Born in Ticino, Switzerland, Léna Sophia Bagutti pursued the Certificate of Higher Education in Contemporary Dance in NSCD, Leeds, UK in 2013 and obtained the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Theatre Performance and Contemporary Live Arts in Accademia Teatro Dimitri, Switzerland, in 2017. In 2018-2019 she took part in the International Dance Journey of the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Israel, where she studied Rami Be’er’s repertoire work.
Currently based in Lausanne.
Professional Experience
Performer
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Performer for DIEstinguished - Co. La Ribot, Lausanne (CH)
Dancer for Hayatna - Co. Shief, Neuchâtel (CH)
Performer for Charivari - Co. Mg, Yverdon-les-Bains(CH)
Dancer in Brückerei - Choreographic Development Platform, Mentor: Alain Platel, Zürich (CH)
Performer for Liquid Families - Co. Nicole Seiler, Lausanne (CH)
Replacement dancer for Romeo, Romeo, Romeo - Co. Joshua Monten, Limassol (CYP)
Dancer for Hive - Co. Insieme Irreali, Pietro Marullo, Zürich (CH)
Assistant Choreographer for Break&Connection - Co. Grupo Oito, Ricardo de Paula, Berlin (DE)
Dancer for Blue Mind - Co. Utilité publique, Lausanne (CH)
Performer for Homage to New York - Tabea Martin and Michael Landy, Basel (CH)
Dancer for Tu joues ? - Manuela Bernasconi, Fribourg (CH)
Dancer for Give In, Divine - Manuela Bernasconi, Fribourg (CH)
Company Dancer - Co. Le Marchepied, Lausanne (CH)
Actress for Vous avez dix minutes – short movie - Jenna Hasse
Dancer for High Risk Body, Marcel Leemann Physical Dance Theatre, Bern (CH)
Dancer in Co. Le Marchepied(CH), Lausanne (CH)
Dancer for itinerant project Passeggiarte, Arzo (CH)
Performer for Dance Party (the apocalypse is disappointing) by Grace Euna Kim, Lake Studios, Berlin
Performer for Horses/courses by Hannes Langolf, Performance Project in festival B12 , Berlin
Performer for Sitting on a Man’s Head, by Okwui Okpokwasili in Berliner Biennale, Berlin
Performer for video installation Berlin Alexanderplatz, by visual artist Marievic, Berlin
Maker
Entretien Singulier - solo performance, Fête de la Danse, Lausanne (CH)
Bruixas short format dance duet performed in festival Plein Air à Voltaire in Geneva, CH
A Prayer Before Birth, dance piece for five dancers, performed in Zichri Theater, Kibbutz Ga'aton, Israël
Oxymore, solo piece performed in Zichri Theater, Kibbutz Ga'aton, Israël
oSmosi, solo performance, Festival Territori, Bellinzona, Switzerland