BRAUN Aline

After obtaining her Bachelor’s degree in Dance and Circus and her Technical Aptitude Examination in Contemporary Dance in Toulouse (France), she is now studying with Dr. Henner Drewes in a Master’s degree in Dance Composition specialized in Movement Notation/Movement Analysis at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen (Germany). She is interested in all aspects of live performance, and has participated as a dancer, performer or choreographer in multidisciplinary projects that link several artistic fields (Part dance/literature project, Mic Mac d’Oc dance/theatre project, In Situ In Corpore dance/architecture project, O Viva Fiamma dance/opera project). The notation and analysis of the movement now allows her to expand her field of research and focus on the composition of the dance movement.
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GUÉNON Pascale

ICKL Assistant Secretary, 2018-2019

Graduated from the Conservatoire National Superieur de Paris (1998), she has notated works by Ashley Page, the Crowsnest Trio, Liu Feng-Shueh, Thierry Malandain, Anthony Egea and Mourad Merzouki as well as variations from the ballet repertoire. She is member of ICKL from 2005, fellow of ICKL since 2009, member of Research Panel from 2011 to 2015, assistant treasurer of the ICKL board of trustees from 2011 to 2017, and currently assistant secretary.

BELIAEVA Natalia

After years of professional training in classical, character, and Russian dance, and touring the world with dance companies, Natalia Beliaeva came to France in 1999. A teacher in both classical and character dance, Dance Captain, choreographer, and show director, she works with the creative team at Disneyland Paris for all their live shows. Today, she continues to develop in the dance industry and in her artistic research. She studied notation at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP) and graduated in 2017. She is particularly interested in the notation of movement and in Motif notation and in a project to communicate that expertise in Russia.

TSUI Chih-Hsiu

ICKL Research Panel Member, 2016-2019

Born in Taiwan in 1970, began classic and Chinese traditional dance at an early age. She studied at the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan then went in France to study Kinetography Laban at Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP), with teacher Jacqueline Challet-Haas and tutor Marion Bastien. She graduated in 1997. She currently is a Laban notator with one of the top dance companies in Taiwan, the Neo-Classic Dance Company, led by Liu Feng-Shueh. Since 1997, she has notated for the company historic reconstructions of ancient dance from the Tang Dynasty (The Joy of Drinking a Toast, PaTou) and modern artistic creations (The Rite of Spring, Ambushed From All Sides, Spark, Figurines, Vast desert, solitary smoke rises straight). Tsui has been an ICKL member since 1995 and a Fellow since 2011.

LOYER Anaïs

Anaïs Loyer studied notation at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP) and graduated in May 2017. She received a Master’s degree from Nice University, her thesis explored how a notation score can allow space for the dancer’s interpretation and the choreographer’s creativity. She teaches notation and Motif notation at Nice University.