MEDIATHEK

Philippe Rives was born into a family of artists, June 21 1968, in Champigny Sur Marne, a suburb near Paris. Between 1986 and 1989, he was trained in physical theater (mime, body language, mask, dramatic play, improvisation, African dance) worked for 12 years with the TSP (Paris), also pursuing trainings in circus arts at Fratellini Circus school as well as martial arts including Tai Ji Chuan, Kung Fu, Hsing I Chuan from various Chinese and French masters. In 1998 he moved to Berlin, having then no professional contact on site but the enthusiasm and energy enough to start a new part of his life. There he approaches the world of contemporary dance, contact dance and is interested in principles of butoh. He founds the group BK Compagnie, which gathers several artists, dancers, mimes, video, musicians, and creates tours for festivals (street and dance) and events. All his creations have a common and unique theme, the body. Abandoning the notion of theater and spectacle, he sees his work as a proposal-oriented body installation and performance. In 2009 he founded, with Peter Müller, the group reset dance I connection.