Slam
Victor Rottier
Workshop
Slam
Victor Rottier
Victor Rottier
20.09. - 21.09.2025
11:10 - 13:10Uhr
Intermediate/Advanced
SLAM!
A contemporary dance workshop by Victor Rottier
SLAM! is a high-energy, movement-based workshop shaped by my personal experience in contemporary
dance. My background spans classical, contemporary, hip hop, and musical-style training. Instead of
separating these influences, I bring them together in one layered way of moving. It’s not only about mixing
vocabularies, but about letting tools from different styles inform and challenge one another.
This workshop is rooted in physical practice. We learn through doing. I offer clear tasks that are both
physically and mentally demanding. Dancers are invited to look closely at how they move. How does
technique shift when rhythm changes? What happens when we apply ideas from one style to another?
These are some of the questions we’ll work with.
SLAM! is built for dancers with a strong technical base. It’s especially suited for young and experienced
professionals, no matter what style they come from.
Victor Rottier hails from the Netherlands, where he graduated from the Artez School of Arts in Arnhem.
Today, Victor Rottier works as a dancer, choreographer, director, and educator in various contexts across
Europe and the United States.
From 2014 to 2018, Victor was a company member at the Staatstheater Kassel, performing in works by
Johannes Wieland, Hofesh Shechter, Maxine Doyle, Tom Weinberger, and Helder Seabra. Until 2021, he also
served as a rehearsal director in Kassel. In 2022, he took on the role of choreographic assistant at the
Staatstheater Braunschweig. However, Victor has also been highly active in the independent dance scene,
contributing to productions by Maura Morales, Shumpei Nemoto, Matthias Kass, and Guy & Roni. In 2022, he
collaborated with the Panorama Dance Theater.
Victor has since created an extensive repertoire of his own choreographic works. As a co-founder of
Greywax Dance Company, he has played a key role in shaping the creative direction of the ensemble. Recent
works include Greywax 140 (2023) and Echoes of Applause (premiered October 2024). He has also ventured
into choreography for opera and musical theater and created dance films.
Victor Rottier collaborated with Angela Demattè on works such as Grain of Thought, which was presented at
the Laboratoire Suisse de la Danse in Bern. He also worked with Laja Field to stage a piece in Los Angeles
for the University of Utah.
He is highly regarded as a dance educator, frequently teaching contemporary dance workshops at
international festivals and for professional dance companies.
Since November 2024, Victor has held a full-time position as a choreographic assistant and rehearsal
director at the Luzerner Theater in Lucerne.
