about

declan is a dancer and choreographer based in basel, switzerland and is currently a resident LAB artist at kaserne basel. within this frame, he initiated the format body matters - a site for experiments in dance and choreography.

in 2019 declan received the danceweb scholarship at impulstanz and in 2023 was part of springback academy in the frame of aerowaves. he received the atelier mondial travel grant 2025 and will travel to ireland to research for his upcoming work.

declan’s artistic interest often lies with aesthetic conventions, implicit forms of expression and the border between fantasy and reality. his choreographic work has been shown at theater roxy, tanzhaus zürich, tanzplan ost (ch), pact zollverein (de), kunsthal charlottenborg (dk), the place (uk).

declan is a part of the field, the associated collective at tanzhaus zürich where he has worked with ofelia jarl ortega, meg stuart, isabel lewis and simone aughterlony.

declan regularly collaborates with the choreographer frédéric gies/dance is ancient and has also performed in works by martina-sofie wildberger and martin forsberg amongst others.

he holds a master of arts from london contemporary dance school and has completed other artistic education courses at skh/uniarts, stockholm.

email: declanwhitaker@gmail.com/declan@thefield.ch