Anouk Froidevaux grew up in Vancouver, Canada, where she trained professionally in classical ballet and modern dance. At the age of 18, she attended Codarts University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and was the youngest of her graduating class to complete the Individual Bachelor’s Program in 2002-2003.

At 19 years old, Anouk was hired right out of school by Belgian choreographer Piet Rogie, joining Rogie & Company, touring across The Netherlands, as well as Moscow, Russia. Between 2003-2009, she was featured in original works by Jenny Beyer, Sacha Steenks, Alida Dors, Piet Rogie, Bogomir Doringer, Michele Pogliani, and Kristina de Châtel dance company. She also participated at SIWIC choreographic residency in Zurich and Omi International Dance Collective in New York in 2006.

In 2008, Anouk performed in Brickland with the Berlin-based dance-theatre company Constanza Macras/Dorky Park, and in 2009, joined the company, touring internationally in the major productions, Megalopolis, Berlin Elsewhere, Oedipus Rex and Open For Everything until 2019. 

Between 2013-2019, Anouk choreographed and performed in Human Remain(s) for a residency at Dorky Park, Serious Immobilities, a durational performance by Ari Benjamin Meyers, and Complessità, an interactive performance installation by Enrica Beccalli for Digital Design Days Milano and Romaeuropa Festival. She also performed in La Plaza by El Conde de Torre Effiel between 2019-2020.

Anouk’s current work stems from an immersive study with the late dance pioneer Anna Halprin, and her daughter Daria Halprin at Tamalpa Institute in Northern California in 2018. Her practice approaches the body as a living myth, incorporating choreography, voice-work, photography, and film, to create poetic narratives that inspire a remembrance of our sacred connection to Mother Earth. In 2018, I made a pilgrimage to Mountain Home Studio in Northern California to study for four months at Tamalpa Institute. I had the honour and privilege to learn directly from Anna (98 yrs.) and Daria (70 yrs.), immersing myself in the Life/Art method to become certified in “Personal Embodiment.” 

Between 2019-2023, Anouk created and performed in her solo, Body and Belonging, participating in several artistic residencies and platforms for choreographic research and development, such as Companhia Olga Roriz in Lisbon, DOCK11 in Berlin, The Dance Centre in Vancouver, and Palco Experimental by Partícula Extravagante in Lisbon. 

In 2020, she created her first dance film, Lament for a Dying World at DanceLab interdisciplinary choreographic residency for The Dance Center. Since its creation, the film has been presented at select festivals spanning five continents, such as InShadow Festival Lisbon, Ubumuntu Digital Arts Festival Rwanda, Coreocinema Mexico, Festival Internacional de Videodanza Mexico City, 13th Biennial Dance In Vancouver, Dance Camera Istanbul, Women In Dance Leadership Conference in Chicago, and 7 Arts Cafe Yokohama.