Susana panadés Diaz
Susana panadés Diaz
Born in Barcelona, Susana Panadés Diaz is a lead dance artist and digital choreographic artist based in Geneva. Trained in classical and contemporary dance at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and P.A.R.T.S in Brussels, she has worked as a performer with choreographers such as Caterina Sagna, Claudio Bernardo, Frédéric Flamand, Fabienne Berger, and Rudi van der Merwe. While developing her own choreographic works. She created SPACE (2012), Genetrix (immersive solo, 2022), and the dance film Miguel, produced by Cie Jozsef Trefeli. Miguel has been selected for the Wilddogs International Screendance Festival in Calgary (2023), as well as the Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema in Boulder, Colorado (2024), and the San Francisco Dance Film Festival, USA (2024).
Exploring Digital Dance
Since 2004, she has been a performer with Cie Gilles Jobin, taking part in all the company’s stage productions and touring extensively across the world. As the company has evolved towards digital arts, she has specialised in motion capture and the embodiment of movement in digital environments, both within Cie Gilles Jobin and at Studio 44 MocapLab in Geneva.
She has performed in groundbreaking digital productions, including WOMB (stereoscopic 3D film, 2016), VR_I (VR, Sundance Film Festival 2018), Dance Trail (AR, Sundance Film Festival 2020), La Comédie Virtuelle (VR multiuser, Venice Biennale 2020-21), and Cosmogony (live mocap, Sundance Film Festival 2022).
Today, she explores choreography through avatars, virtual bodies, and new forms of presence, at the crossroads of dance, cinema and immersive technologies. She is currently developing the creation Film Noir - Catherine, designed for a 360 cinema space.
Beyond her role as a performer, Susana facilitates communication between dancers and technologists in digital projects. She has led professional motion capture workshops for dancers in Bangalore (India), at the CND in Lyon (France) and for professional artists exploring movement in digital spaces. As director of Studio 44 MocapLab, she oversees the strategic vision and daily operations.
Born in Barcelona, Susana Panadés Diaz is a lead dance artist and digital choreographic artist based in Geneva. Trained in classical and contemporary dance at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and P.A.R.T.S in Brussels, she has worked as a performer with choreographers such as Caterina Sagna, Claudio Bernardo, Frédéric Flamand, Fabienne Berger, and Rudi van der Merwe. While developing her own choreographic works. She created SPACE (2012), Genetrix (immersive solo, 2022), and the dance film Miguel, produced by Cie Jozsef Trefeli. Miguel has been selected for the Wilddogs International Screendance Festival in Calgary (2023), as well as the Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema in Boulder, Colorado (2024), and the San Francisco Dance Film Festival, USA (2024).
Exploring Digital Dance
Since 2004, she has been a performer with Cie Gilles Jobin, taking part in all the company’s stage productions and touring extensively across the world. As the company has evolved towards digital arts, she has specialised in motion capture and the embodiment of movement in digital environments, both within Cie Gilles Jobin and at Studio 44 MocapLab in Geneva.
She has performed in groundbreaking digital productions, including WOMB (stereoscopic 3D film, 2016), VR_I (VR, Sundance Film Festival 2018), Dance Trail (AR, Sundance Film Festival 2020), La Comédie Virtuelle (VR multiuser, Venice Biennale 2020-21), and Cosmogony (live mocap, Sundance Film Festival 2022).
Today, she explores choreography through avatars, virtual bodies, and new forms of presence, at the crossroads of dance, cinema and immersive technologies. She is currently developing the creation Film Noir - Catherine, designed for a 360 cinema space.
Beyond her role as a performer, Susana facilitates communication between dancers and technologists in digital projects. She has led professional motion capture workshops for dancers in Bangalore (India), at the CND in Lyon (France) and for professional artists exploring movement in digital spaces. As director of Studio 44 MocapLab, she oversees the strategic vision and daily operations.
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