Foofwa d'Imobilité

Foofwa d’Imobilité (born 24 March 1969) is a Swiss dancer and choreographer. He lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland, and Brooklyn, New York.

Foofwa d’Imobilité
Born
Frédéric Gafner

24 March 1969
Geneva, Switzerland
Occupation(s)Dancer, choreographer
Years active1987 - present

Life and career

Foofwa d’Imobilité was born Frédéric Gafner in Geneva, Switzerland. His mother was Beatriz Consuelo, a Brazilian ballerina/dance teacher, and his father was Claude Gafner, a Swiss dancer and photographer.[1][2] Gafner studied at the Ecole de Danse de Geneva and performed as a member of the Geneva Ballet Junior. From 1987-1990, he worked as a dancer and soloist with the Stuttgart Ballet. From 1991-1998, he was a dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.[3]

Gafner changed his name in the mid-1990s to Foofwa d’Imobilité.[4] In 1998 he began working as a choreographer, and in 2000 founded Neopost Ahrrrt, where he serves as Artistic Director.

Honors and awards
  • 2009 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award[5]
  • 2006 Swiss Prize of Dance and Choreography
  • 1999 Grantee, Fondation Leenaards, Switzerland
  • 1995 New York Dance and Performance Award for Exceptional Artistry in the work of Merce Cunningham
  • 1987 Prix Professionnel at the Prix de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • 1986 Bronze Medal, International Dance Competition, Jackson, Mississippi

Works

Selected works include:

  • 2010 Au Contraire
  • 2008 The Making of Spectacles
  • 2006 Incidences
  • 2005 Benjamin de Bouillis[4]
  • 2003 Kilometrix.dancerun.4
  • 2003 Match.dancerun.6
  • 2001 Le Show
  • 1999 Terpsicorp
  • 1998 Iuj Godog?[3]

References
  1. Ogan, Christine L. (2001). Communication and identity in the Diaspora: Turkish migrants in Amsterdam and their use of Media.
  2. De Rycke, Lisa (2005). "Beatriz Consuelo". In Kotte, Andreas (ed.). Theaterlexikon der Schweiz (TLS) / Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse (DTS) / Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero (DTS) / Lexicon da teater svizzer (LTS) (in French). Vol. 1. Zurich, Switzerland: Chronos. pp. 406–407. ISBN 978-3-0340-0715-3.
  3. "Foofwa d'Imobilité". Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  4. Macaulay, Alastair (30 June 2008). "A Master of Nonchalance in Control of His Illusions". The New York Times.
  5. http://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grant_recipients/foofwa.html
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