Imre Vass (Vasi) is a Budapest based performing artist and author who wanders between the fields of dance, choreography and performance. His works are inspired and determined by self-reflection, insights and pitfalls related to the objects and qualities of perception.

“I host environments for a non-harmful exploration of the comfort zone, to overcome the uncomfortable while tuning, training and sharpening the muscles of attention. I play with expectations and I flirt with ambiguity on the playground of performing arts.”

In 2025 he premiers MMXXV, a choreographic reverence of the debut album of ENIGMA: MCMXC a.d., he choreographs together with Tamara Zsófia Vadas for the SUBLABpro ensemble, he develops an adult dance class format ADULT SWIM, and teaches int the Budapest Circus Arts and Contemporary Dance College.

In Hungary, he worked with choreographers and companies such as Patrik Kelemen, Dávid Somló, Viktor Szeri, Marcio Kerber Canabarro, HODWORKS, Hollow, Willany Leó, The Symptoms and STEREO Akt. Abroad, with the companies Ultima Vez (BE), Rapid Eye (DK), Ingri Fiksdal (NO) and United Sorry (AT\NL) and the iCoDaCo collective (2018-2020).

He graduated at the Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy (BA dancer). He was a danceWEB scholarship recipient (2010), participated in SPAZIO (2012-2013), the Philadelphia Bilateral Artist Exchange Program (2016) and he was a member of iCoDaCo (2018-2020). He is part of the artist-partnership programme by Workshop Foundation (HU) and he was a Creative Crossroads artist (2023-2024) supported by Life Long Burning.

He is a three-time STAFÉTA winner: STANDING GROUND (2017), Game Changer (2021) and RELAX (2023), a two-time Péter Halász award and a Rudolf Laban award winner.

He has maintained a close professional and personal relationship with Csaba Molnár and Tamara Zsófia Vadas since the beginning of his career (2014 One for me, one for you, 2016 Taking Place, 2018 DEEPER, 2021 game Changer I, 2022 Game Changer II, 2025 MMXXV). In 2022, the Ax Award was founded for those who still keep the spirit as a leading flame in the independent performing arts/dance profession. Their joint studio is located in the art quarter Budapest.