Background
Foofwa d’Imobilité was born Frédéric Gafner in Geneva, Switzerland. His mother was a Brazilian dance teacher and his father a Swiss dancer and photographer.
Foofwa d’Imobilité was born Frédéric Gafner in Geneva, Switzerland. His mother was a Brazilian dance teacher and his father a Swiss dancer and photographer.
Gafner studied at the Ecole de Danse de Geneva and performed as a member of the Geneva Ballet Junior.
He lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland, and Brooklyn, New New York From 1987-1990, he worked as a dancer and soloist with the Stuttgart Ballet. From 1991-1998, he was a dancer with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.
Gafner changed his name in the mid-1990s to Foofwa d’Imobilité.
In 1998 he began working as a choreographer, and in 2000 founded Neopost Ahrrrt, where he serves as Artistic Director.