Eric Minh Cuong Castaing
Choreographer and visual artist, Eric Minh Cuong Castaing explores representations and perceptions of the body in the age of new technology, challenging dualities such as reality/fiction and artificial/organic. Born in Seine-Saint-Denis, he lives and works in Marseille.
Eric Minh Cuong Castaing comes from the field of visual arts: he graduated from the Ecole de l’Image des Gobelins (Paris), and worked for several years as a graphic designer for animated films. He is interested in real-time choreography and discovered hip hop in 1997, then Butō dance with master performers Carlotta Ikeda and Gyohei Zaitsu. He discovered contemporary dance with the German artist and choreographer VA Wölfl.
As part of Shonen, he combines dance, new technologies (humanoid robots, drones, augmented reality) and the body in situ in socius: since its establishment in 2011, Shonen has created twelve pieces - performances, films and installations.
His work tours France and internationally (CND Paris, Centquatre Paris, MAC Créteil, tanzhaus nrw Dusseldorf, Tanzquartier Vienna...), receives support from ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (Drac Paca, CNC-Dicréam…), and has received several awards (Audi talents 2017, Brouillon d’un rêve arts numériques Scam, bourse Créateur numérique Lagardère, bourse chorégraphique SACD–Beaumarchais, Premier prix de l’Audace artistique et culturelle fondation Culture & Diversité).
Formerly an associate artist at the Ballet National de Marseille, he is now an associate artist at the Comédie de Valence, at Points communs - Nouvelle scène nationale de Cergy-Pontoise et du Val d'Oise and at ICK Amsterdam, Montpellier Danse (2024-2026), then from 2025 at Centre National de la Création Adaptée - C.N.C.A. and at Bourges Capitale Européenne de la culture (2028). In 2025, he presented his new work, Tarab as the closing performance of the Marseille Festival.
Aloun Marchal
Aloun Marchal is a French improviser, dancer, and choreographer based in Gothenburg and Paris. His work is driven by a fascination with how meaning emerges, and his approach is rooted in direct, sensory experience.
He studied choreography at SNDO in Amsterdam and has received grants from DanceWEB (2008, 2012), SACD (2017), the Västra Götaland region in Sweden (2022), and the Swedish Arts Council (2023). He has co-created award-winning works including Gerro, Minos and Him, and Bibi Ha Bibi. With SonoR (2020), he brought together dance and live music, while AVATARED (2023) blends contemporary dance with electronic club culture.
In collaboration with Eric Minh Cuong Castaing and Marine Relinger, he continues to explore inclusive dance practices, building on work begun with the Swedish company SPINN. Together, they have created L’Âge d’or (2018), Forme(s) de vie (2021), p/\rc__ (2022), and Vision (2026).
Marine Relinger
Dramaturge and filmmaker Marine Relinger was born in Marseille. Her artistic practice reflects on how bodies are viewed and framed, and on the functions of both stage and cinematic writing in shaping these perceptions.
Over five years she filmed and directed Un corps à soi (2025, produced by Les Films d’Ici), a feature film built around the gestures and thinking of dancer Elise Argaud. As a dramaturge, she has co-created several dance works with the Shōnen company: Phoenix (2018), created at the Festival de Marseille with dancers connected remotely from the Gaza Strip and choreographer Éric Minh Cuong Castaing; followed by a series of works bringing together performers with diverse, alternative or normative abilities, alongside Éric Minh Cuong Castaing and choreographer Aloun Marchal (L’Âge d’or – 2018, Forme(s) de vie – 2021, p/\rc_ – 2022, Vision – 2026…).
Through these projects, she explores notions of relation, systems of violence and collaboration, seeking to unpack and understand the dynamics of co-presence within artistic processes and their impact on representation.
Previously a journalist and critic, she graduated from CFJ-CFPJ and also studied art history and philosophy.
