Marie
Gyselbrecht Dancer

Marie Gyselbrecht worked early on with Alain Platel and Arne Sierens' ‹Allemaal Indiaan› and toured internationally.In 1997, her dance solo was nominated for the “Best Belgian Dance Solo” award organized by Victoria and Alain Platel.In 2005 she graduated from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance. In 2004 she co-founded the Belgian Collectiv.At.Since 2008 she has been part of the theater collective Peeping Tom and participated in ‹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 staged ‹Taverne›, a dance theater performance with the Hotel col-lectiu escènic, which premiered at Sala Hiroshima in Barcelona in 2018. In 2020, she developed ‹(un)NEST(able)›, a site-specific performance that premiered at the Sismògraf festival in Olot in 2022. In addition to the stage, she appeared in the award-winning short film ‹Drôle d’Oiseau› (2015) and the feature film ‹Mijn vader is een saucisse› (2019), both directed by Anouk Fortunier. She is also very interested 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. In the 24/25 season she will be on stage at Theater Basel in ‹Dido and Aeneas›.