Eleanor Bauer

The American Eleanor Bauer graduated from PARTS in 2006 and lives and works in Brussels. In recent seasons we presented both her solo's and group works. She is our artist-in-residence from 2013 to 2016.

Eleanor Bauer is a performer and performance-maker based in Brussels, Belgium. She works at the intersections of choreography, dance, writing, music, and performance art. Her pieces range in scale and media towards challenging categories, methods of producing, and ways of thinking performance.

Originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico, she studied dance, choreography, and performance at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts (BFA, Dance, 2000-2003) and P.A.R.T.S. (2004-2006). Bauer is an artist in residence at Kaaitheater in Brussels from 2013-2016. Her versatile works such as ELEANOR! (2008), At Large (2008), The Heather Lang Show by Eleanor Bauer and Vice Versa (2009-2013), (BIG GIRLS DO BIG THINGS) (2010), A Dance for the Newest Age (the triangle piece) (2011), Tentative Assembly (the tent piece) (2012), Midday & Eternity (the time piece) (2013), en BAUER HOUR (2013-2015) have toured internationally to critical acclaim. In 2016 she premiered Meyoucycle, a new concert-performance in collaboration with Chris Peck and Ictus contemporary music ensemble, that was staged at Kaaitheater during the Kunstenfestivaldesarts.

Alongside making her own work, Bauer has worked as a performer with Xavier Le Roy, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker/Rosas, Boris Charmatz, Emily Roysdon, Matthew Barney, Mette Ingvartsen, David Zambrano, Trisha Brown, Ictus, The Knife, and others. Bauer also frequently teaches, mentors, and writes about dance and performance.