Professional Training Contemporary

Romain Guion is a performer, dance pedagogue, cultural manager and dramaturg with a 25-year career in the performing arts. Trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris, he worked in dance companies such as Charleroi-Danses, National Dance Company Wales, Dance Theatre of Ireland, John Scott's Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Gelabert-Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa, Eun Me Ahn Dance Company, Staatstheater Mainz and Les Ballets C de la B. Alongside his performing career, Romain collaborates in the creation of dance, music, theatre and opera productions with artists such as Alain Platel, Martin Zimmermann, Koen Augustijnen, Caroline Finn, Eugénie Rebetez and Juliette Navis. He curates the professional training program at Tanzhaus Zürich and at K3-Zentrum für Choreographie Hamburg. From 2010–2023, he co-directed LUCKY TRIMMER, a Berlin-based showcase for short performance, and in 2022 he co-founded BRÜCKEREI, a biennial platform for choreographic development, in Zürich. Romain received a cultural award from the city of Zürich in 2019 and completed a Master in Arts and Cultural Management in 2021. In 2023, he mentored Tanzhaus Zürich's short piece platform Show-Off together with Jessica Huber.