We are engaged in conveying meaning to our audience and in finding meaning for ourselves through personal exploration. Through collective creation we acknowledge the importance of both aspects, and bring them together in one artistic experience.

L’atelier Spectaculaire adopts a collaborative and detailed creation process. For each specific project, several artists join Sofía Neukom and Philippe Rixhon to create new work in a trusting and playful atmosphere.

Sofía Neukom was born into an artistic family; visual and performing arts have always been her inspiración. She read fine arts at the National University of Colombia, learned classical dance in Bogotá, modern dance in New York, and physical theatre in London. She choreographed shows in Costa Rica and Canada. In Zurich, Sofía studied Jacques Lecoq’s teachings at the Comart Theatre School, appeared in the lead role of the musical Stark Reduziert, and in La Traviata. A member of the Vereinigte Theaterschaffende der Schweiz and of the Théâtre Jeune Public, she focuses now on literary creation, dance and physical theatre. Email

Philippe Rixhon was involved with Brussels’ Théâtre d’Art at the age of fourteen; theatre has been his passion ever since. Thirty years ago he adopted collective creation, wrote a satirical play, L’essaim congelé, with two friends, and produced it to great acclaim (Atelier Théâtre Jean Vilar). Philippe read philosophy and applied sciences in Louvain-la-Neuve and graduated in management in Boston. After a first successful engineering career, he learnt acting at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, set design at the Belgian Centre d‘Études Théâtrales, and theatre directing at Middlesex University. A member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain, he now focuses on literary creation and performing arts production. Email