Marie
Gyselbrecht Dancer

Marie Gyselbrecht worked with Alain Platel and Arne Sierens' Allemaal Indiaan as a teenager and toured internationally. In 1997, her dance solo was nominated for the "Best Belgian Dance Solo" award organised by Victoria and Alain Platel. In 2005, she graduated from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. In 2004, she co-founded the Belgium-based Collectiv.At. She has been part of the theatre collective Peeping Tom since 2008. With the ensemble she created the productions 'La Visita', '32 rue Vandenbranden', 'A Louer', 'Vader', 'The Land', 'Moeder', 'Kind' and 'Dido and Aeneas'. In 2017, she played in 'Chef de Corps' directed by Raphaëlle Latini. She also directed 'Taverne', a dance theatre performance with the Hotel col-lectiu escènic, which premiered at Sala Hiroshima in Barcelona in June 2018. In 2021, she created the site-specific performance 'Nest', which premiered at the Sismògraf festival in Olot, Spain, in April 2022. In addition to her work for the stage, she was involved in the short film 'Drôle d'Oiseau' (2015), which won several prizes at international film festivals, and the feature film 'Mijn vader is een saucisse' (2019). Both films were directed by Anouk Fortunier. Marie has a strong interest in photography and visual art. Her installation 'Waiting Room - A life in Transit' was shown at the Brussels Gallery Weekend and on tour with Peeping Tom.