about
We stand with our bodies, our music, our poetry to share our differences,
our beauty, our fragility and our questions.
LUCIE BETZ
French artist, Butoh dancer, choreographer, clown & clinical clown. Founder of the Theater Nuage Fou in Freiburg.
She organizes and gathers artists for projects of the Nuage Fou ensemble, workshops and performances with international Butoh dancers. Lucie has been teaching for over 15 years and has participated in many Butoh projects, creations, productions, improvisations in solo and with other artists such as musicians in a variety of places and in international festivals.
HARTMUT BETZ
German violin maker by training. Since 2000 independent arborist and tree climber. He has accompanied many
Butoh performances with his violin and was the main person in charge of the technical part and the lighting of the Nuage Fou Theater. He continues to design the lighting for the projects of the Nuage Fou Ensemble.
XIMENA HOYOS
Bolivian photographic artist based in Berlin.
She has photographed most of the projects of Nuage Fou from the beginning and until the end of the theater; from its creations, group to solo performances... indoors and outdoors always trying to make visible the spirit that moves the body.
Artists involved in Nuage Fou projects
GENEVIÈVE MÉGIER
French-Austrian cellist. A particular emphasis is placed on free improvisation in her work.
JOAN LAAGE
American Butoh dancer. Kogut Butoh. She received the transmission of the great founding dancers such as Kazuo Ohno and Yoko Ashikawa.
MAKIKO TOMINAGA
Japanese Butoh dancer, member of the Butoh Company Dairakudakan under the direction of Akaji Maro in Japan (1978-1991).
MIKU ARIZONO
Japanese pianist and composer, recently graduated from the Freiburg Musikhochschule.
THOMAS G. SCHOCH
German improvising musician. He creates sound worlds close to the Butoh dancers.