... from art video production to screendance workshop, from capturing and documenting creative process to live streaming, from film production to photography, CARRÉ BLANC PRODUCTIONS is a production office based in Cologne, Germany, focusing on new media art and directed by Michael Maurissens.

 

Michael Maurissens has more than 20 years of experience as a dance artist, evolving both in private and state institutions and as an independent artist since 2009.

He is founding member and co-artistic director of the MichaelDouglas Kollektiv, an unique dancers collective that breaks from the standard form of choreographer-led groups within the German dance scene and produces experimental works investigating collective creation process.

 

Michael Maurissens graduated with best mentions in visual medias in September 2013 from the Academy of Media arts in Cologne, his studies focused on scenography, applied visual arts and documentary filmmaking.

Since 2010 he directs and produces films, experimental video works, performance documentations and involves himself in collaborative visual art projects.

 

Collaborations & Commissions

Angie Hiesl + Roland Kaiser Produktion

Cocoondance Company

Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln

Eastman | Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui

Jumping Frames International Dance Video Festival Hong Kong

Oper Leipzig

Leipziger Ballett

Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Goethe Institut

Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln

The Forsythe Company

European Video dance Heritage

MichaelDouglas Kollektiv

Kulturstiftung des Bundes | Tanzfonds Erbe

MAMAZA

Künstlerforum Bonn

Shanghai Ballet

Dance Theatre Heidelberg

Swatch Art Peace Hotel Shanghai

Guangdong Modern Dance Company

City Contemporary Dance Company Hong Kong

Beijing LDTX

NRW landesbüro tanz

Institut Français

tanz.koeln

moovy tanzfilmfestival

Beijing Corbie & Rabbit Art

Instituto Nacional de Artes Escenicas

Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival

1.Shantiroad studio/gallery

Sahodari Foundation

TXKöln

Haba na Haba International Dance Festival