YOUNGSTERS
Members:
Anika Edström Kawaji studied at P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels) 2013 — 2016. After graduating she
worked as a performer at Rosas/Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (BE) for five years on a full
time basis. Since 2020, she has collaborated with Fieldworks (BE/NO), Robin Jonsson (SE),
Francesco Scavetta/Wee (IT/NO) among others as a dancer and performer. Together with
Robin Haghi she is currently making the performance Things That Can Survive in Space
which will premiere in February of 2024. They publicly presented their research at Uppsala
Art Museum in 2022. She is besides this developing her own work together with artists
mainly based in Brussels and Stockholm.
Marie Goudot began her career as a dancer in 1998 with Maurice Béjart. Since then, she
has worked with artists and choreographers including Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Russell
Maliphant, Pierre Droulers, Saša Božić, Chrysa Parkinson, Ula Sickle, François
Laroche-Valière, Mark Lorimer, Boris Charmartz (for 20 dancers for the 20th century) and
Ictus Ensemble (Braxton Project, Holding present).
In 2005, she initiated the collective choreographic laboratory LOGE22 together with Julien
Monty and Michael Pomero. As LOGE 22 they created a dozen performances until 2017,
and co-founded Spider artistic platform together with European artists from different
backgrounds.
She has worked and collaborated with choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker on 13
creations since 2010 (Vortex, Work/Travail/Arbeid, Cesena, 5Agon, Mitten/Cellosuiten…).
Marie is a P.A.R.T.S. Faculty member, designing the school’s pedagogical line since 2016,
as well as teaching technic, composition and repertory. Marie is currently a tutor for the MA
STUDIOS students. She also assisted Anne Teresas de Keersmaeker for various projects at
P.A.R.T.S. Marie has also taught and given workshops at CNSMD de Paris, Summerschool,
Impulstanz, Ménagerie de Verre.
She is part of a research group, The ToolBox project, which aims to identify and catalogue
the compositional tools and choreographic processes used by the Rosas company over the
last 40 years.
Michael Pomero has been a dancer, performer, assistant and choreographer for 25 years.
Based in Brussels since 2010, his eclectic career took him first to Switzerland (Rudra Béjart,
Béjart Ballet), then to France (Lyon Opera Ballet, John Jasperse) before moving to England
to work with Russell Maliphant.
Between 2006 and 2023, he worked closely with Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Rosas
as a dancer and/or assistant for the creation of 7 performances (The Song, Vortex
temporum, Rilke, Mitten…), an opera (Così fan tutte), a musical (West Side Story) as well as
all of Rosas’ museum and in situ experiments (Work/Travail/Arbeid, Somnia, Dark Red
projects, 5Agon…).
In 2005 Michael co-founded LOGE22 together with Marie Goudot and Julien Monty, a
collective and choreographic laboratory, they have made more than 10 creations since.
LOGE22 and Matej Kejzar co-founded the international artistic cooperative SPIDER and
subsequently SPIDER EXPAND, whose gatherings criss-crossed Europe from 2010 to 2016.
LOGE22 has also run two venues in Lyon, including Rhizome, which has since been
transformed into an artistic residency and training centre.
Michael has been a member of the P.A.R.T.S. Faculty since 2016 in charge of composition.
He teaches and gives workshops at P.A.R.T.S., CNSMD de Paris, Summerschool, KASK…
He is also part of a research group of artists, sociologists and teachers investigating
’Diversity in European higher dance education’. This research is supported by P.A.R.T.S.
(Brussels), La Manufacture (Lausanne), SKH (Stockholm), the University of Amsterdam and
Erasmus+.
Michael assisted Mette Ingvartsen with the creation of Skatepark in 2023.
He has since joined the artistic team at La Mercerie, an alternative art centre in the heart of
Brussels dedicated to emerging artists, as project coordinator and curator for Performing
Arts.
Michael is currently involved in the creation of PARTAGER LE VIDE by Marie Goudot and
Sophia Dinkel as assistant, and AFTER HANNIBAL with Marie Goudot as co-author.
Robin Haghi (Sweden, 1993) graduated from P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels) in 2016. After his
education he worked as a dancer at Rosas/Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker(BE) where he was
part of several productions until 2021. Robin has since then worked with choreographers
such as Francesco Scavetta (IT/NO), Erik Eriksson (SE) and Tilman O’Donnell (DE/US).
Together with Anika Edström Kawaji he is currently making the performance Things That
Can Survive in Space which will premiere in February of 2024. They publicly presented their
research at Uppsala Art Museum in 2022. She is besides this developing her own work
together with artists mainly based in Brussels and Stockholm.
Thomas Vantuycom transitioned from studying economics to pursuing the performing arts
at P.A.R.T.S. After graduation in 2014, he collaborated with artists he met during his training.
His work as a dancer and actor included work with Carly Wijs, Francesco Scavetta, and
Salva Sanchis. Joining Rosas for Work/Travail/Arbeid, he continued in productions like A
Love Supreme and The Six Brandenburg Concertos until 2021. Later, he co-authored
Electric Life, and worked with Simone Aughterlony, Saša Božić, and Tumbleweed. Besides
dance, Thomas indulges his geeky side as a web developer and mathematics student.
Youness Khoukhou (Morocco) 1984, studied dance in Marrakech, Tunis, and Belgium,
graduating from P.A.R.T.S. As a dancer/performer, he collaborated on projects with Pierre
Droulers, Claire Croizé, Louise Vannest, Bouchra Ouizgen, Tg stan, and Radouan Mriziga,
Inne Goris. As a creator, he worked with Pierre Droulers and presented his own works,
‘Becoming’ (2015) and ‘Noon’ (2018),Naked journey (2023). He’s also actively involved in
education, being a faculty member at P.A.R.T.S. since 2022 and contributing to various
institutions in Belgium and Morocco: KASK School of Arts Ghent, ISAC institut Supérieur des
arts et chorégraphies Brussels (since 2018) Arabesque — Meknes, Espace Darja -
Casablanca.
Marion Couturier — Admin