Christian Yav

Originally from Congo is a movement artist, model and musician. He was born in Belgium (1993). Christian will perform his solo work, Movements of Soul, only on Saturday 9 December of Welcome To Our Guesthouse.

Throughout the years Yav has worked as a dancer with various choreographers in the contemporary dance field. He started his own career as a choreographer Mid-2018 with a piece called They/Them made in cocreation with Sedrig Verwoert. Furthermore, he was featured as an artist for VOGUE, NL, I-D, GLAMCULT and NUMERO NETHERLANDS. In 2020 Yav was mentioned in the ‘NRC TOP 101 LIST’ upcoming talent in the category Dance. Since mid-21 Yav started composing his own music for his own projects. Yav worked as a model with brands like Armani and Marc Jacobs. Christian also took part in BLACK IS KING, a film by Beyonce, as choreographer and dancer. Yav also worked as a movement director for Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and Daily Paper.