Léna Sophia Bagutti-Khennouf is a dancer and choreographer active in contemporary dance, performance, and live arts. Her work explores the body as a living archive, where memories, dreams, and fossilized narratives take shape to be reimagined.
Trained in contemporary dance at Varium (Barcelona), NSCD (Leeds), and danscentrumjette (Brussels), she enhanced her academic journey with a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Theatre Performance and Contemporary Live Arts at the Accademia Teatro Dimitri in 2017.
Since returning to Switzerland in 2020, Léna has collaborated as a dancer and assistant with renowned choreographers, including Martin Zimmermann, Perrine Valli, La Ribot, Tabea Martin, Nicole Seiler, Soraya Leila Emery, Le Marchepied, Manuela Bernasconi, and Ricardo de Paula. She also participated in both editions of Brückerei, the choreographic development platform at Tanzhaus Zürich, benefiting from the artistic guidance of Alain Platel and Jonathan Burrows.
Her debut creation, R.u.i.n.es – Chapter I, premiered in 2023 during Les Quarts d’Heure at Théâtre Sévelin in Lausanne. The full version of the work, produced by the company SUBTERFUGA, which she founded in 2024, will be presented in May 2025 at Théâtre 2.21 in Lausanne. This project is supported by the PREMIO prize – an encouragement award for the performing arts, which she received in 2024.
Her artistic interest lies in theatrical physicality, continuously enriching her dance practice with other disciplines encountered along her journey, such as clowning, mime, and, in particular, voice work.
Professional Experience
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
Turn On, Co. Hot Stuff - Soraya Leila Emery - dancer
Brückerei II - Choreographic Development Platform, Mentor: Jonathan Burrows, Zürich (CH), dancer
Ciao Ciao - Co. MZ Atelier, Martin Zimmerman (CH) dancer
Kantik - Co. Sam Hester (CH), dancer
R.u.in.es, chap. I, Les Quarts d'Heure, Théâtre Sévelin, Lausanne (CH), choreographer&dancer
Sacre - Co. Le Lokart (CH), dancer
Performer for DIEstinguished - Co. La Ribot, Lausanne (CH)
Hayatna - Co. Shief, Neuchâtel (CH), dancer
Charivari - Co. Mg, Yverdon-les-Bains(CH), performer
Brückerei - Choreographic Development Platform, Mentor: Alain Platel, Zürich (CH), dancer
Liquid Families - Co. Nicole Seiler, Lausanne (CH), performer
Romeo, Romeo, Romeo - Co. Joshua Monten, Limassol (CYP), dancer
Hive - Co. Insieme Irreali, Pietro Marullo, Zürich (CH), dancer
Break&Connection - Co. Grupo Oito, Ricardo de Paula, Berlin (DE), Assistant Choreographer
Blue Mind - Co. Utilité publique, Lausanne (CH), dancer
Homage to New York - Tabea Martin and Michael Landy, Basel (CH), performer
Tu joues ? - Manuela Bernasconi, Fribourg (CH), dancer
Give In, Divine - Manuela Bernasconi, Fribourg (CH), dancer
Co. Le Marchepied, Lausanne (CH), company dancer
Vous avez dix minutes – short movie - Jenna Hasse, actress
High Risk Body, Marcel Leemann Physical Dance Theatre, Bern (CH), dancer
Co. Le Marchepied(CH), Lausanne (CH), company dancer
Passeggiarte, Arzo (CH)
, dancer
Performer for Horses/courses by Hannes Langolf, Performance Project in festival B12 , Berlin
Sitting on a Man’s Head, by Okwui Okpokwasili in Berliner Biennale, Berlin, performer
Berlin Alexanderplatz, by visual artist Marievic, Berlin, actress, dancer
R.u.in.es, choreographer&dancer