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Claire Fleury / Curious Orange
Amsterdam/New York

Claire Fleury / Curious Orange is a costume designer, performing artist, and director, working in the performing arts professionally for more than 25 years. 

Between 2000 -2011 they created a multitude of full length productions incorporating movement, acting, and live music: always working with original texts and scripts. claire’s work was funded by NFPK, AFK, LIBRa, vsb and prins bernhard fund, all in the netherlands, as well as the dutch consulate cultural department in NYC.

Drawing from their background in theatre and dance, C continues to work on creating their alternative to fashion shows in the form of dance, music and spoken word performances. They have created such performances in NYC at Moonpalace, at Dixon Place and at Judson Church for Movement Research, in Brussels at Tic Tac Art Centre and at La Encartada Moda in Bilbao, Spain.

She has created dance costumes for the Trisha Brown Dance Company, judith sanchéz-Ruíz, david zambrano, yoshiko chuma, kathy westwater and many others. 

C is currently teaching workshops focused on fashion as performance. She teaches these workshops in New York at Movement Research, in Brussels at Tic Tac Art Centre, and in Berlin at B12 and Tanzfabrik.

C has been teaching garment construction at Kentucky College of Art and Design, upcycling workshops for teens at the Dorril Initiative and at demolición, brooklyn.

They were a 2025 artist in residence at LMCC on Governors Island, New York City.