Ula Sickle (CA/PL) is a choreographer and performer based in Brussels, Belgium. From a background in contemporary dance, she works across disciplines, drawing from the visual arts or contemporary music. Frequently centered around strong performers, she searches for forms of choreographic writing, where the cultural coding and political power of our movements and gestures can come to the fore.
Ula studied Art History at the University of Toronto and Performance Studies at Paris VIII, before attending P.A.R.T.S. Performing Arts Research and Training Studios in Brussels. She studied at Le Fresnoy, a post-graduate media program in the North of France. She was artist in residence at the Ujazdowski Castle, Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw and Wiels Arts Center in Brussels. She is currently a PhD researcher at KU Leuven and Luca School of Arts in Brussels.
Ula has been presented in many international festivals such as Kunstenfestivaldesarts (BE), Wiener Festwochen, Donaufestival (AT), CTM Festival (DE), as well as visual arts venues such as Serralves Museum (Porto), Wiels (Brussels), Centre Pompidou (Paris), MACBA (Barcelona).
Ula is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Flemish Community.
