Christian Rizzo was born in 1965 in Cannes. His artistic career began in Toulouse, where he started a rock band and designed a line of clothing, after which he studied fine arts at the Villa d'Arson in Nice, then unexpectedly branched out into dance.

In the 90s he performed with a number of contemporary choreographers including mathilde monnier, herve robbe, mark tompkins and georges appaix, and sometimes created soundtracks and costumes for them as well.

He also worked with choreographers with a different artistic approach, such as vera mantero, catherine contour, emmanuelle huynh and rachid ouramdane.

In 1996 he founded l'association fragile and began presenting events, dancing objects, solos and group pieces, as well as various projects and commissioned work in fashion and the visual arts.

Since then, over thirty projects have borne fruit, not counting his pedagogical activities. Christian rizzo teaches on a regular basis in art schools in France and abroad, as well as in establishments devoted to contemporary dance.

On January 1st, 2015, Christian Rizzo takes the lead of the National Choreographic Center of Montpellier. Now called ICI (International Choreographic Institute), the CCN offers a transversal vision of creation, training, artistic education and openness to the public.

Source : Website of ICI, CCN of Montpellier

More information :

http://ici-ccn.com/

http://www.lassociationfragile.com/

Trained at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of  Paris, Caty Olive produces luminous creations and staging. Her time is  shared between visual installations, choreographic and musical  performances and projects of architecture or museography. She partners  many choreographic projects from the contemporary scene with Marco  Berrettini, Christophe Haleb, Martine Pisani, Myriam Gourfink,  Emmanuelle Huynh, Claudia Triozzi Vera Mantero, Tiago Guedes, David  Wampach, Blanca Li, Donata D’Urso, Cindy Van Acker, Joris Lacoste,  etc….and enjoys a special working relationship with Christian Rizzo.

Source: ICI-CCN