Samuel Murez
Born in 1982 in Paris, France, Samuel Murez is a Franco-American. He has been a member of the Paris Opera Ballet since 2001.
Drawing much of his inspiration from cinema and its narrative forms, he seeks to stage works that can be watched like movies. Whether he’s working in the classical, neo-classical, or contemporary idiom, his choreographies embody the pleasure of subverting the conventions of performance, often using a sense of humorous distance. He is the director of 3e étage which he founded in 2004.
As choreographer, he has created the installation / performance "Plastique en Suite" (2004) at the Crillon Hotel, Place de la Concorde, Paris, 3 pieces for the medium-length musical film "Contresens" (2005) produced by France 3 and Onyx Films, "me2" (2006, for 3e étage) and "Épiphénomènes" (2006, for 3e étage), which was restaged for the Dancer / Choreographers evenings at the Paris Opera Ballet, "Cat’s Cradle" (2007), the choreography for the 2007 musical show of the Illico Quintet, "Untitled" (2008), "Waiting for Émile" (2008), "Fragments" (2010, for 3e étage), and "Chaconne" (2010, for 3e étage), "Danse des livres" (2011, for 3e étage), "Processes of Intricacy" (2011, for 3e étage), "me9" (2011, for 3e étage), "Dance of the Fraalu" (2012, for 3e étage) and the choreography for the movie "Interlude" for Amouage (2012).
Under the pseudonym Raul Zeummes, he has created "La Source" (2005), "Quatre" (2006), "Cordiablement" (2006), "La Troisième Partie" (2007), "Prélude pour deux danseuses" (2008, for 3e étage), "Allegro Animato" (2009 for 3e étage) and "La Valse Infernale" (2009, for 3e étage).
He has directed two films: the short "Numbered Minutes"
(2004) and "Step by Step" (2005), a 52 minute documentary
about Yong-Geol Kim for his program "The Mover", which was subsequently nominated in the Korean press for the
"best dance performance" prize.
