About
Tonny A. is a French performer, dancer and live artist.
He is interested in the aesthetics of the body and is willing to subvert the traditional societal codes that define the representation of the body.
Tonny A. makes live performances sitting often at the margins of dance, physical theatre and performance art.
He has performed his work in various settings - cabaret (Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Bethnal Green’s Working Men’s Club), black box theatres (Blue Elephant Theatre), festivals (G Fest, SPILL Festival), museums and art Galleries (The Foundry) - in London and beyond.
Tonny A.’s first live performances - In the Shadows of Senghor, Sexual Acts of Contrition and Short Cuts - were noted for being raw, subversive and uncompromising. Mixing French and English languages in some while combining words - written on screen and spoken - with visceral movements and moving images in all, these performances initiated his artistic and personal journey through his own identity.
Tonny A. 's curiosity about the complex relationship between physicality and the concept of identity has pushed even further his desire to explore his own physicality and identity through his performance work. These two themes have since become the focus of his subsequent live performances.
Besides making his own creations, Tonny A. has performed for other performers and artists. Those have included Leibniz, Romeo Catellucci, and Robert Pacitti.
In addition to being an independent artist, Tonny A. has been a movement director and choreographer (Theatre Delicatessen, Prams In The Hall), a theatre director (DysTheLexi Festival), a curator (Sweet & Sour) and a workshop facilitator (Theatre Peckham).
Tonny A. lives in London. He works in London and internationally.
He is interested in the aesthetics of the body and is willing to subvert the traditional societal codes that define the representation of the body.
Tonny A. makes live performances sitting often at the margins of dance, physical theatre and performance art.
He has performed his work in various settings - cabaret (Royal Vauxhall Tavern, Bethnal Green’s Working Men’s Club), black box theatres (Blue Elephant Theatre), festivals (G Fest, SPILL Festival), museums and art Galleries (The Foundry) - in London and beyond.
Tonny A.’s first live performances - In the Shadows of Senghor, Sexual Acts of Contrition and Short Cuts - were noted for being raw, subversive and uncompromising. Mixing French and English languages in some while combining words - written on screen and spoken - with visceral movements and moving images in all, these performances initiated his artistic and personal journey through his own identity.
Tonny A. 's curiosity about the complex relationship between physicality and the concept of identity has pushed even further his desire to explore his own physicality and identity through his performance work. These two themes have since become the focus of his subsequent live performances.
Besides making his own creations, Tonny A. has performed for other performers and artists. Those have included Leibniz, Romeo Catellucci, and Robert Pacitti.
In addition to being an independent artist, Tonny A. has been a movement director and choreographer (Theatre Delicatessen, Prams In The Hall), a theatre director (DysTheLexi Festival), a curator (Sweet & Sour) and a workshop facilitator (Theatre Peckham).
Tonny A. lives in London. He works in London and internationally.
*Photography by William Wilcox Photos and Guy Ivie Viewpoint Photography (2018 - 2019).
