Dance, Choreography, Text

Gianna Grünig, Bern, Switzerland
Gianna Grünig, Bern, Switzerland

Photos by Patrick Beelaert /// Lotta Studer

THROUGH NATURE PRODUCTIONS

WRITINGS

CHOREOGRAPHY

CO-CREATIONS, IN COLLABORATION WITH

WORK AS A DANCER IN WORKS OF OTHERS

TEACHINGS

STUDIES

THROUGH NATURE PRODUCTIONS

Elle parle comme un fleuve _ une archéologie des rives Lecture Dansée & Book publication, at Queerfeministischer Raum Reitschule Bern, CH

11/2024

Unda, with Bettina Neuhaus (dance) and Julian Sartorius (drums, percussions)

9 / 2023 Performance at Rotes Haus Luzern

2 / 2023 Performance at Schreinerei Geiser Bern

verš, a solo by Gianna Grünig

4 / 2022 Performances at Pangmusikhaus Bern

Triune Heart & Umiak, with Maya M. Carroll and Bettina Neuhaus (dance, voice, text), Aurora Rodriguez (light creation) & Federico Polucci (costume creation) in collaboration with the music ensemble Umiak: Christian Moser (oud), Eva-Maria Karbacher (sax) & Alfred Zimmerlin (cello)

3 / 2022 Performances at Bau3 Basel & at Punto Rosso Poschiavo

7 / 2021 Performances at Hochregallager Ostermundigen Bern & at Rotes Haus Luzern

Triune Heart, with Maya M. Carroll, Bettina Neuhaus (dance, voice, text), Aurora Rodriguez (light creation) & Federico Polucci (costume creation)

10 / 2020 Performances at Turm Schloss Holligen Bern

From behind, horizons,  with Robie Legros (dance, voice, text) & Matthieu Legros (music & lights)

5 / 2019 Performance at Dampfzentrale Bern

3 / 2019 Performances at Pangmusikhaus Bern

Oued, with Hasan Nakhleh (guitar & voice)

3 / 2018 Performances at Effinger Bern

Membrane of a thought, with Tal Adler Arieli (dance), Hasan Nakhleh (synth & voice) & Rami Nakhleh (drums)

9 / 2015  Performances at Tojo Theatre Bern

WRITINGS

Elle parle comme un fleuve _ une archéologie des rives book by Agathe Anne and Gianna Grünig 

CHOREOGRAPHY

Prêt-à-politiser, choreography for a fashion show for the FINTA* politicians of the Swiss parliament with the dancers Margaux Amoros, Susanne Müller Nelson, Blandine Pinon and Nyala Simpson

3 / 2024

t’rue, creation for the Akarwerkstatt performance group Bern

9 / 2023 Performances at BETA Stage Festival

3 / 2023 Performances at Tojo Theatre Bern

1 / 2023 Performances at Akar Studio Bern

Landscapes, choreography for the BewegGrund Performance Group

5 / 2020 Landscapes Video adaption due to Covid19

Choreography for the Bern Retour Kollektiv

7 & 8 / 2014 tree / a space without borders, Performances at Heitere Fahne Bern

7 & 8 / 2013 Comfort Zone Research, Sharing at Studio Akar Bern

7 & 8 2012 Fallen wie von weit, Performances at Tojo Theatre Bern

7 & 8 / 2011 Untitled II, Performances at Tojo Theater Bern

7 & 8 / 2010 Untitled I, Performances at Tojo Theatre Bern

CO-CREATIONS, IN COLLABORATION WITH

Tanz & Orgel, with Amelia Burri (dance) and Stefanie Scheuner (organ), music by J.S. Bach and Naji Hakim

10/2024 Performance at Kirche Diessbach

10 / 2022 Performance at Zwingli Kirche Grenchen

Constellation III, at Immediatus Biennale in Brno, CZE. Three duets. Dance & piano.
dance: Gianna Gruenig (CH), Elena Waclawiczek (AT), Robie Legros (CZ/SK)
music: Sylvia Bruckner (AT), Jaroslav Šťastný (CZ)
visual recording of performance: Dana Tomečková (SK)

9/2024

Salt & Paper Festival FIM (Forum für Improvisierte Musik Basel), with Yeonji Han (dance), Julia Klockow (dance), Zina Vaessen (dance), Sascha Henkel (guitar), Vincent Glanzmann (drums), Andrea Neumann (inner-piano), Jonas Kocher (accordion), Kevin Sommer (clarinet)

4/2024 Performance at Warteck Basel

Encounters and Departures, with Yeonji Han (dance), Christian Moser (oud), Sylvain Monchocé (gayageum), Fred Frith (guitar) and Paula Sanchez (cello)

6 / 2023

The far side, with Robie Legros (dance), Bettina Neuhaus (dance), Ursula Sabatin (dance)

6 / 2022 Performances at old Distillery Brno

7 / 2020 Performance at experimental theatre Brno

Collaboration with Tuning Research Group Bern

5 / 2022 Performance at Vision Cabin at Prozess Bern

3 / 2020 Performance at Tuning Research at Instant Composition Festival Zürich

8 / 2019 Performance at Tuning Research at Progr Fest Bern

Lighthouse, lighthouse, lighthouse, with Tomáš Janypka (dance)

11 / 2021 Performances at Lušansky theatre Brno

From behind horizons, indigo, with Robie Legros (dance & text)

11 / 2021 Performances at Lušansky theatre Brno

9 & 10 / 2019 Performances in Czech Republic and Slovakia

Intangible grounds, with Eleonora Musella, (dance), Laura Imperiali (dance), Christian Moser (oud) and Eva-Maria Karbacher (sax)

5 / 2021 Performance at Werkstatt für improvisierte Musik Basel

Duet, with Lukas Schwander (dance)

5 / 2021 Performances at Tanzfest Thun

11 / 21 Performance at Heitere Fahne Bern

Terzett, with Maya M. Carroll (dance) and Bettina Neuhaus (dance)

12 / 2019 Performance at Petersburg Art Space Berlin

Trio expanded, with Laura Imperiali (dance), Christian Moser (oud), Louise Hakim (dance), Eleonora Musella (dance), Eva-Maria Karbacher (sax)

6 / 2019 Performances at Turm Schloss Holligen Bern

Trio, with Laura Imperiali (dance), and Christian Moser (music)

10 / 2018 Performances at Museum Franz Gertsch Burgdorf

Duet with Laura Schuler (music)

10 / 2018 Duo, Kellerklaeng, Performance at Punto Bern

7 / 2018 Duo, Performance at Tempelhofer Feld Berlin

5 / 2018 Duo, Tanz trifft Musik, Performance at Turm Schloss Holligen Bern

Porpora, with Francesca Arcuri

4 / 2015, Porpora, Performances at Museion Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art Bolzano

Mai, with Nathan Freyermuth

2 / 2011 Mai, Performances at Dampfzentrale Bern

WORK AS A DANCER IN WORKS OF OTHERS

Drawing closer - layers of motion, by Company Sabine Hausherr

9 / 2022 Performances at Grosse Halle Bern

Inside Out I Upside Down, by Company Sabine Hausherr

5 / 2021 Performances at Schlossmediale Werdenberg

8 / 2020 Performances at Grosse Halle Bern

Temporal Terrestrial #6, by The Instrument Maya M. Carroll & Roy Carroll

2 / 2020 Performances at L’Espace Paris

Amphibious, by Company Sabine Hausherr

5 / 2021 Performance at Dampfzentrale Bern

6 / 2019 Performance at Museum Franz Gertsch Burgdorf

6 / 2019 Performances at Grosse Halle Bern

Blood Song, by The Instrument Maya M. Carroll & Roy Carroll

6 & 7 / 2019 Performances at E-Werk Freiburg im Breisgau

Domino Race, by Kollektiv F

5 / 2019 Performances at Dampfzentrale Bern

Temporal Terrestrial #4, by The Instrument Maya M. Carroll & Roy Carroll

2 / 2019 Performances at L’Espace Paris

In Pieces, by Company Sabine Hausherr

10 / 2018 Performance at Alte Fabrik Rapperswil

8 / 2018 Performance at Theater Rennweg Biel

4 / 2018 Performances at Brückenpfeiler Bern

Pavane, by Cie Gramma Paris

7 / 2016 - 5 / 2017 Pavane Creation Process

Nachtbilder, by Labor Amanda

6 / 2014 Performances at Tojo Theater Bern

Dancer in creations by Bern Retour Kollektiv

2010 - 2014 Performances at Tojo Theater Bern

TEACHINGS

2016 - 2024 Studio Akar Bern, teaching Instant Composition, Composition and Ballet

2016 - 2024 Karibu Intercultural women* meeting point Zollikofen, teaching Instant Composition

2024 ListenIN [ g ] aSharedEclipseOfTime Instant Composition Workshop at Immediatus Biennale, Brno CZ, Festival for Dance & Music Improvisation

2020 & 2022 Instant Composition Workshop at Gymnasium Neufeld Bern

2016 - 2019 D’Schwyz tanzt, various school dance projects at primary and secondary schools

2019 Tanz und Text im Dialog, Workshops in collaboration with Manuela Imperatori at Akar Studio, Neue Schule für Gestaltung Bern and HKB Talentförderung Gestalten Gymnasium Hofwil

2015 - 2017 Ballettschule Plié Thun, teaching Ballet to children and adults, beginners till advanced

2017 - 2018 Music for Chance & Change, project for women*, Berlin, teaching Instant Composition

2014 - 2017 Lehrauftrag at ASH Alice Salomon Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit Berlin, teaching Instant Composition

2013 - 2014 At refugee homes in Berlin, sharing Contemporary Dance and Instant Composition

2012 - 2013 Ramallah, dance program for young becoming dancers, teaching Contemporary Dance and Instant Composition

STUDIES

Instant Composition Workshops

2010 - 2023 on a yearly bases with Julyen Hamilton & Maya M. Carroll

Improvisation Workshops

With Rosalind Crisp, Jonathan Burrows, Lily Kiara, Biliana Voutchkova

Diplôme National Supérieur Professionnel de Danseur

2009 - 2010 CNSMDP Junior Ballet Contemporain, Performances at Juilliard NY, Cunningham Studio NY, The Place GB, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Île de France Paris

Diplôme National Supérieur de Danseur

2005 - 2009 CNSMDP Conservatoire National de Paris, contemporary dance

Baccalauréat Littéraire

2005 - 2009 Lycée Littéraire Paris

Pre-professional dance education

2002 - 2005 at Ballett Studio Spiegel (with Eva Werner) and at Akar Studio (with Annemarie Parekh, Karin Hermes, Suresh Kumar, Carole Meier, Michael Schulz and guest teachers Armgard von Bardeleben, Ricky Bonavita, Mario Camacho, Alan Danielson, Betty Jones and Fritz Lüdin, Ethel Winter), in Bern

SCHOLARSHIPS

2005 - 2006 Migros Kulturprozent talent scout, monthly scholarship

2005 - 2010 Fritz-Gerber-Stiftung, monthly scholarship