DÍRTZtheatre was founded in 2018 by Jolanda Löllmann and Charlie Denat, multidisciplinary artists who explore the boundaries of dance, circus and puppetry. Their work is marked by a great attention to the quality of movement and the precise animation, all in the service of a humanity revealed through the puppets.
Their first creation ShortStories is a triptych of short forms, a result of a longue research fusioning contemporary dance and puppetry. This project has won several awards at international festivals for its innovative research combining puppetry and dance, as well as for its animation and sound universe.
In parallel to its artistic projects, the company has been conducting educational activities for several years by sharing its research on puppetry and dance with a professional, amateur and school audience.
The company is based in Ardèche (07) since 2021 where it regularly collaborates with the Théâtre les Quinquonces (associated artist 2021-22) and La crypte (complice company 23-25).
Artistic direction
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Jolanda Löllmann
Founder of DÍRTZtheatre
Performer
Jolanda Löllmann is working as a physical performer in the fields of dance, circus and physical theater. After her dance studies at Fontys in Tilburg, the Netherlands, and the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, Belgium, she has worked with various choreographers such as Constanza Macras/Dorkypark, James Wilton , Clara Andermatt, Company IDEM, DeDansers, Truus Bronkhorst and Lina Limosani. In 2013 she toured with the circus collective Le Cirque du Platzak throughout Europe. In her work Jolanda uses her research in Acrobatics, Voice work, Puppetry and Mask as well as various bodywork techniques in order to construct a dialogue between different performing arts.
Charlie Denat
Founder of DÍRTZtheatre
Performer
Charlie Denat started his artistic education by playing playmobil during 15 years. Not able to stop creating stories and characters he went on studying theatre at the conservatory of Nantes and then joined the Circus school of Geneva before co-founding the Company La Berlue in 2006.
In 2010 he joined the Cubitus de Manchot Company for a 4-year tour. Currently he is based in Belgium where he is collaborating with the dance company keski.e.space and explores a more contemporary approach to creation. For the past ten years he has been exploring the relationship between movement, emotions and meaning. Using circus as well as theatre, dance, object manipulation or puppet, he develops a minimalistic theatre focused on movement and intention.