Mercedes Dassy

Mercedes Dassy is a dancer, performer, choreographer and singer based in Brussels. Trained at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (S.E.A.D.) in Austria, she has worked as a performer for artists including Lisbeth Gruwez and Leslie Mannès.

In 2018, she created the solo piece i – c l i t, which marked the beginning of a radical choreographic project exploring the intersection of the personal and the political. The piece earned her the Jo Dekmine Prize from the Théâtre des Doms. She followed this with B4 summer, a solo piece with a magnetic presence, which won the jury prize at the Podium competition (solo/duo category). In 2021, she created Deepstaria bienvenue, commissioned by the Lyon Opera Ballet. In 2022, she moved away from solo work to conceive RUUPTUUR, a futuristic quartet celebrating the power of the collective and the figure of the centaur through an articulated costume.

After five years of intense creative work, Mercedes Dassy embarked on a new cycle of research centred on the voice, writing and the figure of the singer, drawing on her own texts and songs. In 2024, she created the solo piece Spongebabe in L.A. (4 love & anxiety) and became an associate artist with Charleroi danse.