Nanine Linning

Nanine Linning

An arresting sensory experience

Nanine Linning choreographs intensely physical and arresting performances about basic human instincts, passions and emotions. Survival mechanisms and human interactions are given shape and form in a dynamic world where man is presented in all his insignificance and glory.

The human body and all its desires feature prominently in her work. On the one hand we see the yearning for physical communication with the outside world, and on the other hand the desire to retreat within oneself. Nanine Linnings’ performances are distinguished by her unusual choice of presentation forms and locations and the theatrical events she presents alongside her performances to give meaningful context to her work.

Linning is a choreographer who likes to work outside the normal contexts of theatre. Her work is strongly multidisciplinary. She has worked with various contemporary artists, composers and video artists, and her performances in the past have often featured actors, poets and musicians as well as dancers. Linning has won a number of prizes including the prestigious Philip Morris Art Prize. She was awarded the VSCD Zwaan (Swan) prize for Best Production 2005 for ‘Bacon’.