Clémentine Deluy

Born in Marseille, Clémentine Deluy began her classical dance training at the École Nationale de Danse in her home city. After studying at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Lyon, she moved to the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen in 2018. From 2002, Deluy was a member of Sasha Waltz & Guests and took part in productions such as noBody, Körper, insideout, Impromptus and Dido and Aeneas. In 2006 she became a member of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, danced in 17 pieces of the repertoire and was part of two creations: Bamboo Bluesand ...como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si... . At Bausch's request, she learnt and danced her role in Café Müller.
Since 2014, Deluy has been involved in other Sasha Waltz & Guests projects (Kreatur, Exodus, Rauschen, Elbphilharmonie Opening, Beethoven 7) and realised new works together with Pascal Merighi, Juan Kruz Diaz de Garaio Esnaola and Fabien Prioville. She can be seen in Wim Wenders' film Pina and in the documentary Dancing Pina by Florian Heinzen-Ziob. In 2019, Deluy took over the artistic co-direction of the Pina Bausch Foundation's new production of Pina Bausch's Iphigenie auf Tauris at Semperoper Dresden. At the École des Sables in Senegal, she immediately rehearsed Das Frühlingsopfer for the Foundation with a specially cast international ensemble, which she still accompanies on tours worldwide as artistic co-director. In 2023, she was nominated for the German theatre prize ‘Der Faust’. In April 2024, Deluy took on the leading role in Phaedra (directed by Pascal Merighi and Thusnelda Mercy) at Wuppertaler Bühnen. Deluy regularly leads international workshops in which she passes on the dance heritage associated with the Folkwang University of the Arts Essen.