Initially trained as a dancer, Maud Blandel is a choreographer living in Lausanne (CH). She completed her training with a Master's degree in «theatre direction» at La Manufacture (Lausanne), and followed the Work.Master in performance at la HEAD in Geneva. In 2015, she founded the association I L K A and began her own activity. Her approach to dramaturgy, her taste for transformation and her concern for musicality lead her to create singular and powerfully composed choreographic objects. 

Her creations include Touch down (2015), Lignes de conduite (2018), Diverti Menti (2020), Double Septet (2021) and L'œil nu (2023) - Swiss Award for choreographic production 2023. 

In her recent works, Maud is interested in exploring physicalities and states of presence resulting from a constant negotiation between principles dictated by/for the collective and individual expressivity. Recently involved in the sound creation of L'oeil nu, she now gives sound and music a decisive place as a genuine dramaturgical tool in her creations.

Alongside her work, Maud has collaborated with artists such as Cindy Van Acker, Heiner Goebbels and Romeo Castellucci, and is currently very active as a dramaturg with young performing artists.

Maud has been artist-in-residence at the Arsenic (Lausanne) since 2018, and will be associate artist at the CNDC in Angers (2024 - 2026) and at Bonlieu scène nationale in Annecy (2024 - 2027). Since 2016, her work has been supported by Parallèle based in Marseille.