Skeels Danse

Andrew Skeels hails from Boston, USA. He received his dance training at the Boston Ballet School and was a dancer with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal. Since 2015, he has run his own Montreal-based company, Skeels Danse. He has created works for the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Cirque du Soleil, Hannover International TanzTheater Festival, Théâtre de Suresnes Jean-Villar, Kansas City Ballet, Festival Quartiers Danses Montréal, Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur, WestWave Dance Festival San Francisco, Colorado Ballet and Festival Ballet Providence. His production for Théâtre de Suresnes, Finding Now, won the 2018 Grand Prix de la Critique in Paris. Skeels is the winner of the 2015 Think Big choreographic residency competition in Hanover and received the 2013 Prix Coup de Cœur du Public at the Festival Quartiers Danses Montréal. His choreographic language reflects his curiosity and ever-growing love for the art of dance. He draws on his training as a film editor to apply a cinematic approach to his choreography.  He challenges dancers, asking them to move with bold speed, breathtaking fluidity and daring abandon. His work is detail-oriented, and he works patiently to perfect the movement quality, musicality and nuance of his work. He provides a supportive, collaborative work environment that allows dancers to take bold risks.