Dance, Choreography, Text
Photos by Patrick Beelaert /// Lotta Studer
CO-CREATIONS, IN COLLABORATION WITH
WORK AS A DANCER IN WORKS OF OTHERS
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
Elle parle comme un fleuve _ une archéologie des rives book by Agathe Anne and Gianna Grünig
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
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
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