Lilo Baur wins Swiss Grand Prix for performing arts

The Swiss actress and theatre-opera director Lilo Baur has received this year's Swiss Grand Prix for Performing Arts, also known as the Hans Reinhart Ring. The prestigious award is endowed with CHF100,000 ($114,000). + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "Being able to make a living from your passion is a luxury, it's incredible that it's possible," Lilo Baur told the Keystone-SDA news agency. Whether as an actress or director, the native of canton Aargau works in an improvised manner and puts the body at the centre. This approach is already part of her training. She attended the Jacques Lecoq International Acting School in Paris. The institution is based on physical theatre and improvisation plays a central role. Observation is essential to Lecoq's way of working, said Baur. "It is an awakening of the senses, you have to observe and, above all, analyze the body." When she puts on a play, she involves the actors in the process. "I give the actors keys for ...