about

declan is a dancer and choreographer based in basel, switzerland.

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

his artistic interest lies with aesthetic conventions, implicit expression and the border between fantasy and reality. 

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 and has also performed in works by martina-sofie wildberger and martin forsberg amongst others.

his choreographic work has been shown at theater roxy, tanzhaus zürich, tanzplan ost (ch), pact zollverein (de), kunsthal charlottenborg (dk), the place (uk).

in 2019 declan received the danceweb scholarship at impulstanz and in 2023, was part of springback academy in the frame of aerowaves. for the season 24/25, declan will be a LAB artist at kaserne basel.  

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