BIO
Choreographer, director of "DieTanzKompanie", aerospace engineer
Grégory Darcy is a French choreographer and filmmaker, director of the world's most advanced inclusive dance company “DieTanzKompanie”, gathering choreographers, scientists, latest generation of AI robots and professional dancers with and without disabilities. He holds an aerospace engineer diploma with a final studies project in Houston - N.A.S.A. on manned spaceflight. He worked and lived in different countries (USA, France, UK, Germany) and has been a freelance filmmaker and choreographer mainly in Germany since 2010. His work revolves around three themes: art (dance, theater, film), science (physics, robotics) and inclusion (not limited to human beings).
2010, Art video “Tanz mit der Dunkelheit”, financed by the German foundation EVZ and the Humboldt University Berlin. Exhibition at the Freies Museum Berlin.
2015, Art und documentary film „Menschen“, selected in many film festivals as well as contemporary art museums (Berlin, Munich, Freiburg, Kassel, Ludwigsburg, Karlsruhe, Esslingen, etc.)
2016, Choreography International dance project „Menschen tanzen“ with 10 dancers, 7 musicians, 12 nations on stage. On tour at Festivals (ZKM Modern Art Museum Karlsruhe, Altes Schauspielhaus - Linden-Museum-JES Theater in Stuttgart, E-Werk in Freiburg, etc.). Financed by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Science, Research and Art.
2019, Choreography "Solo for two ears" selected in international festivals (International Solo-Dance-Theater Stuttgart Contest, Solo Dance Contest Gdansk in Poland, Festival InciDanse in Switzerland, etc.)
2019, Start of five years financial support from the city of Esslingen to develop a professional and inclusive dance company (www.dietanzkompanie.de).
2020, Darcy´s dance company is Prize Winner "The Power of The Arts 2019", one of the most endowed art german prize, with award ceremony in F.A.Z. Atrium Berlin.
2021/2022, Darcy created two dance pieces: "Innere Stimmen" (5 dancers, 3 musiciams) and "Renaissance" (10 dancers, 3 musicians), selected at the Shanghai International Experimental Theater Festival in China in 2022 and in several german festivals.
2022/2023, Choreography "Human Design", for an industrial Robot with artificial intelligence (AI) and professional dancers with and without disabilities. Selected in international festivals (inkl. at the Staatstheater Stuttgart)
2024, Darcy creates DieTanzKompanie-Junior with teenagers with disabilities developping their creativity with DieTanzKompanie professional dancers.
Premiere of "The Meaning of Life" with an AI Robot and DieTanzKompanie-Junior planned for the Esslingen Biennale Festival at the Württembergische Landesbühne (09/29, 6:30 p.m.)
Selected Exhibitions & Events
Festival About Pop, Main Stage in Wizemann Halle, Stuttgart.
Fair für Artificial Intelligence DigiSustain, Frankfurt am Main
International Science and Theater Festival (Openning), Science Dome Heilbronn
Festival Made in Stuttgart, Staatstheater (Kammertheater) Stuttgart
CREATIVES NIGHT, Wirtschaftsförderung Stuttgart
International Experimental Theater Festival, China International Theatre Institute, Shanghai
Festival Tanzwoche Dresden, Projekttheater Dresden
Deutschen Katholiken Tag, HMDK Konzerthaus Stuttgart
Festival Tanz im Gasteig, Gasteig Salle X, Munich
Berlin Festival Neuköln tanzt 2022, Gemeinschaftshaus Gropiusstadt Berlin
BW Landesministerium Tagung, , Hegel-Saal Liederhalle Stuttgart
Open Air Festival "Ein kleine Abendmusik" Pop-Büro Region Stuttgart in front of Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Festival Made in Stuttgart, Theater Rampe Stuttgart
Paintings exhibition and live-performance at Kulturkiosk Stuttgart
International Dance Film Festival (opening film) Brussels
Street Art Labyrinth Festival Stuttgart, Kulturkiosk Stuttgart
Street Art Festival STRAKU Esslingen
Festival "Stadt im Fluss", Württembergische Landesbühne (WLB Theater) Esslingen
Festival "FTTS@THEATERHAUS", Theaterhaus Stuttgart
Festival "Bühne Frei" Landesmuseum Stuttgart
Festival "Shorties", FITZ! Theater Stuttgart
23rd International Solo-Dance-Theatre Festival Stuttgart
International Solo Dance Context 2019 Gdansk Festival (Poland)
Dance Festival InciDanse Fribourg (Switzerland)
De Hallen Amsterdam - 5-year anniversary (Holland)
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Group Exhibition „Könnte aber doch“ (Stuttgart)
City Art Museum Städtische Galerie (Karlsruhe-Germany)
Maison Heinrich Heine, Fondation de l´Allemagne (Paris-France)
Festival "Made in Stuttgart", Altes Schauspielhaus Stuttgart
Festival "Französische Wochen", Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Festival "Neuland - UNESCO International Day Against Racism 2017" - E-Werk, Freiburg (Germany)
Modern Art Museum ZKM, Group Exhibition "Die Globale"- Tag der offenen Tür (Karlsruhe)
32. Kasseler Dokfest Film Festival (Kassel).
Babylon Kino Berlin Film with Music live von Echo Jazz winner Johanna Borchert (Belin)
Modern Art Museum ZKM, Kubus, Film (Karlsruhe)
German peace organisation A.S.F. Berlin - Potsdam - Babelsberg
Premiere (dance and documentary Film, Exhibition Memo_Raising) in Freies Museum Berlin
Further Exhibitions in Museum & Gallery in Berlin and Mexico City (Tintico Centro Historico Mexico, Greusslich Contemporary Gallery Berlin, Wiese Opole Kunstraum Berlin, Gallery F92 Berlin, Hanuman-Institut Berlin)
Award und Residences
2024 Falling Walls winner in the Art & Science category
2022 Kubi-s in Residenz Stuttgart
2020 Prize Winner "The Power of The Arts 2019" for Darcys dance company "DieTanzKompanie". Award ceremony in F.A.Z. Atrium Berlin