Sophie Ammann is a dancer and choreographer based in Geneva, Switzerland. She completed her dance training at the Tanz Akademie Zürich, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and the Ballet Junior de Genève. Equally interested in offbeat artistic practices, Sophie has studied the art of clowning with teachers such as Hervé Langlois, Alexandra Gentile, Hélène Vieilletoile, Bruno Krief and Aitor Basauri. She learned artistic whipcracking from Guinness World Record holder Sylvia Rosat, and fire eating with professional fire instructor Tom Makinson.

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In September 2021, she was commissioned by Festival Antigel to create a site-specific performance for the opening of the new ecoquartier Belle-Terre in Geneva CH. She created and performed the solo Bombe Divine Super Merveilleuse (Brazenly Divine Super Marvel). Since then, it has been performed several times in Switzerland, including at the Théâtre de la Parfumerie for the Cabaret des Amis Savoureux, for the Scène Danse of La Fête de la Musique, the Fête du Théâtre 2022, the Printemps de la Danse 2023, and the national tour for the Fête de la Danse, organised by RESO - Réseau Danse Suisse, among others. Internationally, the piece was selected by the Gothenburg Fringe Festival and the Stockholm Fringe Festival - STOFF for the 2022 editions, and was nominated for the Catania & Milano OFF Award 2023 by STOFF. The piece will soon tour in Iceland for the Reykjavik Fringe Festival 2023, and in La Chaux-De-Fonds for the Plage des Six Pompes 2023.

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Sophie is also choreographer of the company Jo & Alex Productions, alongside Pauline Raineri. Together, they created and performed the duet Femmosité, which was supported by the program “Dance & Dramaturgy”, an initiative of Théâtre Sévelin 36 in collaboration with Pro Helvetia - Swiss Cultural Foundation. The piece premiered in December 2019 at the Théâtre de l’Usine, Geneva CH, and then toured at Théâtre de l’Oriental in Vevey CH, as part of the Festival Les Chorégraphiques and the Scène Danse Fête de la Musique in Geneva CH. Their next collaboration JO & ALEX is scheduled for 2023/2024. In August 2021, Sophie co-created and performed the duet Sink with Erin O’Reilly at the Bain des Pâquis, as part of the Program DanceIn in Geneva CH. The piece was again performed as part of the “Aubes Musicales” in August 2022. From 2015 to 2018, she was co-artistic director of the collective Junebug Company with Erin O’Reilly and Rosanne Briens, with whom she co-signed and performed works from in Switzerland and abroad, including at the Théâtre de la Parfumerie (CH), Echo Echo Festival of Movement Derry (UK), Edinburgh Festival Fringe (UK), Festival Electron (CH), among others.

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Alongside creating and performing her own work, she regularly works as a dancer/actor with different artists, such as choreographer Marie-Caroline Hominal, Cie STT (Delphine Lanza & Dorian Rossel), Woman’s Move (CH), (LA)HORDE, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Beaver Dam Company / Edouard Hue.