Wang Ramirez - About

Sébastien Ramirez

French–Spanish dancer, choreographer and artistic director

Sébastien Ramirez specializes in the use of aerial work as well as choreographic rigging development. The underground scene, followed by a number of competitions, collaborations and encounters consolidated his artistic vision. In 2007 he founded his company in Perpignan. Integrating a new vision of space and choreography, the company’s distinct language brought hip hop dance to a wider and new audience.
 
Sharing the Company’s Artistic Direction with Honji Wang, the pair has produced more than 9 choreographic pieces that blend hip-hop with other styles and has collected several awards including the Special Jury Prize at the International Choreography Competition in Osaka (2009), the Special Audience Award at the No Ballet Contemporary Dance Competition in Ludwigshafen (2012), the 1st and Special Audience Award at the International Contemporary Dance Competition in Hannover (2012), the New York Bessie Award for Outstanding Performer (2013), and the Bessie Award Nomination for Outstanding Production (2017).
 
His first commissioned work was as one of the choreographers of RIOT OffSpring, a 2013 Sadler’s Wells production. Ramirez contributed to the creation phase of Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour and choreographed for her live show. He also conducted a personal training on floorwork movement for the creation of Akram Khan’s solo DESH.
 
Ramirez was appointed Associate Artist at L’Archipel, National Theater of Perpignan in 2014 and at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris in 2018.
 
A dancer of uncommon finesse and control, he requires no external assistance to convey the illusion of operating in lower gravity – THE NEW YORK TIMES
 
Sébastien Ramirez’ creations are proof that dance is made of the same substance as poetry – EPOCH TIMES 

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Honji Wang

German–Korean dancer, choreographer and artistic director

Honji Wang is recognized as an artist who brings contemporary and hip hop together in an exceptionally organic fashion. Her dance language is an abstraction of hip hop dance and has influences of earlier martial arts and ballet training.
 
Wang’s first collaboration with Sébastien Ramirez, a duet titled AP15, was in 2010. Soon after she became Co-artistic Director of Company Wang Ramirez and ever since the duo has been creating larger scale works that established them in the contemporary dance scene.
 
Wang was selected in Madonna’s final auditions and earned an invitation to tour and perform in the Rebel Heart TourWang has also collaborated with flamenco dancer Rocío Molina, with British choreographer Akram Khan, as well as with New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns in a series of duets.
 
Wang is the recipient of the Special Jury Prize at the International Choreography Competition in Osaka (2009), the  Special Audience Award at the No Ballet Contemporary Dance Competition in Ludwigshafen (2012), the 1st and Special Audience Award at the International Contemporary Dance Competition in Hannover (2012), the New York Bessie Award for Outstanding Performer (2013), and the Bessie Award Nomination for Outstanding Production (2017).
 
In 2014, Wang was appointed Associate Artist at L’Archipel, National Theater of Perpignan and in 2018 at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris.
 
Wang plays her body like a keyboard, each bone and joint as singular as the notes of a piano – THE GUARDIAN
 
Wang hits her martial arts-inspired shapes at rapid-fire speed, with precise head movements and fluttering fingers that combine grace and energy – FINANCIAL TIMES

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The Company

Wang Ramirez - The Company

Under the direction of internationally renowned choreographers Honji Wang and Sébastien Ramirez, Wang Ramirez Company produces dance-theater pieces that splice together genres as divergent as hip-hop, ballet, contemporary dance and martial arts.

The company’s unique choreographic language – with means of expression built on technical virtuosity, poetry and humour – has been recognized with numerous awards such as two New York Bessie Award recognitions and a 1st and Special Audience Award at the International Contemporary Dance Competition in Hannover.

Wang Ramirez are regularly invited to collaborate with renowned artists from the dance world (Akram Khan, Rocio Molina, New York City Ballet's prima ballerina Sara Mearns...), visual arts (Constance Guisset, Os Gêmeos, Andy Serkis, Hussein Chalayan...) or music world (Madonna, Nitin Sawhney...).

Honji Wang and Sébastien Ramirez regularly work on commissions for several opera houses: in 2016, Sadler's Well entrusted them with the creation of a hybrid piece of musical dance- theatre based on Nitin Sawhney's entire album Dystopian Dream.

They are continuing this experience with the GötebergsOperans Danskomponi, which will offer them a creation for the contemporary dance company of the Göteborg Opera (2019). The piece named 'Au Revoir' will premiere in March 2020 and be streamed in September 2020...

In 2021, the director of the Ballet du Capitole Kader Belarbi invites them to create a piece for the ballet as part of the Picasso and dance Cycle - Toiles Etoiles - based on L'Après-midi d'un faune (6 performances in 2022, February at the Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse).

Wang Ramirez company has produced more than 9 critically acclaimed works, including MONCHICHI (2010), BORDERLINE (2013), EVERYNESS (2016), N°1 (2017) and W.A.M. (2018). These shows have been performed in many cities in Europe, Asia and America. Two new creations are borned in 2021: PARTS (Premiere at Torino danza festival in 2021, September) and YOUME with Sara Jimenez, Kalli Tarasidou and Elsa Guiet on cello (Premiere at Oriente Occidente Festival in Rovereto, 2021, September).

Company Wang Ramirez is represented by Clash66, a non-profit organization based in Perpignan.

Team

Administrative and production Team

Emmanuelle Lajaunias

Executive Director

After studying cultural law and management, Emmanuelle Lajaunias specialized in production for performing arts. Her path led her first to the Cité de la Musique where she joined the jazz festival team at la Villette. She then worked as an orchestra administrator for a few years before joining the production teams of the Salle Pleyel and the Philharmonie de Paris.

Corinne Aden

Administration

Corinne Aden has been working for 25 years in the performing arts. She assists artistic projects in logistics and administrative matters. Graduate in Culture and Communication studies, she educated herself over time in cultural companies management (accountings, production, etc.) and has been able to ensure her administrative role for several companies in the Occitanie region and in Paris.

Cyril Mulon

Technical Management

Lighting designer Cyril Mulon studied camera and light design and is also the company’s technical director. Serving as lighting and stage manager for Peter Brook's company (Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, France) for over a decade, he gained a wide scope of artistic and technical experiences. His eclectic career reaches from documentary, video, photography to light design for theatre productions, operas and dance.

Partners

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS

Company Wang Ramirez - Clash66 receives a structural support by Regional Cultural Affairs Directorate Occitanie.

 

Company Wang Ramirez - Clash66 receives a structural support by Regional council Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée.

 

Company Wang Ramirez - Clash66 receives a structural support by County council Pyrénées Orientales.

 

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP

The company receives the support of Foundation BNP Paribas for the development of its projects.

 

PARTNERS THEATRES

Honji Wang & Sébastien Ramirez are associated artists of Théâtre de la Ville, Paris.

Honji Wang & Sébastien Ramirez are supported artists by l’Archipel, scène nationale de Perpignan.