Éric Arnal-Burtschy

Eric Arnal-Burtschy is an artist and choreographer who creates immersive experiences through performances, stage projects and installations.

He studied history, philosophy and geopolitics before turning to the performing and visuel arts. His work has been presented in many prestigious venues around the world such as the louvre Lens, the Kanal Centre Pompidou, the Hong Kong Arts Center, or the Seoul Performing Arts Festival.

His projects take on various formal aspects and each time require a new approach for their development. He conducts extensive research and collaborates with several universities, centres and major industrial and technological companies.

His creations are considered by the press as a fascinating, spectacular, immersive and experimental form (Sylvia Botella, L’Echo), close to a new art form (Aude Lavigne, France Culture) and generating artistic, scientific, and technological innovation (Timour Sanli, L’Echo).

Eric is regularly invited to give lectures and participate in colloquiums on his work and the relationship between art and science. Always interested in geopolitical and strategic issues, he is also a reserve officer in the French army.

He is an associate artist at 9-9 bis (2023-2025), and also a companion artist at Théâtre de Liège (2024-2028), and artist in residencce at Théâtre de L’L (Brussels) and WorkSpaceBrussels.

He had several awards such as the award of the Hermès Foundation or the award of Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation as most promising artist.