Nele Suisalu / HOME(lessness)SICKNESS

concept, performance...Nele Suisalu
artistic advise, photos, live mix and stage...Florent Hamon
assistance...Madli Teller
artistic consultation...Latifa Laâbissi
music by street musicians in the subway of Paris

Nele Suisalu /EST/. At first she studied semiotics for a year at the University of Tartu and then shifted her interests seriously to dance. In 2005 she acquired a Bachelor degree in choreography at Tallinn University. By that time, she had participated in the improvisational performances (by Claire Filmon; by Benno Voorham and Sybrig Dokter), had also worked as a dancer in a musical and with the Estonian contemporary dance company Fine5 Dance Theatre. She continued her studies in the Master's program of conference interpretation at the University of Tartu. In 2006 she started writing articles about contemporary dance. Then, in 2007, she joined the contemporary choreography program ex.e.r.ce 07, co-directed by Mathilde Monnier and Xavier LeRoy, at CCN de Montpellier and moved to France.
She has created dance pieces “KKK” (2006) and “Ball” (2008).
Currently, she is working as a performer for different choreographers (Jérôme Ferron & Fredérike Unger; Laure Bonicel; Hélène Iratchet; Anne Lopez) in France; occasionally lecturing and giving workshops at the choreography department of Tallinn University in Estonia.

Florent Hamon /FRA/. After an acrobatic childhood in different circus schools, he studied film making and acquired a Master's degree in cultural management at the Sorbonne University. Thereafter he juggled between trades of light technician and cameraman while continuing the adventure with circus Zampanos and Cirque éléctrique. Then he joined the contemporary choreography program ex.e.r.ce 07, co-directed by Mathilde Monnier and Xavier LeRoy, at CCN de Montpellier and started working as a dancer (“No one's land” by Yann Lheureux; “Bad Seeds” by Laure Bonicel, “Duel” by Anne Lopez). At the same time, he participated in movement and scenography research for the circus company les choses de rien. Also worked as the video artist for the circus company Chant de balles.
He has created the concert-performance “MontÂgne”, 2006; the dance pieces “Ball”, 2008.
Currently, he is working with French choreographer Anne Lopez and for Portugese choreographer Tania Carvalho, meanwhile developing his personal work with the collective Nomad'act (dance piece “Fallo, Fallo !”) and with the company les choses de rien (audio-visual and performance project “Movinsitu”).

Nele Suisalu and Florent Hamon applied for Aerowaves 2010 with their collaborative dance theatre piece called "Ball".