bio

After a BA in Applied Theatre, I did a Postgraduate Diploma in Community Dance and a Master’s degree in Dance Theatre: The body in performance (dist.) at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, graduating in 2014.

I have performed in works by Tino Sehgal, Anna Frick, Frank Hoffmann, Anne Simon, Renelde Pierlot,  Jakob Arnold, and co-created performances with other actors/creatives.

My passion for blending performance and music, led me to produce my first solo show Love, Death and Polar Bears in 2019. In the same year, I was assistant to Charles Chemin on the musical theater production Jungle Book by Robert Wilson and CocoRosie.

The physical theatre performance A World Upside Down produced by Theater Titanik, touring Germany since 2021, has been co-directed by myself and Marie Nandico. In the same year, I won the Young Hope category at the Luxembourg Stage Awards.

I have artistically co-directed and produced the multi-dimensional sound project The Assembly, touring Luxembourg, France and Lithuania within the context of The European capital of culture Esch2022 as well as it’s sequel solo performance The Memory of Voice, performed at EUNIC Berlin 2024.

For my performance as the lead actress in the webseries W.  by F. Zeimet- I won the Best Actress award for season 1 at Webfest New Zealand in 2019 and for season 2 at Webfest Rio in 2021.

Recently, I got nominated for the 2025 Luxembourg Stage awards in the category On stage: Theatre, Dance and Music. Currently, I am working on my first music album which is a dream I have been pursuing for a long time. It will be released in 2026. In September 2025, I will become a permanent member of the ensemble at the Schlosstheater Moers and will appear in several productions in the upcoming season.

catherine elsen

transdisciplinary artist
contact@catherine-elsen.com

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