Did Schaffer
Artistic direction, Choreographer
Raumflucht Group
«I take space as a point of reference in terms of content in order to show the people who move in it in all their sensuality, vulnerability and power.»
Productions
2023
FRONT – SIDE BARCELONA, Dance – Film production in Barcelona, Film installation at Dance festival Winterthur, BETA Festival Bern.
2021/22
RAUMFLUCHT LABOR, Performances im öffentlichen Raum Zürich, CONNECT, Duo: SUMUS, Solo: SUCHEN WISSEN WAS Bern, Galerie offspace victoria
2020
PANTA RHEI Irchel Car Park Performance, «insight_out» Research for new production, Film istallation at Pop up Dance Space, Winterthur
2019
PASSAGE at Tanzhaus Zürich and at BETA Tanzfestival, Bern
TERRA & Passage, Kulturplatz Wetzikon
2018
PASSAGE Solo-Version Galerie, offspace Victoria Bern
2018
PASSAGE Film production at the construction site of the new Tanzhaus Zürich
2017
KLANG DER STILLE, staging with movement, singing, organ, percussion and light with a capella Choir Zurich, Grossmünster Zurich
2017
DIALOG, Film installation & solo dance with M. Meier
2016
RAUMFLUCHT IN SALZBURG, Dance – Film production of «Dialog»
2015/16
TERRA, Camera E. Gröpl, Dance Theresa Moser and Ladina Ambauen.
2015
RAUMFLUCHT IN BERLIN, Film installation at Atelier colorant, Zürich
2014
RAUMFLUCHT IN BERLIN, Dance-film project in Berlin
2013
HAUT und HÜLLE with Raumflucht group, Performance Reihe Neu-Oerlikon
2013
JUGENDSTIL-HAUSPERFORMANCE in Zürich, with Gruppe Raumflucht
2013
SEIL-DUO with Milena Meier, Kunstraum «Mi», Thayngen
2012
BLICK-RHEIN-BLICK, Tanzfest Basel with Gruppe Raumflucht
2012
RAUMFLUCHT-TRILOGIE: 3 short films with Etienne Gröpl (Camera) (Im Rohbau / Im Grünen / Am Wasser)
2011
TURM-PERFORMANCE with Raumflucht group, Performance series Oerlikon
2009/10
SACRE with «entre deux», Did Schaffer and Saskia Lampert at various parks in the city of Zurich
2008/09
SHILCITY FOTOINSZENIERUNG Photography, Etienne Gröpl
2006
ZUISKEN «entre deux» DVD with Did Schaffer, Saskia Lampert & Stefane Kleeb (Camera)
2005
DUO «entre deux» with Did Schaffer, Saskia Lampert
1995/96
DAHAR Dance production
DAHAR Videofilm in Mauritania with Raumflucht group
1994
MOIRA Solo with rope
1994
TAUWETTER Performance at an empty water reservoir
1993/94
AKTION FLUGHAFEN UND KIESGRUBE with Raumflucht group
1993
WASSERGARTEN with Raumflucht group
1992
FIGUREN IM KONTRAST Video project at the Zurich School of Arts
Professional activity
Since 1993
Choreographer at the Raumflucht group
1991-2000
Lecturer at the Zurich school of Arts «Körper-Raum-Bewegung»
1987-1998
Lessons in improvisation Private lessons in kinetic energy
Since 2015
Choreographic accompaniment of the a capella choir Zurich
2011
Assistance in the project «spring» by Royston Maldoom, Maag Halle Zurich
2002–2007
Dance duo «entre deux» with Saskia Lampert
Since 2001
Psychomotor Therapist, Part time
Education
2017-2019
Choreography training course with Joanna Mendl Shaw
1991–1993
Choreography, several summer schools, Künstlerhaus Boswil with Doris Rudko
2000–2017
Singing lessons with Susanne Huber, choir director and music teacher
2008
Yoga with children course, with Ursula Salbert
2005-2006
Motion analysis course, with Cary Rick
1998-2001
Psychomotor Therapist course, HfH Zurich
1981-1987
Dance coaching: modern dance with Derek Linton, Simone Forti, Noemi Lapzeson, ballet with Miklos Bognar, placement with Katharina Adiecha
1980-1988
Aikido with Kiroku Fukutome
1980-1986
Performer in several experimental music theater projects with sound artist Andres Bossard, light artist D. Zehnder
1975-1978
Kindergarten teacher degree, Bern