Lisbeth Gruwez

Lisbeth Gruwez studied at the Stedelijk Instituut voor Ballet and at P.A.R.T.S., and began her professional career with Ultima Vez in *The Day of Heaven and Hell*, a project about Pasolini. From 1999 onwards, she collaborated with Jan Fabre on the productions As long as the world needs a warrior’s soul, Je suis sang and the renowned solo Quando l’uomo principale è una donna. She was one of Fabre’s guerriers de la beauté (‘warriors of beauty’), and as such also appeared in Pierre Coulibeuf’s film of the same name. She has also worked with, amongst others, Jan Lauwers, Grace Ellen Barkey, Riina Saastamoinen, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Peter Verhelst. She played the lead role in Lost Persons Area, Caroline Strubbe’s debut film.

Lisbeth is a dancer, choreographer and co-founder of Voetvolk. In addition to her work with Voetvolk, Lisbeth also provides movement consultancy (Maxim Storms, FC Bergman and Michael De Cock, etc.), regularly leads workshops and is affiliated with the KVS as one of its ‘KVS faces’.