Dan Mussett

Dan Mussett (1988, BE/UK) is a dancer and choreographer based in Brussels. He graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp in 2017, having previously studied at the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Reina Sofía in Granada. As a dancer, he has performed in the work of Jan Martens (RULE OF THREE, 2017, and any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones, 2021) and Ayelen Parolin (WEG, 2019).

As a maker he created ddddddddduettttttttttttttt (2019), together with Laurent Delom, and THE DATING PROJECT (2022), with its many iterations. His work has been shown in Belgium and abroad, at venues and festivals such as Jonge Harten, Europalia, Beyond the Black Box, De Brakke Grond, DANSAND! and WUK. Between 2020-2022 he was an artistic researcher in the research groups CREATIE and MAXLab at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp. Between 2017-2020, he set-up and organised Murmur, a reading and discussion group for artists and artworkers in Antwerp. The impact of technology on our bodies and minds features heavily in his work. Joy and pleasure are guiding principles to his art and life.