Nacera Belaza

Born in Algeria, Nacera Belaza lives and works in France. After studying modern literature, she set up her own company in 1989, with the aim of expressing and unravelling the complexity of a dual cultural background. Since her first pieces, Le Sommeil rouge (1999) and Le Pur hasard (2005), she has explored movement as a continuous breath, confronting patience, rigour and simplicity with what she calls the "deafening din of our lives". Her work continues with Le Cri (2008), which won the Prix de la révélation chorégraphique from the Syndicat de la Critique, Les Oiseaux (2014) and L'Onde (2020). Her work is regularly presented internationally, and in France at the Festival d'Automne à Paris, Montpellier Danse, the Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis and the Festival de Marseille. Alongside her work in France and abroad, she has set up a cooperative in Algeria, enabling her to work regularly with her native country.