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MEYER-CHAFFAUD foundation mission’s is to stimulate artistic innovation and exchanges between arts disciplines and to create new ways to engage the audience with contemporary art. With Jérôme Meyer’s and Isabelle Chaffaud’s rich knowledge and experience as dancers, choreographers and creators, the supporting of talent development of future generations of dancers and artists comes as a natural part of the ambitions.
MEYER-CHAFFAUD foundation aims to fulfil it’s mission by :
- The development and production of performances of Jérôme Meyer and Isabelle Chaffaud ;
- The development, programming and production of the HUBS Immersive Festival : with this bi-annual, interdisciplinary festival the audience is immersed in a programme that puts the sensory experience of art in the spotlight
- The coaching of future generations of dancers and artists
In the course of their artistic careers, Jérôme Meyer and Isabelle Chaffaud have gone from being excellent dancers, performing with world-renowned companies such as Nederlands Dans Theater 1 and Batsheva Dance Company, to award-winning choreographers whose work has been seen in companies such as Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Introdans, Geneva Ballet, and Korzo, and at international festivals in 15 countries. Jerome and Isabelle are co-founders of the multidisciplinary festival HUBS Immersive and the research platform CLOUD/Danslab, both based in The Hague. With their adventurous, artistic and innovative approach, Jérôme and Isabelle manage to seduce an audience of dance lovers as well as to conquer a new generation of dance-theater audiences. The 2017-2020 series of SOUL productions revolves around the themes of audience, performers, co-creation and celebration. These full-length evenings have been presented internationally and have set artistic milestones in terms of audience engagement and new artistic forms.