Eugénie Rebetez and Sophie Vergères

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For around fifteen years, Eugénie Rebetez (*1984) has been developing a stage language that combines dance, song and humour. As a trained dancer, she places the body with its sensuality and vulnerability at the centre of her work. She created and performs the solo shows Gina (2010), Encore (2013), Bienvenue (2017) and Comeback (2025). Together with other performing artists, she choreographed and staged Le défilé droit direct du Jura (2019), Nous trois (2019), Ha ha ha (2021), Rendez-vous (2022) and Und dann kamen die Kinder (2024). She also works as a dramaturge or film actress for other artists and occasionally tutors students working on projects as part of a Bachelor's degree in dance at The Manufacture, a school of performing arts, in Lausanne. From 2024 to 2027, Eugénie Rebetez will receive continuous support for her creative work as part of a new "concept" funding system introduced by Zurich, her adopted home, designed to increase equity in arts funding.

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Sophie Flannery Prune Vergères, is Swiss born in San Francisco (1991*). Over the past 15 years, she has worked in classical and contemporary dance ensembles—most recently at Theater Basel—as well as in the independent scene. She has collaborated, a.o.with Erna Ómarsdóttir, Halla Ólafsdóttir, Fabrice Mazliah, Sharon Eyal, Saburo Teshigawara, Vlatka Horvat, Tim Etchell. She has also gained acting experience working with film director Gitta Gsell and theatre director Alia Luque. In 2023, she completed the Master’s degree in Expanded Theater at HKB. Sophie founded the dance collective 52°07 and realized, a.o. the dance film To Whom It May Concern as well as her own projects such as Dekarnation and an abyss. Her project nicht oben, nicht unten – irgendwo dazwischen recently received Premio-Nachwuchspreis 2026. At Theater Neumarkt, she works as the executive assistant of the Artistic Director and Production Manager. As a choreographer, she seeks concepts in which the love for dance is placed at the center while entering into dialogue with theatre and performative research. The premiere of 100 Ways to Disappear on Stage will take place in February 2027 at ROXY Birsfelden.