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ABOUT ME

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I graduated from Hamburg Ballet School in 2014, was engaged as an ensemble dancer at Theater Krefeld (2014-2016) and then at Musikalische Komödie Oper Leipzig (2016-2018). Since 2018 I am active as a freelance dancer, performer and circus artist in Berlin and performed dance, performance art and contemporary circus at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Pfefferberg Theater, Lurupina Circus Festival and other venues small and large. I completed my distance learning degree in "Sustainability and Development" at Arizona State University in 2019. Since 2020, I have been occupied with the challenge of creating interactive physical performances, specifically in the form of the interactive dance solo “Machine (un)learning”. In 2022, three of my projects are funded by the German Federal Commission for Culture Programme #takeheart: 404, an interdisciplinary digital performance; faultier /sloth, a capitalism-critical circus show; and südländische gäste / betweenness, a solo research on multiethnic identity and discrimination. Besides working as a performer, I am also producing and managing my own work, and have worked for NGOs in Germany and Europe, as well as in production assistance for LARAS Collective and KHeil Dance in Berlin. I am also working in the varieté and festival context as a circus performer with individual acts (trapeze, contortion, stilts)-- more info on this under "Circus Acts".

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Autumn 2023 TBA

Artist in Residency CIRKLABO, Leuven, Belgium

 

May - Jun 2023

SLOTH 

aerial and physical theatre performance with Florian Bögner. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste/NEUSTART KULTUR. Dates TBA.

 

Apr - Jun 2023

MACHINE (UN)LEARNING 2.0

interactive dance duo and research in collaboration with Aaron Lang. Showing dates TBA at 48h Neukölln. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste/NEUSTART KULTUR.

 

Nov - Dec 2022

MYTHOS BABELSBERG - Die Weihnachtsshow

dinner show / circus cabaret (Trapeze, contortion performance)

 

Feb - Oct 2022

404 PROJECT - MONOPOL BERLIN

production, direction and performance. Interdisciplinary performance with generative-interactive music, projections and dance. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste/NEUSTART KULTUR.

 

Sep 2022

FRISCHLUFT VARIETÉ 

supported by Draussenstadt Berlin. Circus cabaret (Trapeze, contortion performance) 

 

Jul 2022

DIS-TANZEN FESTIVAL 

live performance of Machine (un)learning

 

Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

SLOTH

aerial and physical theatre performance with Florian Bögner. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste/NEUSTART KULTUR.

 

Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

SÜDLÄNDISCHE GÄSTE / BETWEENNESS

dance and contemporary circus solo research supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture & Media program NEUSTART KULTUR

 

Sep 2021- Dec 2021

MACHINE (UN)LEARNING

research and performance on interactivity and digital dance in collaboration with Luca Scarpati. Funded by Dis-Tanzen Solo / Neustart Kultur.

 

Jul 2021

REMOTE CLOSENESS FESTIVAL

online collaborative performance between Berlin and Amman, co-produced by Goethe Institut, Institut Français and National Gallery of Amman.

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