Chloe Chignell

Chloe Chignell (AU, 1993) is an artist working across text, choreography and publishing. Her work focuses on language within a choreographic frame. She invests in writing as a body building practice and in practices of experimental translation. Chloe graduated from a.pass (BE, 2020), from the research cycle at P.A.R.T.S (BE, 2018) and from VCA (AU, 2013). Since 2019, Chloe co-runs rile* a bookshop and project space for publication and performance with Sven Dehens.

Her work has been presented across Europe and Australia including: NEXT Festival (2024), Pavillon ADC (2024), Batard Festival (BE, 2019) Saal Biennale (ES 2021), Moving Words Festival (NO 2021), QL2 (AU 2022), KAAP (BE 2022), Littérature etc. (FR 2022), Dancehouse (AU 2016-8), The Kier Choreographic Award (AU 2018) Kottinspektionen (SE 2019) and Venice Biennale of Dance (IT 2017) among others.

She has performed for and collaborated with choreographers across Europe and Australia including: James Bachelor, Angela Goh, Bryana Fritz, Stefa Govaart, Ingrid Berger Myhre, Adriano Wilfert Jensen, Phoebe Berglund, Anna Gaiotti, Clara Amaral and Gry Tingskog. In 2020 she published The Complete Text Would Be Insufferable with uhbooks, edited by Will Holder and NOT MOTHER NOT MYTH is forthcoming with Berlin based press Lesbianas Concentradas.

Her writing has been published in: misted.cc (NL), Choreography Journal (NO), Le Chauffage (BE), RealTime (AU), This Container Magazine (SE/BE), ...and then the doors open again (BE/NL) and Engagement Arts Zine (BE).

She also teaches choreographic and writing workshops at P.A.R.T.S. (BE), HZT (DE), ISAAC (BE) and the VCA (AU).