Chloe Chignell (AU, 1993) is an artist working across text, choreography and publishing. Her work focuses on language within a choreographic frame. She invests in writing as a body building practice and in practices of experimental translation.
Chloe graduated from a.pass (BE, 2020), from the research cycle at P.A.R.T.S (BE, 2018) and recieved a Bachelor of Dance from the VCA (AU, 2013). In 2019, Chloe co-founded rile* a bookshop and project space for publication and performance with Sven Dehens. Her work has been presented across Europe and Australia including: NEXT Festival (2024), Pavillon ADC (2024), Batard Festival (BE, 2019) Saal Biennale (ES 2021), Moving Words Festival (NO 2021), QL2 (AU 2022), KAAP (BE 2022), Littérature etc. (FR 2022), Dancehouse (AU 2016-8), The Kier Choreographic Award (AU 2018) Kottinspektionen (SE 2019) and Venice Biennale of Dance (IT 2017) among others.
She has performed for and collaborated with choreographers across Europe and Australia including: James Bachelor, Angela Goh, Bryana Fritz, Stefa Govaart, Amina Szecsödy, Ingrid Berger Myhre, Adriano Wilfert Jensen, Phoebe Berglund, Anna Gaiotti, Clara Amaral and Gry Tingskog.
In 2020 She published her first book The Complete Text Would Be Insufferable with uhbooks edited by Will Holder. Her writing has been published in: misted.cc (NL), Choreography Journal (NO), Le Chauffage (BE), RealTime (AU), This Container Magazine (SE/BE), ...and then the doors open again (BE/NL) and Engagement Arts Zine (BE).
Chloe was the founder and co-editor of This Container magazine, a publication focusing on choreographic writing which produced 8 editions between 2016-2021. She has developed choreographic writing and reading formats hosted by Kottinspektionen (Stockholm), PraxisFestivalen (Oslo), PAF (France) Scene:Bluss (Norway). She also teaches choreographic and writing workshops at P.A.R.T.S. (BE), HZT (DE), ISAAC (BE) and the VCA (AU).
contact: chloeechignell [@] gmail . com
instagram: @chloechignell
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