Tijen Lawton

“The imprint of touch on the body, deep bone, flow of blood, the exploding, explosive body, in the memory of
intimacy of another, so close, but extinguished ! How to keep the lingering sensations of touch
on one hand and on the other how to erase or extinguish ?”

Tijen Lawton’s main body of work spans over a period of 30 years as a professional dance artist. Her work shifts between performing, teaching, mentoring, coaching, researching and co-creating in diverse artistic and academic contexts.
Artist and educator, she delves into the body as an archive, merging artistic practice and teaching. Through research and commitment to the unexplainable in movement, she cultivates heightened senses and ignites creative potential.

Tijen studied at Arts Educational School London, The Place LCDS London, The Juilliard School New York. For 15 years, she was a constant presence in all of Jan Lauwers & Needcompany’s work performing, creating and touring worldwide. Also performing, touring & collaborating with Caterina & Carlotta Sagna, Mauro Paccagnella & Wooshing Machine, Pierre Droulers, Erika Zueneli, As Palavras / Cie Claudio Bernardo, Rebecca Lenaerts, Greet Vissers & Kunstz, Mokhallad Rasem & het Toneelhuis, Marco Toricce, Lisaboa Houbrechts and in Ballrooms by Andrew Graham for laGeste.

She performed also in several films: Goldfish Game (Jan Lauwers/Nico Leunen), Ma Mère I’Oye (Thierry De Mey & Keersmaeker), After The Trojan Women (Cristina Dias / As Palavras), Ruin (Lore Loyens / Timur Magomedgadzhiev).

update 03.2024