born 29 June 1977 in Heidelberg, Germany

education

2004 - 2009  Middlesex University, London, UK

PhD in Performing Arts, practice-based, under the supervision of Prof. Susan Melrose and Rosemary Butcher - The Invisible Expert Practitioner: Theorising Performer Expertise in Contemporary Performance-Making

2003 - 2004  Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France

DEA Théâtre et Arts du Spectacle, Diplôme d’Études Approfondies

2001  Goldsmiths College, London, UK

MA Performance, Master of Arts

2000  Rose Bruford College, Sidcup, UK 

MA Theatre Practices, Postgraduate Certificate

1997-2000  London Guildhall University, London, UK

BA (Hons) Communications and Audio-Visual Production Studies, Bachelor of Arts

1994-1997  Lycée Franco-Allemand, Buc/Versailles, France

French Baccalauréat and German Abitur

artistic work

January 2011, Spontaneous Combustion, performance installation based on collaborative live improvisation with artist Christoph Lammers and musician Nick Franglen as part of CARPA, Theatre Academy, Helsinki

April 2010, On the verge, performance in collaboration with artist Christoph Lammers, Kunstarkaden Munich, exhibition Tanz auf dem Vulkan (Dancing on a volcano), live performance installation and film, 27 April - 28 May 2010

May 2009, A Trillion Oscillations, Chisenhale Dance Space, London

April 2009 A Trillion Oscillations, a hAb and greenroom commission, supported by Arts Council England, greenroom, Manchester

September 2008 im-pressions of an-other at emergency festival at the greenroom, Manchester

April 2008 im-pressions of an-other at I Am Still Your Worst Nightmare festival at Arnolfini, Bristol

April 2008  im-pressions of an-other at Performance Symposium: Performance Art Now / Then and After, Chelsea College of Art, London

January 2008  newly developed work-in-progress of solo performance im-pressions of an-other at Scene Pool festival, Camden People’s Theatre, London

September 2007 solo performance im-pressions of an-other at festival You and Your Work, Cube Microplex, Bristol

July 2007 solo performance Ein-Drücke at Festival frisch eingetroffen, Zeitraum Exit, Mannheim, Germany

November 2006  work-in-progress showing of self-devised solo performance Im-pressions - which are at last being questioned but by no means overcome... Chisenhale Dance Space, London

September 2006  screening of short film Londres je t’aime at as part of the Lux Cinema selection at Nuit Blanche festival, Paris

performing

- September 2010 Count Two (choreographed by Nicola Conibere), Dance 4, Nottingham and Laban Centre, London, and forthcoming March 2011 at South Bank Centre, London

- with Mkultra Performance Collective (directed by Peader Kirk):

June 2006  Once Seen - site-specific devised performance at pub Prince Arthur, London

May 2004  Always - a devised stage performance, Swiss Cottage, London

May 2003  5x5 - devised solo and group performance at Arcola Theatre, London

October 2002  Always - Octoberfest at Battersea Arts Centre, London

June 2002  Always - The People Show, London

February 2002 Always - Arcola Theatre, London

November 2001 Illness - Battersea Arts Centre, London

- with F2 Performance Unit (directed by Peader Kirk):

June 2005  Associazione Teatro Europeo - Crut, Torino in collaboration with Mkultra Performance Collective, London, and F2 Performance Unit, Athens (directed by Peader Kirk): 30.000 Lies Or More - a site-specific 24-hour performance at the Tribunale Vecchio, Torino

July 2003 22 Domatia (22 Rooms) - durational performance installation, Gasi, Athens

April 2003 Dark Room 2 - devised performance at Theatro Apo Mihanis, Athens

November-December 2002  Dark Room 1 - Theatro Bafio, Athens

- independent projects:

September 2006  (directed by Natassa Xydi): Mr. X (experimental short film), Arnolfini, Bristol; Dartington Arts; Zemos 98, Sevilla, Spain

May 2003  Centre for Performance Research, Wales (directed by Richard Gough): The Last Supper - performance installation at the Conference on Surrealism, Chichester

2003 - dancer for the DVD publication The Way of Butoh and Contemporary Choreography by Frances Barbe

September 2002  Fran Barbe Dance (choreographed by Frances Barbe): Choreodrome - The Place Theatre, London

May 2002  Centre for Performance Research (directed by Richard Gough and Peader Kirk): The Last Supper - performance installation at Stazione Leopolda, fabbricaeuropa, Firenze, Italy
March 2002  Ichiro Nakayama: Suzuki Actor’s Training Symposium - Suzuki demonstration at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London

September 2001  (directed by Nicki Polykarpou): Residue - site-specific performance at Nunhead Cemetery, London

assistant directing

September 2000  Mkultra Performance Collective (directed by Peader Kirk): Left Long - 24 hour performance at Walworth Methodist Chapel, Camberwell, London

March 2000  Mkultra Performance Collective (directed by Peader Kirk): Left - New Performance Festival at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

teaching

Languages into the Body (1st year module) and Paradox of Performance (1st year module), Queen Mary, University of London (since 2009, ongoing)

Making Theatre Happen (1st years), Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames (2008, 2011)

Play and Performance and Performance Preparation (1st year modules), European Theatre Arts, Rose Bruford College, Sidcup (2010-2011)

Critical Practice; Multidisciplinary Performance and Introduction to Performance Language for BA Performing Arts Students (1st and 3rd years), Middlesex University, London (since 2005, ongoing)

Boundaries of Performance (1st year module) and Advanced Theatre Practice (3rd year module), Royal Holloway, University of London (2009)

Senior Instructor in Wu style Tai Chi Ch’uan at the Original Wu’s Style Tai Chi Chuan Academy, London (since 2007)

Qualified Health Qi Gong Instructor by the Health Qi Gong Federation, UK (since 2010)

Further Tai Chi teaching:

at MIND, Tower Hamlets, London (a centre working for the improvement of those with mental health needs), sponsored by the Big Lottery and Traditional Chinese Medicine Healthcare;

for NHS staff, Aldgate, London

for Thomson’s Online Benefit, Victoria, London

further experience and skills

assistance to Prof. Rhys Martin in creating the curriculum for the MA in Solo Dance Authorship (working title) at the University of the Arts, Berlin, which was launched in autumn 2007

attendance of Solo Dance Authorship symposium 2006, as well as Artistic Reference Frame choreographic workshops with Deborah Hay et al., and Gabriel Smeets & Ibrahim Quraishi, 2006 and 2007

research assistant to choreographers Kim Brandstrup and Rosemary Butcher who has mentored my performance work, and with whom I have worked in a research context in two choreographic workshops at Tanzquartier, Vienna, 2006 and 2007, as well as at the Laban Centre, London, 2008, in the context of a student production

numerous classes/workshops in classical ballet, contemporary dance, acrobatics, yoga, Suzuki actor training, butoh

Fluent in German and French

Basic Spanish

Qualification in Latin

papers and contributions

2010 researcher to choreographer Rosemary Butcher for the reinvention of Allan Kaprow’s 18 Happenings in 6 Parts at the Hayward Gallery, London, November 2010 (publication forthcoming)

(forthcoming June 2011) Translation and contribution to the publication A Routledge Sourcebook for Rudolf Laban, ed. Dick McCaw

(forthcoming) Contribution to After Newton, a project on gravity supported by the Institute of Physics, lead researchers Emeritus Prof. David Wolfe and Dick McCaw

February 2007 How to Act? conference at Central School of Speech and Drama, London

October 2007 Dance Research Seminar, Middlesex University, London

assistance in interview of Susan Melrose and Kim Brandstrup: http://www.kimbrandstrup.org/writings/theorising.html

awards

September 2004 - August 2007 Research Studentship, Middlesex University

April 2008 Gerda Geddes Bursary, Tai Chi Union of Great Britain

competition in tai chi chuan

Regular training and competing in Wu style Tai Chi Ch’uan:

Current European Champion in Wu Lineage Hand Form, Wu lineage Spear Form, Bronze medalist in Sabre Group Form. I have won over 20 gold medals, several silver and bronze medals in the disciplines of tai chi hand form, sabre form, spear form, two-person sets, pushing hands (fixed step, restricted step, moving step) at the following competitions:

British Open, Oxford 2007 – 2010

STN Festival, Amsterdam (Dutch Open) 2009

London Competition for Traditional Tai Chi Chuan 2008 – 2010

European Championships for Tai Chi and Internal Arts 2008, Sweden

European Championships for Tai Chi and Internal Arts 2010, UK