Grounded in radical love, i seek to open up spaces of connection, healing and transformation, tending to tensions, to intentions and to what needs tending, with care, desire, pleasure, humour and joy. From here, i work as a choreographic artist — choreographer, dancer, performer and facilitator — as well as within the sonic, working with listening, body, voice, sound, place, matter and writing, among others, through movement, eco-somatics, collaboration, collectivity and solidarity. My research and creation engage with feminist, decolonial and ecological thought and practice, and with environmental justice.
My current work is carried by Vibrant Matter, the association i co-founded in 2020; i invite you to visit its About page for a fuller sense of what i do. Its current project, terres rouges, we listen with you, takes place in the Terres Rouges, the former mining landscape in the south of Luxembourg where i grew up, and where you see me in the picture above. Having lived in London, i am now based between Brussels and Luxembourg, working across these places. Below, you can find what i have done before and alongside Vibrant Matter.
Since 2003, i have created across many forms, from stage performances and immersive, participatory projects to installations and site-sensitive, land-based work, some of which have toured across Europe, Canada and Hong Kong. Along the way, i have had the honour of substantial support from the TROIS C-L | Maison pour la danse in Luxembourg, as well as other partners. Besides numerous international residencies, i held a two-year artist residency through the Artists’ Support Programme at Conway Hall in Holborn, London, and took part in Prototype II, a choreographic research and composition programme exploring vocal presence in choreographic scores, at the Abbaye de Royaumont in France. In 2014, i also curated a carte blanche evening at TROIS C-L (3 du TROIS).
As a collaborator, i have worked with the dance and performance collective Exit Map (UK) for over a decade, and in January 2026 i joined the Natural Contract Lab (BE), co-facilitating Enchoiring-With sessions as part of STILL HERE – An Alliance of Care with the SZenne River.
Facilitation and teaching have been part of my practice since 2005. Currently i teach contemporary dance at the Académie des Arts de la Ville de Bruxelles, and i have worked across a range of settings, including the Progress Department of City Lit in the UK and the Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg. I have taught groups from toddlers to seniors, adults with learning disabilities, and dancers from vocational students to professionals, and have co-facilitated participatory arts projects with young people, such as with Fondation EME in Luxembourg.
As a dancer and performer, i have worked with various collectives, choreographers and companies, such as Pepa Ubera, Simonetta Alessandri, Filip Markiewicz, Vedanza and Tino Sehgal. See the full list below.
I trained at the Conservatoire de Musique de la Ville d’Esch-sur-Alzette and the Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg (LU), SEAD (AT) and Laban (UK), and hold MAs from The Place and Goldsmiths (full details below). In 2002, i received a danceWEB scholarship at ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival, and in 2004 i undertook a work placement with the Trisha Brown Dance Company in New York.
Through Vibrant Matter, i am a member of IETM (International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts), initially supported by a three-year Network Grant from Kultur | lx, and have participated in its Green School since 2023. I am also a member of ASPRO (Association luxembourgeoise des Professionnel·le·s du Spectacle Vivant, LU), and was a member of Chisenhale Dance Space (UK).
My interest in commoning has been nourished by co-creating and being part of Exit Map’s Shared Practice, a donation-based movement space open to all, and Moving On, audio-guided dances in parks and nature reserves, as well as by having lived in a housing co-operative in South-East London and served on the board of Adhoc, a co-operative housing project in Luxembourg.
« …you truly are multidisciplinary, constantly combining different methods of art and expression and thus creating an ongoing dialogue between them. »
Natalie Von Laufenberg, culture.lu, 2023 – Full interview in English
« La danse comme seconde nature […] Clairement, Tania Soubry ressent la danse au plus profond de sa psyché et ses créations sont marquées par sa personnalité. »
English translation
« Dance as second nature […] Clearly, Tania Soubry feels dance in the depths of her psyche, and her creations bear the mark of her personality. »
Godefroy Gordet, Femmes Magazine, 2016 – Full article in French
Theatres and venues my work has been shown or performed in
TROIS C-L | Maison pour la danse, Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, MUDAM, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain, Théâtre des Capucins, Mierscher Kulturhaus, Le Centre Culturel Régional opderschmelz, Kinneksbond, Théâtre de la Ville d’Esch-sur-Alzette, Atelier D, Kulturfabrik, Cercle Cité (all in LU), Laban, The Place, Conway Hall, TripSpace, George Wood Theatre and The Green in London, Colchester Arts Centre, Chapter in Cardiff (all in UK), Sophiensæle, Laborgras and Uferstudios für zeitgenössischen Tanz in Berlin, Wachsfabrik in Cologne (all in DE), Mains d’Œuvres and Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre in Paris, Les Repérages at Le Prato in Lille, L’Autre Canal in Nancy, Le Pacifique in Grenoble, Théâtre des Cordeliers in Annonay, Théâtre de l’Olivier in Istres, the Abbaye de Royaumont (all in FR), dietheater (Vienna, AT), Valvesali & JoJo Oulu Dance Center (Oulu, FI), Cankarjev dom (Ljubljana, SI), Platform of Young Choreographers at Dancetarium (Zagreb, HR), Lubelski Teatr Tańca (Lublin, PL), Centrul de Cultură George Apostu (Bacău, RO), Tangente (Montreal, CA) and I-Dance Festival (Hong Kong)
Co-producers and financial support
The Ministry of Culture of Luxembourg, Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg, TROIS C-L | Maison pour la danse, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Le Centre Culturel Régional opderschmelz, Kinneksbond, Mierscher Kulturhaus, stART-up de l’Œuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, Focuna, Fondation Indépendance, Stage Music Sandweiler (all in LU), Arts Council England and Conway Hall (UK), Fondation Biermans-Lapôtre, Royaumont – abbaye & fondation, Cie La Baraka / La Chapelle and Annonay Rhône Agglo « En Scènes » (FR)
Residencies
TROIS C-L | Maison pour la danse, Banannefabrik, Mierscher Kulturhaus, opderschmelz, Kulturfabrik, Squatfabrik at Kulturfabrik and Atelier D by DKollektiv (all in LU), Rosas/P.A.R.T.S. and dansecentrum jette (Brussels, BE), Conway Hall (Artists’ Support Programme, 2014–2016), The Place, The Green and Clarence Mews in London, Folkestone Dance (all in UK), Laborgras and Uferstudios für zeitgenössischen Tanz in Berlin, Wachsfabrik in Cologne (all in DE), Mains d’Œuvres and Maison du Portugal in Paris, CDC – Le Pacifique in Grenoble, Chapelle Sainte-Marie and Théâtre des Cordeliers in Annonay (all in FR), JoJo Oulu Dance Center (Oulu, FI), Lubelski Teatr Tańca (Lublin, PL), Centrul de Cultură George Apostu (Bacău, RO)
Collectives i have been working with
Exit Map, the Conway Collective and Explorer (all UK)
Companies i worked with
Vedanza for Undo at the Théâtre National du Luxembourg (LU) & at Tufa (DE)
Kimatica Studio for Borealis, Hypernature & Transcendence at Watermans Arts Centre & Rich Mix, Wilderness Festival, and others (UK)
Small Room Dance at the Firkin Crane (IE)
Other companies include Zephyr in Zanussi and the postgraduate dance company EDge (see below).
Choreographers and (dance) artists i worked with
Pepa Ubera for Charco at DanceEast (UK)
Eduardo Navarro for Index of Shapes at the Wellcome Collection (UK)
Simonetta Alessandri for The Shakes at TripSpace & Derry (UK)
Laura Wilson for Stone Draggers at the Bloomsbury Theatre (UK)
Miss Hernia at the Battersea Arts Centre (UK)
Aloun Marchal for SonoR at La Briqueterie (FR)
Filip Markiewicz for Fake Better at Casino Luxembourg (LU) & for Paradiso Lussemburgo at the Luxembourg Pavilion, Venice Biennale (IT)
Tino Sehgal for These Associations at Tate Modern (UK)
Annick Pütz for Circadanse at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg & at the Shanghai World Expo (CN)
Other artists include Laura Doehler, Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome, Ines Lopez, Vangelis Legakis, Sally Marie, Gianfranco Celestino, Christina Jensen, Anaïs Bouts and Meredith Nadler.
Other projects and collaborations
21 June 2025
La pierre en quête d'origine – Den Heemwee vum Steen, with DKollektiv at the Gaalgebierg, Belvaux (LU)
13 October 2022 – 13 October 2023
Moving On, Digital Archive with Exit Map on the Siobhan Davies Studios website (UK)
8 April 2017
Repères / Day of Performance / Tribute to Bert Theis, in collaboration with Robert Hall, Place de l’Europe, Luxembourg (LU)
Films and videos i danced in, choreographed and/or collaborated on
Getting There (2026), road movie by Nora Wagner
Lovebinge (2020), fiction/documentary film by Simona Ze (London, UK)
Trust (2018), music video for Maria Di-Tommaso (London, UK)
Stream (2017), artist video for Queen of the Wild
Mnemonic (2016), artist video by Ingrid Munk Plum
The Rage and the Grace (2005), video of my choreography filmed by Warren Chapman, music by Greg Hall, performed by Anaïs Bouts and myself (London, UK)
Dance in the Woods (2001), student collaboration on a dance film by Thierry De Mey (Salzburg, AT)
Professional Dance and Performance Education
2011–2013
MA in Performance Making at Goldsmiths, University of London, working with theatre maker Anna Furse, composer Graeme Miller, performance makers Mischa Twitchin, Andrea Cusumano, Franko B, Steve Paxton, Marie-Gabrielle Rotie, Julia Bardsley, Nick Parkin, Geraldine Pilgrim, Chitra Sundaram and Maja Mitić, and scenographer Sally Jacobs, among others
2008–2009
MA in Contemporary Dance Performance at The Place, London Contemporary Dance School, consisting of my adaptation and performance of “I’ll crane for you”, choreographed by Deborah Hay (see 2008)
2007–2008
EDge, Postgraduate Dance Company at The Place, working with Rachel Krische, Rosemary Butcher, Rosemary Lee, Filip Van Huffel, Gabriela Tropier and Jonathan Lunn, with Lauren Potter as artistic and rehearsal director
2002–2005
BA (Hons) in Dance Theatre (First Class Honours) at Laban (now Trinity Laban), dancing for Kirsty Simpson and Athina Vahla, among others
2000–2002
SEAD, Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (AT), working with Susan Quinn, Bernard Baumgarten, Fatou Traoré, Libby Farr, Martin Sonderkamp, Gus Solomons, Mia Lawrence, Ori Flomin, Rebecca Murgi, and Ana Stegnar, among others
Somatic, movement and energy practices
Western somatic practices: Shin Somatics (Level 1.5 accreditation); and, as part of my training (not as certified practitioner), Bartenieff Fundamentals, Laban Movement Analysis, Skinner Releasing Technique, Feldenkrais and Contact Improvisation
Eastern somatic and energy practices: Chen-style Tai Chi and Chi Gung with Sifu Liu, Lucky Dragon School (UK); Ki Aikido with Sensei Ros Davies, Brixton Ki Aikido Club (UK); yoga (daily classes during SEAD and at the Sivananda Ashram, ongoing practice); some Kung Fu; Shiatsu and Traditional Chinese Medicine (one and a half years), British School of Shiatsu-Do (BSS-DO) and London College of Shiatsu (UK)
Further professional development
10–14 September 2025
Field Studies Summer School – A Choral Method, LUCA School of Arts, Ghent (BE)
2014–2015
Prototype II, “Vocal Presence in Choreographic Scores”, a choreographic research and composition programme at the Abbaye de Royaumont (FR)
18 August – 5 September 2008
Deborah Hay Solo Performance Commissioning Project, Findhorn, Scotland (UK)
September 2004
Two-week placement with the Trisha Brown Dance Company, New York (US), researching her choreographic and collaborative processes
11 July – 13 August 2002
danceWEB scholarship at ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival (AT), with coach Vera Mantero
17–27 February 2002
Dance Extensions for Universities, Erasmus intensive programme (BE)