994) is an artist working in dance and performance contexts between Zürich and Berlin. Lucia currently dances, researches and collaborates with the collective The Field, the Associated Company of Tanzhaus Zürich. Since 2019, the collective has been looking for ways to go beyond the boundaries of the theatrical space and to interact with the environment through artistic practice. With The Field, Lucia has performed at renowned cultural institutions in the city of Zurich - such as Tanzhaus, Kunsthalle, Kunsthaus, Theaterspektakel, Zürich Tanzt, Rote Fabrik and collaborated with Simone Aughterlony, Isabel Lewis, Meg Stuart.

She studied contemporary dance in Germany and the Netherlands. Alongside her performance career, Lucia worked at Tanzhaus Zürich co-organizing the professional training and was assistant production manager for the performing arts festival zürich moves! in 2018-2019.

With the team of Connect - Dancing with neurological challenges, she currently develops an inclusive dance project and deepens the research of sharing her artistic practice generously.

Lucia received the Contempo Kulturförderpreis 2015, the Covid-Arbeitsstipendium from the city of Zurich in 2021 as well as a grant from the city of Schaffhausen. Lucia also received a scholarship from the canton of Schaffhausen for a six-month residency in Berlin in 2023.

Declan Whitaker​
Declan Whitaker​

Declan Whitaker is a British/Irish artist. He holds a Master's degree in choreography from London Contemporary Dance School and a qualification in Curatorial Practice from DOCH/Uni Arts,Stockholm. As a performer he has worked with National Dance Company Wales,Martin Forsberg and Helena Waldmann. His choreography has been shown at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, The Place, The Royal Opera House, International Dance Festival Birmingham and more. In 2019 he received the danceWEB scholarship at Impulstanz under the mentorship of Anne Juren, Annie Dorsen and Mette Ingvartsen.

photo © Helen Ree

Marisa Godoy
Marisa Godoy

Marisa Godoy is a dance practitioner-researcher and teacher with a background in contemporary dance, improvisation and somatics. Her creative practice involves stage productions, video installations and performances in alternative spaces. Under the label OONA project, she has collaborated with the main dance and theatre venues in Zurich, performing in national and international festivals in England, France, Germany, Russia, i.a. As a dancer, she performed in works by William Forsythe, Massimo Furlan and Michel Schröder, among others. Marisa holds an MSc in Dance Science, and is currently a PhD candidate at C-DaRE/Coventry University and a research associate at the Institute for the Performing Arts and Film/ZHdK. Marisa is co-initiator of the collective The Field together with Catja Loepfe and Marc Streit.

photo © Regula Müdespacher

Board of directors
Board of directors

Rabea Grand (Producer / Curator)

Lea Loeb (Dramaturg / Curator)

Dr. Uwe Kästner (Medical Doctor, SportClinic Zürich)

Catja Loepfe (Artistic Director Tanzhaus Zürich)



SPECIAL THANKS TO
SPECIAL THANKS TO

Monica Gillette

Roberto Casarotto

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