COMPANY IDEM - Key Persons
Besim Morina began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana (Albania), where he graduated in 2007 as a stage and costume designer. From 2008 until 2010 he worked as a stage and costume designer at the Theatre Gjilan in Kosovo. Since 2010 he has been living and working in Zürich.
In 2012 he designed the stage and costumes together with the artistic-director Stephan Müller for Goethe's "Faust 1-6". In the same year he worked as the light designer in the production "Inner Demon" by company Idem. In 2013 he graduated as a Master in Stage-Design at the ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste). As the conclusion of his studies he created the piece "1.618, The Golden Section" which involved the installation of 377 lamps. This production was created in collaboration with company Idem.
In 2014 Besim designed the costumes fort he opera "Der GelberKlang" at the Bayerische Staatsoper München, which was directed by Michael Simon. Since 2015 has been stage-design assistant at the Theater Neumarkt Zürich.
Besim is light and stage designer for the productions Inner Demon, 1.618 THE GOLDEN SECTION, DATA, Exposed, Control And Three Ages.
Dr. Guy Cools is a dance-dramaturg and has for the past few years been an associate professor for dance-studies in the research department of the Fontys School of Fine and Performing Arts in Tiburg, Holland. At the same time he completed a Phd at Ghent University on the relationship between dance and writing.
Having previously worked as dance critic, artistic-programmer and advisor for dance companies in Flanders, he is now dedicating himself to production-dramaturgy. He worked with choreographers in Europe and Canada, amongst others with Koen Augustijnen (Belgium), Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Belgium), Danièle Desnoyers (Canada), Lia Haraki (Cyprus), Christopher House (Canada), Akram Khan (UK), Arno Schuitemaker (Holland) and Stephanie Thiersch (Germany).
Guy Cools assisted and coached company Idem in the production Exposed and is working together with Matthias Kass on the dramaturgy for the pieces Control and Three Ages.
Clément Bugnon was born in Orbe, Switzerland. He began his training as a dancer in Switzerland. After attending the Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes, he completed his training at the John Cranko-Ballet-School in Stuttgart, Germany. Between 2004-2006 he was also the holder of the Migros Culture Percentage Scholarship for dance.
In August 2006 he started his professional career at the Städtisches-Theater in Chemnitz, Germany. In 2009 he moved to the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck in Austria.
From 2011 until 2012 he was a member of the company in the Theater Lüneburg, (Germany). In addition he has worked as a soloist with numerous choreographers such as Philippe Talard, Stefan Thoss, Robert North, Jochen Heckmann, Rudi van Dantzig, Yuki Mori and Kinsun Chan.
His first work as a choreographer was the piece "Meeting Point", which was performed in 2008. In 2009 he organized the event "Human being, being human?". In the same year he created and participated in the performance "Five", a piece combining dance, live music and acting.
His piece "Wer bin ich?" of 2010, for which he also composed the music, was followed by "Go on Roots" for the "Tiroler-Landestheater" in Innsbruck.
His piece "Wer bin ich?" of 2010, for which he also composed the music, was followed by "Go on Roots" for the "Tiroler-Landestheater" in Innsbruck.
The full length performance "Bitte vergessen Sie Ihr Gepäck nicht", created in collaboration with seven other dancers followed in 2012.
For the International Dance Festival Interdans in Belgium he created the pieces: "m'entends-tu?", "TDAH avec", "Zyklus" and "Departure". From 2010 until 2012 he was the artistic assistant of this festival.
In 2011 he founded the company Idem, together with Matthias Kass. Since then they have created several new pieces, which have been successfully performed in various European cities and festivals.
Matthias Kass was born in Friedrichshafen, Germany. He started his training as a dancer in 1998 at the John Cranko-Ballet-School in Stuttgart, Germany. In 2006 - 2007 he complemented his training by focussing on modern technique at the Palucca-Schule in Dresden.
His professional career began in September 2007 at the Theater-Magdeburg.
In September 2010 he joined the Hessisches-Staatstheater in Wiesbaden, under the direction of Stephan Thoss. In addition he has worked with numerous choreographers such as Rui Horta, Sylvia Camarda, Jiri Bubenicek, Monica Runde, Robert North and Medhi Walerski.
2011 He was selected by Akram Khan to dance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic games 2012 in London.
In 2009 he also began working as a choreographer. As part of the
Tanzfest Frei/Stil in Magdeburg, he organized a full length performance, and created the piece "3Three" for which he also composed the music.
Stefano Roveda graduated in Media Studies at Milan University, specializing in live performances, he was admitted to the program for the master degree. At the Biennale in Venice he took part in the "Arsenale della danza", under the direction of Ismael Ivo and therefore had the opportunity to study with some of the most creative dancers and teachers from major dance companies such as Tanztheater Wuppertal, Forsythe Company, Yasmeen Godder, Susanne Linke.
After these courses, Stefano worked on his own development as a dancer, and later as an assistant for the Biennale in Venice, Impulztanz Vienna, Sesc Sao Paulo and other festivals in Ravello and Naples. During the past few years, he has also worked with Le Supplici Fabrizio Favale, which was selected for the Biennale in Lyon in 2016. Aiep-Ariella Vidach, company C&C, Naturalis Labor Silvia Bertoncelli, Zerogrammi Dance theatre, Deja Donne, Simone Sandroni, Artemis Danza Monica Casadei, and Fabula Saltica are all companies with which he worked.
He danced with Roberto Zappalà at the opening of the World Fencing-Championship in 2011. He also collaborates with the art-gallery Spazio Tadini in Milan, Fluida-Design in Florence and Collettivo Nada in Naples.
Stefano Roveda has already performed for company Idem in the production Control and assisted the company for Three Ages.