Foofwa d’Imobilité

Foofwa d’Imobilité
Born	Frédéric Gafner 1969 Geneva, Switzerland
Occupation	Dancer, choreographer
Years active	1987 - present

Foofwa d’Imobilité (born 1969) is a Swiss dancer and choreographer. He lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland, and Brooklyn, New York.

Foofwa d’Imobilité was born Frédéric Gafner in Geneva, Switzerland. His mother was a Brazilian dance teacher and his father a Swiss dancer and photographer. Gafner studied at the Ecole de Danse de Geneva and performed as a member of the Geneva Ballet Junior. From 1987-1990, he worked as a dancer and soloist with the Stuttgart Ballet. From 1991-1998, he was a dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Gafner changed his name in the mid-1990s to Foofwa d’Imobilité. In 1998 he began working as a choreographer, and in 2000 founded Neopost Ahrrrt, where he serves as Artistic Director.

D’Imobilité has been the recipient of numerous prizes and awards for his work. Selected examples include:

Selected works include:

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