Modern Dance: Framing Motions

Jean-Hugues was born in Avignon (France) and completed his dance training at the local conservatory. He developed and refined his modern dance technique by working with the choreographer Anne- Marie Porras in Montpellier and completed his Diplome d'état in 1993. After that he worked as an assistant for Anne-Marie Porras and taught at her training school Epsedanse. Jean-Hugues Assohoto is a sought-after dance teacher, choreographer and dancer and has taught in many countries (France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, the Caribbean, Africa, Israel, ect...). In 1999 he received an engagement as a dancer at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, where he worked with choreographers such as Philipp Talard, Bruno Jacquin, Jeanne Renshaw, Marc Mc Clain and Antonio Gomez. He then danced for the Tanztheater Heidelberg under the direction of Irina Pauls. In addition, as a freelance choreographer, he created various projects commissioned by the Theater HD/MA and Choré-Ame Dance Company. For 16 years he has worked as a lecturer for contemporary dance at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main. He currently works as a lecturer for modern/contemporary dance at the State Ballet School Berlin.