Gisèle Vienne is a French-Austrian artist, choreographer and theatre director. After studying music and philosophy, she trained at the École Supérieure Nationale des Arts de la Marionnette. Her practice is rooted in close collaborations with dancers, actors, artists, musicians and writers.

Over the past twenty-five years, her works have toured extensively throughout Europe and have also been regularly presented in Asia and the Americas, at leading theatres and festivals. Her works include Showroomdummies versions 1 to 5 (2001-2025), Apologize (2004), Kindertotenlieder (2007), Jerk (2008), This is how you will disappear (2010), LAST SPRING: A Prequel (2011), The Ventriloquists Convention (2015), Crowd (2017), L’Étang (2021) and EXTRA LIFE (2023).

In 2026, she creates Archives of Feelings at Schauspielhaus Zürich. Her repertory works are performed by her company and are also part of the repertoires of Ballet de Lorraine, Rohm Theatre in Kyoto, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and the Volksbühne in Berlin.

She directed the films Brando (2014), Jerk (2021) and Kerstin Kraus (2024).

Her contemporary artworks are held in collections and are regularly presented in solo exhibitions, including at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Centre d’Art Contemporain in Geneva, Haus am Waldsee and the Kolbe Museum in Berlin.

She also regularly participates in group exhibitions in museums and institutions, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, SITE Santa Fe International, the Fondation Vincent van Gogh and the Zacheta National Gallery of Art.

She has published several artists’ books, including JERK / Through Their Tears (2011), 40 PORTRAIT 2003-2008 (2012) and THIS CAUSES CONSCIOUSNESS TO FRACTURE (2024). Her work has been the subject of numerous publication, and the original music her performance has been released on several albums. She also collaborated on Adèle Haenel’s text Viser Juste, published by L’Arche in August 2026.

DACM is developing a project of an independent European company. Anchored in Strasbourg in the Grand Est region, where the company maintains long-term relationships with Le Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène Européenne ; La Filature, Scène Nationale de Mulhouse ; Le Manège, Scène Nationale de Reims ; and the School of the Théâtre National de Strasbourg.

 

This establishment in a quintessential cross-border region, encouraging exchanges between France, Germany, and Switzerland, has enabled DACM to build strong ties with several venues, such as the Ruhrtriennale, an international Arts festival held throughout the Ruhr region ; the Internationales Sommerfestival at Kampnagel in Hamburg, which has presented all of Gisèle Vienne’s works for the past ten years ; the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne (Switzerland) ; and the Schauspielhaus Zürich, which will host the world premiere of Gisèle Vienne’s next creation. The company has also performed several of its works in Munich (Kammerspiele), Düsseldorf (Tanzhaus NRW), and Frankfurt (Künstlerhaus Mousonturm). L’Étang, one of the company’s most recent productions, will even enter the repertoire of the Volksbühne in Berlin in 2026.

 

This cross-border foundation is further strengthened at the national level through partnerships with various institutions : from 2017 to 2026 with the Théâtre National de Bretagne in Rennes ; from 2023 to 2025 with MC2 Grenoble ; in 2021 and 2022 with the Centre National de la Danse ; and from 2022 to spring 2026 with the Théâtre National de Chaillot. Since 2023, Gisèle Vienne has also been an associate artist at Le Volcan – Scène Nationale du Havre.

 

The company’s regional, national, and international reach is built on a strong and loyal network of partners, which continues to expand each new season. DACM produces Gisèle Vienne’s creations and presents both new works and repertory pieces (with approximately three to five different productions on tour each year). In partnership with theatres and higher education institutions, the company develops outreach and training programs for a wide range of audiences. DACM also supports Gisèle Vienne’s visual arts projects, including international exhibitions (photography and dolls), in collaboration since 2025 with the Berlin-based Isabella Bortolozzi gallery, as well as the publication of books.

• Télérama
  La chorégraphe Gisèle Vienne : “Mon art participe d’un combat contre la violence sociale”
• Les Inrockuptibles
  Gisèle Vienne : 20 ans (de création), le bel âge