Mathurin Bolze

Mathurin Bolze collaborates with a wide array of directors, choreographers and composers such as Jean-Paul Delore, François Verret, Kitsou Dubois, Guy Alloucherie, Roland Auzet, Richard Brunel, Jean-Pierre Drouet, Akosh, Alexandre Tharaud, Philippe Foch and Louis Sclavis. He was first a member of the Collectif Anomalie (Le Cri du caméléon, 33 tours de pistes, Et après on verra bien) before setting up his own company (les Mains les Pieds et la Tête Aussi) in 2001; with it he has created Fenêtres, Tangentes, Ali with Hèdi Thabet, Du goudron et des plumes, À bas bruit, La Marche and Barons perchés. His latest piece, Les hauts plateaux, premiered in 2019. He leads collective creative endeavours (utoPistes with Compagine XY and Ici ou là, maintenant ou jamais with Cheptel Aleïkoum); and devises artistic-mentoring programmes with Dimitri Jourde, Hèdi and Ali Thabet, Juan Ignacio Tula and Stefan Kinsman, and currently with Emma Verbeke and Corentin Diana. All of these adventures run through utoPistes, a festival staged by Compagnie Mpta in the Lyon area. Mathurin Bolze is also an instructor, and directed the end-of-course production of the 29th intake of the National Centre for Circus Arts (CNAC), with which he teamed the 76th intake of the ENSATT theatre arts school. He was a member of the artistic collective of La Comédie de Valence - CDN Drôme-Ardèche theatre from 2015 to 2019 and is currently an associate artist at the Manège - scène nationale de Reims.