József Trefeli

József Trefeli is an Australian born of Hungarian origins and naturalized Swiss in 2017. József graduated from the University of Melbourne VCA with a BA in Dance in 1992. After working with many Australian choreographers, József embarked on a journey to explore dance around the world before settling in Switzerland, where he has since been based. József has achieved critical acclaim and multiple awards for his many and varied dance performances and numerous choreographic works that have toured the globe.

József Trefeli will be researching film methods to reveal layers of intimacy and fragility of the dancing body.  Contemporary dance for film allows us to enter the sphere of personal space and obtain an intimate proximity to the expressive body. The moving/dancing camera provides specific points of view unavailable in live performance. This research will allow him to develop new practices to put towards stage and screen work and also provide a Bogliascan inspiration for the storyboard of his next dance film.