French choreographer, performer, and director of Terrain, Boris Charmatz, approaches dance as collaborative possibilities that redraw formal constructs. For him, the stage is a notepad where he drafts organic concepts and then observes and captures the tensions, reactions, and engagements of those involved. Recently appointed as the new Artistic Director of Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal, he shared with ICONS his creative interests and plans for the future. 

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• Truly B. - I am inspired by my children and their ability to create without caring about how it is received. They create movement from the heart; their joy in dance is utterly contagious!
• Yako O. - Seeing myself in mirror. I look at the person and think about how to move her. What movement will look interesting on her...
• Bonnie S. - Ni Ketut Arini, commonly known as Ibu Arini from Denpasar Bali inspires me. Ibu Arini is a Balinese dance master teacher. She works tirelessly teaching the children in her school, gives daily to the gods, and is the one of the kindest people I know.

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