About us
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Clémentine Télesfort (France) and Lisard Tranis (Catalonia) are two collaborating dance artists based in Barcelona. They have been co-creating artistically since 2019 in research and scenic creation focusing on movement and body expression as a communication tool. Their meeting point lies in the interest of investigating bodily states that lead to the embodiment of images, characters and stories. The common imagination they build starts from the curiosity to explore attention as a dramaturgical instrument, an ode to presence, which leads them to create works where the everyday gives rise to the poetics of the subconscious.
Clémentine and Lisard are performers and creators who have worked together since 2017 in different companies such as Guy Nader & Maria Campos and Lali Ayguadé among others. Over the years, they cultivated a common language that led them to start their own artistic path as collaborating choreographers.
Both were part of the VERVE postgraduate company (2015/2016) at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds where they both received the 'Outstanding achievement Award' for their year. Before that, Lisard trained at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and Clementine at TrinityLaban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. Since then, each has continued to work with international choreographers as performers, as well as collaborating with circus artists, videographers, musicians and photographers on collaborative projects and commissions.
Their first joint creation, Scotoma (2021), was presented at numerous national and international festivals. And in 2023, they created their first full-length work for theaters, La Mecànica de l'Infortuni. They are regularly invited to teach internationally, at festivals or as guest artists at institutions and in professional trainings. It is through the teaching of their partnering workshop, The Attentive Act, that they investigate and deepen their own physical practice, while continuously expanding their understanding and curiosity for movement.
Lisard Tranis
Spain
Lisard Tranis began his formal dance training at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona, earning a Professional Degree in Contemporary Dance in 2014. That same year, he won first prize at the Certamen Internacional de Dansa de Barcelona with his solo Perceptions, which granted him a scholarship to study at Peridance Capezio Center in New York. He continued his development at Verve, the postgraduate performance company of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (UK), where he received the Outstanding Postgraduate Achievement Award in 2015. Since then,
Lisard has performed internationally with renowned choreographers and companies such as Lali Ayguadé Company, Guy Nader & Maria Campos, Roser López Espinosa, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Hagit Yakira Dance, James Wilton Dance, and Cie. José Besprosvany, among others. In 2021, he co-founded his own dance theatre company alongside Clémentine Telesfort. Together, they create and perform original works while also receiving commissions from conservatoires, universities, festivals, theaters and professional dance training programs.
Beyond performance and creation, Lisard is deeply committed to teaching and artistic exchange. His pedagogical work includes leading workshops, movement labs, and creative residencies worldwide. He regularly teaches at professional dance companies, conservatoires, and multidisciplinary institutions, as well as at festivals and circus schools. His classes often focus on contemporary floorwork, acrobatic efficiency, partnering, and the development of authentic movement language. As a teacher, he is known for blending physical rigor with sensitivity, encouraging performers to explore both technical precision and expressive freedom. He also collaborates regularly with Ferus Animi // Terra Nova, a collective exploring movement research, neuroscience, physiology, biomechanics, and performance psychology, with applied philosophy through leading workshops and seminars internationally.
Since the beginning of his career as a performer, Lisard was awarded and nominated for several prices, national awards and institutional recognition in the dance sector:
2023 · Finalist – Best Male Dance Performer, Premios MAX
2022 · Winner – Best Performance, Premis Dansacat
2021 · Nomination – Best Male Dancer, Premis Butaca, Barcelona
2019 · Nomination – Best Male Dancer, Premis de la Crítica, Barcelona
2015 · Winner – Outstanding Postgraduate Achievement Award, Verve (NSCD), UK
2014 · Winner – First Prize, Certamen Internacional de Dansa de Barcelona, for "Perceptions"
2014 · Prize Winner – Convocatoria Internacional de Danza, Castelló
Clémentine Telesfort
France
Clémentine Telesfort is a French dance artist, choreographer, artistic director, rehearsal director, performer, and teacher. She first trained under the teachings of her mother, Marie Devillers, at her parents’ school Centre Choréographique pour l’Enfance in northern France, where she studied from early childhood until the age of 18. She went on to graduate with a Dance Bachelor (TMD) from the Conservatory of Rouen and later trained at Trinity Laban in London, earning a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in 2015. The following year, she joined Verve Postgraduate Company at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, where she received the Outstanding Achievement Award of her year.
As a performer and collaborator, Clémentine has worked with choreographers and artists including the circus and dance company Panama Pictures, Roser López Espinosa, Sebastian Zuber, Guy Nader & Maria Campos Company, Lali Ayguadé, Anton Lachky, Jamaal Burkmar, Gecko Theatre, Theatre Rites, and Bittersuite, among others. She also served as choreographic assistant to Marie Bourgeois for Yoann Bourgeois Company. In 2021, she co-founded her own company alongside Lisard Tranis under the name Clémentine & Lisard. Together, they create and perform original works while producing commissioned pieces for conservatoires, universities, festivals, theatres, and professional dance training programs.
Clémentine is deeply committed to her teaching practice, leading workshops and classes internationally across festivals, multidisciplinary institutions, conservatoires, and professional dance companies. Her pedagogical work focuses on physical expressivity, efficiency of movement, and the interplay between technique and performativity, combining biomechanical training with improvisation and partnering tools. Through her research grounded in attention, gravity, and rigour, she creates a supportive space that encourages risk-taking and the discovery of new movement possibilities.
Complementing her artistic work, Clémentine curated and directed the PinkHouse Festival, an international rural cultural festival celebrating her parents’ legacy in her native village. She also co-directs the Barcelona-based collective Projecte Colmena, creating and producing events and classes for the local community, and is a founding member of Laroc Espai de Moviment, an independent self-run studio space in Barcelona. She collaborates as well with Ferus Animi // Terra Nova, a collective exploring movement research, neuroscience, physiology, biomechanics, and performance psychology, with applied philosophy through leading workshops and seminars.
Her work bridges artistic creation, research, and education, and through her multifaceted practice—on stage, in the studio, and within community initiatives—Clémentine engages with the evolving possibilities of movement, creative practice, and pedagogy, reflecting a profound commitment to innovation, expression, and shared learning.
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