_ Nicole Caccivio
	_ Biographical Information Nicole Caccivio, born in Biel/Switzerland, has been working within the independent dance scene since finishing her dance education (at the Rambert School in London and the Cunningham Studios in NY amongst others). Together with Roberto Galvan she led the Cie Ljada/Biel from 1988 to 1994 and toured through Europe with them. In 1996 Nicole Caccivio accepted a commission to create a new dance piece entitled "The Power of Pain" as guest choreographer at the SARAJEVSKY BALET. It premiered on 1 June 1996, as the first postwar premiere at the National Theatre in Sarajevo, Bosnia- Herzegovina. Since then she has been working internationally as a guest lecturer (National Opera of Ankara, Internationale Tanzwochen Wien, GDA -London). Along with her Caccivio en Compagnie she has been involved in several interdisciplinary productions since 1998. Amongst others she has worked together with the musicians Bruce Odland, Hannes Strobl and Rupert Huber and the Videoartist VJ Rachel de Boer.
_ Approach to Work Caccivio en Compagnie is intent on pursuing and developing further the concept of interdisciplinary co-operation between musicians, video artists, choreographers, photographers and organisations other than theatres. New spaces - figurative and literal - are sought , created and explored. The composition of the group of artists involved will vary according to the nature and intent of the individual project. The central idea in Nicole Caccivio's work is that the space in which we move always has a temporal aspect and therefore the space always creates a specific situation which we have to come to terms with and it sometimes takes us to the limits of our physical powers.
_ Current Production "arbeitsräume" (work spaces) is an exploration with different artists at varying locations in time and place. Instead of the usual pattern of rehearsal an performance the focus lies on the investigation in the public realm. Through the repetition of the process in different locations and/or at different times loops will emerge. Based on the experience and representation of intimacy and their production, elements such as balance, reduction, directness, pure physicality and others will be repeated in the performance and recorded in videos and in photos.	_ Future Projects Further development of "arbeitsr”ume" _ Repertory _ "arbeitsr”ume" (2000), flexible Cast and Length, Minimum stage 10 x 8 m _ "Nein - Nichts" (1999), Duo with two Musicians, 2 x 30 min., Minimum stage 10 x 10 m _ "Riennevaplus" (1999), Chor. for Cie Runningout (Bern) with 6 Dancers, 20min., Minimum stage 10 x 10 m _ "Proud 2b loud" (1997), Solo with two Musicians and a Videoartist, 50 min., Minimum stage 10 x 10 m