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Catherine Elsen

infos

Birthday : 17 01 1986

Size : 170 cm

Hair color : Brown

Eye color : Amber Amber

Languages:
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
German: Fluent
Luxemburgish: Mother Tongue
Other languages: Notions of Persian, Spanish, Italian

Other :Notions of Persian, Spanish, Italian

Skills : Singing, Contemporary Dance, Performance, Devising, Clowning, Improvisation, Yoga

Additional Info : "Young hope" Award at the Luxembourg National Theater Price 2021

Training

Training : MA in Dance Theatre (distinction) at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, London (UK) PDCD in Community Dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire, London (UK) BA in Applied Theatre at University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück (DE) Roy Hart Theatre training (R. Armstrong, P. Ganymède, C. Hommelsheim, L.Wise, S.Vollmaier) Red Nose Clown with Eric de Bont (ES) Dark Clown Comedy with Peta Lily (UK) Classical singing with Julie Klos (DE) Improvisation and Diction courses at Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg (3 years)

Contact

E-mail : catherine.elsen@gmail.com

Phone : +352621542086

Cinema

2021
"W." Webseries season 2.
Director: Frédéric Zeimet
Role: W.
Award for Best Actress (Lead Role) at Rio Webfest 2023
2019
"W." Webseries
Director: Frédéric Zeimet
Role: W.
Award for Best Actress (Lead role) at NZ Webfest. Nominated for Best Actress at Die Seriale/ TO Webfest/ Minnesota Webfest/ Montreal Digital Webfest/ Rio Webfest.

Theater

2023
De Geescht oder t'Mumm Séiss
Author: Samuel Hamen
Director: Jacques Schiltz
Role: Kettéi
Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
4.48. Psychosis
Author: Sara Kane
Director: Sandy Artuso
Role: Writer (Monologue)
Independent Little Lies, Kulturfabrik
The Memory of Voice
Author: Catherine Elsen
Director: Catherine Elsen
Role: The Memory of Voice
PitchBlack Collective, OpderSchmelz
Weinender Mond
Author: Textes et compositions variées
Director: Jacques Schiltz, Claire Wagener
Role: Singer/ Performer
Cape Ettelbrueck, Théâtre National du Luxembourg
2022
La plaie enchantée
Author: Michèle Tonteling
Director: Michèle Tonteling
Role: Singer/ Performer
Vewa
Terre Ferme
Author: Francesco Mormino
Director: Renelde Pierlot
Role: Nelly
Aalt Stadhaus Differdange, Esch22
Doheem-Fragements d'intimité
Author: Claire Wagener/Elsa Rauchs
Director: Claire Wagener/Elsa Rauchs
Role: Musical Conductor
Independent Little Lies
The Assembly (Multimedia sound project)
Author: Catherine Elsen/Charlotte Bruneau
Director: Catherine Elsen/Charlotte Bruneau
Role: Artistic Director, voice artist, composer and performer
PitchBlack Collective, Esch22 Capital of Culture, OpderSchmelz, Contempo Festival Kaunas
2021
Zizou a Zazou
Author: Frédérique Colling/ Catherine Elsen, Claire Wagener
Director: Claire Wagener
Role: Zazou
Independent Little Lies Collective/ Bourse Edmond Dune
(Can't) Stay at Home
Author: Frédérique Colling/ Catherine Elsen, Sally Merres
Director: Sally Merres
Role: Performer
Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg/ Kinneksbond Mamer
2020
Das letzte Feuer
Author: Dea Loher
Director: Anna Elisabeth Frick
Role: Rabe
Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
Robert(s)
Author: Renelde Pierlot avec la compagnie "Frèribrides"
Director: Renelde Pierlot
Role: Shaman/Trump/Performer
Kinneksbond Mamer/ Kulturhaus Niederanven/ Aalt Stadhaus Differdange
2019
Stupid Fucking Bird
Author: Aaron Posner
Director: Anne Simon
Role: Mash
Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
Love, Death and Polar Bears
Author: Catherine Elsen
Director: Catherine Elsen
Role: Multiple characters
Independent Little Lies, Opderschmelz, Aalt Stadhaus Differdange
2018
Two pigeons perching on a bench
Author: Claire Thill
Director: Claire Thill
Role: Activist
Kasemattentheater Luxembourg
Sanity
Author: Tullio Forgiarini
Director: Catherine Elsen
Role: Nurse
Maskénada
Soulscapes
Author: Soubry/Elsen
Director: Tania Soubry
Role: Goddess
Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourg
2017
Nuits des musées (7 performative interventions)
Author: Catherine Elsen
Director: Catherine Elsen
Role: Performer
Casino Musée de l'art contemporain Luxembourg
Steppenwolf
Author: Hermann Hesse
Director: Anna-Elisabeth Frick
Role: Maria
Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg/ Theater Trier
D'Kachboun
Author: Colling/Elsen/Maes
Director: External eye: Linda Bonvini
Role: Therapist/Cook/Storyteller
Independent Little Lies Collective/ Kinneksbond Mamer/ Kulturhaus Niederanven
2016
Letters from Luxembourg
Author: Serge Tonnar
Director: Serge Tonnar
Role: Dictator/Performer
Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Maskenada
Home Sweet Home
Author: Collective writing
Director: Milla Trausch
Role: Performer/Singer
Mierscher Kulturhaus/ Theater Traverse
2015
Flux
Author: Elena Molinaro
Director: Elena Molinaro
Role: Performer
Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London
In your Honour
Author: Claire Ridge
Director: Claire Ridge
Role: Performer
Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London
2014
Coexistence
Author: Anja Kozik
Director: Anja Kozik
Role: Performer
Oxymoron Dance Company Potsdam
2013
These associations
Author: Tino Sehgal
Director: Tino Sehgal
Role: Performer
Tate Modern London

Additionnal

2022
The Assembly/The Memory of Voice
Artistic Director of multimedia sound project (VR, insta and performance)
2021
The World Upside Down
Co-director of Physical Theatre Performance by Theater Titanik Leipzig (DE)
2019
Jungle Book
Assistant to Charles Chemin's and Robert Wilson' musical, produced by Théâtres de la Ville Luxembourg and Paris