Mark Lorimer is a British dancer and

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, best known for his work with the

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-based choreographers

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and

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Early life and education

Mark Lorimer was a student at the

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, and graduated in 1991.

Dance career

After that, he joined the dance company

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(a sister company of

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) of choreographer

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. Until 1993, he worked with them on various stage art projects, but also on films, local projects and an adaptation of Pasolini's ''Teorema'' with theatre and opera director

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. In 1993, he moved to Brussels to work with the Compagnie Michèle Anne De Mey on ''Pulcinella'', a dance production with a live version of the ''Italian Suite'' from Igor Stravinsky's ''Pulcinella''.

Collaboration with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas

His most important (and longest) collaboration, however, was the one he started with

/ Rosas in 1994. From ''Amor constante, más allá de la muerte'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 1994) to ''En Atendant'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 2010) he danced in ten new productions. He also performed in restagings of ''Bartók / Mikrokosmos'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 1987), ''Kinok'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 1994) and ''Mozart / Concert Arias. Unmoto di gioia.'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 1992), and was a repetitor on ''In real time'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, TG Stan and

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, 2000) and ''Vortex Temporum'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 2013). In 2009, Lorimer, with Rosas dancer Cynthia Loemij, also performed a choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker on ''Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune'' by

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for the film ''Prelude à la Mer'' by

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Collaboration with Thomas Hauert / ZOO

Another important collaboration of Lorimer was that between 1997 and 2005 with

/ ZOO. He danced in six new productions of the dance company, from ''Cows in Space'' (Thomas Hauert / ZOO, 1998) to ''Modify'' (Thomas Hauert / ZOO, 2004). For ''5'' (Thomas Hauert, Lorimer, Sara Ludi, Samantha van Wissen and Mat Voorter / ZOO, 2003) the various then core members of the company created their own choreographies. For Lorimer, that was ''Nylon solution'', a collaboration with Chrysa Parkinson.

Own choreographies

In addition to ''Nylon solution'', Lorimer has created some other own choreographies. Based on a duet with Cynthia Loemij, Lorimer made the video installation ''Mirror Modulation'' for the exhibition ''The Time That Is Left'' by artist Manon de Boer at the Frankfurter Kunstverein. His best known choreographies are the two choreographies he created with Cynthia Loemij: ''Dancesmith - Camel, Wheat, Whale'' (Cynthia Loemij and Lorimer, 2013) and ''To Intimate'' (Cynthia Loemij and Lorimer, 2011). These productions toured in Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland. He created ''To Intimate'' (Cynthia Loemij and Lorimer, 2011) for Ovaal vzw, a Brussels dance organization he founded together with Cynthia Loemij. His most recent choreography is ''Darwin's Gypsy Dance'' (Lorimer, 2016), that he created for five members of BODHI PROJECT, a dance company for postgraduate students at SEAD, the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. In 2021 he will choreograph a new piece for eight dancers for the ADC in Geneva to open the La Bâtie Festival - “Canon and on and on...”

Collaboration with others

In addition, Lorimer also collaborated as a dancer with other choreographers: Lea Anderson, Bock and Vincenzi, Mia Lawrence, Jonathan Burrows,

Deborah Hay Deborah Hay (born 1941) is an American choreographer, dancer, dance theorist, and author working in the field of experimental postmodern dance. She is one of the original founders of the Judson Dance Theater. Hay's signature slow and minimal da ...

, Alix Eynaudi, Marten Spangberg, Kris Verdonck, Alain Buffard and Boris Charmatz.

Teaching

Lorimer also regularly teaches at P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels), ImPulsTanz - Vienna International Dance Festival (Vienna), The Laban Centre (London),

, Panetta Movement Center (New York),

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(New York) and Manufacture (Lausanne).

Productions

Own work: * ''To Intimate'' (Cynthia Loemij and Lorimer, 2011) * ''Dancesmith - camel, weasel, whale'' (Cynthia Loemij and Lorimer, 2013) * ''Darwin’s Gypsy Dance'' (Lorimer, 2016) With Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas: * ''Amor constante, más allá de la muerte'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 1994) * ''Erwartung / Verklärte Nacht'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 1995) * ''Woud, three movements to the music of Berg, Schönberg & Wagner'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 1996) * ''Repertory Evening'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 2002) * ''D'un soir un jour'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 2006) * ''Bartók / Beethoven / Schönberg Repertory Evening'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 2006) * ''Steve Reich Evening'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 2007) * ''Zeitung'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas en Alain Franco, 2008) * ''The Song'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, Ann Veronica Janssens en Michel François, 2009) * ''En Atendant'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 2010) * “The Six Brandenburger Concertos” (Anne-Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas, 2018) Lorimer also participated as a dancer in restagings of ''Bartók / Mikrokosmos'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 1987), ''Kinok'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 1994) and ''Mozart / Concert Arias. Un moto di gioia.'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas, 1992). He was a repetitor on ''In real time'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, tg stan and AKA Moon, 2000) and ''Vortex Temporum'' (Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker / Rosas, 2013). With Thomas Hauert / ZOO: * ''Cows in space'' (Thomas Hauert / ZOO, 1998) * ''Pop-Up Songbook'' (Thomas Hauert / ZOO, 1999) * ''Jetzt'' (Thomas Hauert /ZOO, 2000) * ''Verosimile'' (Thomas Hauert / ZOO, 2002) * ''5'' (Thomas Hauert, Lorimer, Sara Ludi, Samantha van Wissen and Mat Voorter / ZOO, 2003) * ''Modify'' (Thomas Hauert/ZOO, 2004) With Alix Eynaudi: * ''Monique'' (Alix Eynaudi, 2012) * ''Edelweiss'' (Alix Eynaudi, 2015) With others: * ''Pulcinella'' (Compagnie Michèle Anne De Mey, 1994) * ''Schreibstück - Version Jonathan Burrows'' (Thomas Lehmen, 2002-2004) * ''The Match'' (Deborah Hay / The Deborah Hay Dance Company, 2004) * ''manger'' (Boris Charmatz / Musée de la danse, 2014) * ''20 Dancers for the XX Century'' ((Boris Charmatz / Musée de la danse, in: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2016) * ''Gerhard Richter, une pièce pour le théâtre'' (Mårten Spångberg, 2017)Page about ''Gerhard Richter, une pièce pour le théâtre'' (Mårten Spångberg, 2017)
on the website of the

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Kunstenpunt - Persons – Mark Lorimer
according to the Flemish Arts Institute
Vimeo channel of Thomas Hauert / ZOO