Martin GIL
Dancer

Martin received a grant to participate in the Camping project organised by the Centre National de la Danse.

What is your artistic background ?
I started to study dance in my village where I also drew inspiration from the context in which I grew up. Then I went to Córdoba, the capital of the region where I was born, for university training in contemporary dance, before starting to train at UNSAM, in Buenos Aires. From the beginning of my training, I also worked with independent choreographers. I then joined the National Contemporary Dance Company of Argentina, where I worked until 2016. 

How do you see your profession today ?
I see my profession as a superb tool for saying things. Through what I do, I feel that I'm in the right place to give substance to a lot of things, ideas, thoughts, sensations, questions, etc. Working with the body is unlimited work within the limits of the body itself. 

How do you see yourself in 5 years ? In 10 years ?
I can't know and answer this question because I don't know what my desire will be at that time. I try to be as close as possible to my desires at every moment.

This interview was conducted in 2017
Photo credit: Antonin Amy-Menichetti