Director, performer, playwright, curator, researcher; Isabelle Jonniaux follows a multi-faceted career path. She likes to take the side roads, try out different things and switch roles. After university studies in Belgium and Canada, she trained in the performing arts in Paris.  Since 2003, she has been performing and collaborating on various projects in France and Belgium. In 2005, she co-founded Atelier 210 (Brussels), an alternative, multi-disciplinary stage focusing on emerging creation and plurality of scenic forms. She will be artistic director until 2020.

At the same time, in 2008, she founded her company In vivo 5.12 to develop her own creations. Since 2016, she has also focused her work on research, notably through the Chimeres program (France), which focuses on hybrid writing, and the L'L / chercher autrement en arts vivants program. In 2023, she launched a new residency space in Brussels, La Verrière, whose unique feature is to mutualize resources and provide artistic support for developing projects.