From May 19 to June 1, DAF welcomes Yingyu Lyu, a Chinese contemporary choreographer and dancer based in Paris. Trained between China and France, Yingyu Lyu develops a research practice in which the roots of Chinese classical dance meet the practices of European contemporary dance, shaping a physical language that is precise, fluid, and deeply personal. Her work has been presented in international contexts including Centre Pompidou, Fabbrica Europa, Florence Dance Festival, Cannes Dance Festival, Tunis Opera Dance Festival, and the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In 2025, she received the Best Performer Award and the Audience Award at SOLOCOREOGRAFICO Frankfurt.
DAF’s choreographic residencies take shape as true cognitive laboratories, where dance moves beyond the dimension of physical practice to become a field of inquiry, a tool of observation, and a device for constructing thought. The creative process unfolds as a system of research, capable of generating original mechanisms and activating a real dialogue between artist and dancers, where the experience is never linear, but constantly renegotiated. Each season presents itself as a perceptual experiment: an interweaving of trajectories that meet, transform, and rewrite themselves, continuously opening new fields of possibility. In this space, dance takes on the value of a language of knowledge, resonating with the deepest tensions of contemporary culture
THE DAF EXPERIENCE
Daf International Artists | Giovanni Insaudo making of “Give me something wonderful”
Giovanni Insaudo new work for students of Daf International project
