BIO
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Edith is a Berlin-based Danish Dancer, Choreographer & Teacher. She graduated from the Ballet Academy Copenhagen and Iwansson International School of Contemporary Dance in Munich in 2011.
Since then, Edith has been working as a dancer for Dali Touiti, Jiří Kylián/Karine Guizzo, Sebastian Prantll/TanzAtelier Wien, Stephan Dreher, Ilona Roth/Transitheart Productions, Rasmus Soerinus/CampNorr/Varq de Alvo Co. Joao Cidade, Corinna Speith, FIGURA Ensemble, Doris Schäffer/Regenbogen Tanztheater, Frank Balve, Martin Eder, RP KAHL, Jahman Davine, Zawirowania Dance Theatre & DOT504 with Thomas Steyart, to mention but a few.
In 2018 Edith, and 3 other dance artists founded Company HAA a collaborative platform for dance related art, most Ediths work is released through the name of Company HAA .
Her recent works include: “Methods of Completion, a being that causes it self” (created during residency at Ada Studios), “smell.me.ordinary piece” (for ROZBARK dance Theater Bytom), “Fate of the Galaxies” (Winner of jury award 100° Berlin), “after a murky blush” premiered at 10 years anniversary of Acker stadt Palast, “Before we Die” and “you.topia” a movement theatre piece with the Ensemble of Nationaltheater Radu Stanca Sibiu Rumania. 2022 saw the premiere of her award winning short dance films “Os, Ingen” and “In Venus”. Lastly Edith and collaborator Sarah Plattner was given the artists in residency at the Schäxpir Festival in Linz 2023, Where they created their first piece for children “Elefanten in Blutadern”.
2023 also saw the Premiere of " Woyzeck" in Radu Stanca National Theater, with co-directer Hunor Horvath she was nominated for Best directing at the Uniter Gala 2024.
Latest she choreographed "Passion" for the Contemporary Ballet Company Cisne Negro in Sao Paolo, that saw its premiere in May at Sesc Consolasao.
Edith was granted “Peter, Ingrid og Ralph Hernöe`s Fond” honorary scholar 2021 as a acknowledgement for her work as a danceartist.
Furthermore Edith develops choreographies for feature films, plays and operas, in collaboration with directors such as Rolf Heim (Royal Opera, Copenhagen), Morten K. Rosen, Per Linderoth, Florian von Hoerrmann, Valquire Velkovicq ,Michael Venus' for film "Sleep" (premiered at the Berlinale 2020), Florin Vidamski latest at Tomca Sandor National Theater in "Robbers" (nominated for the Uniter-prize) , “Antigone, ein Requiem” and with Hunor von Horvath for "The Maids”in both in Teatrul National Radu Stanca.
Edith is associated lecturer at the Athanor Academy where she is teaching dance and choreography for acting and directing students . Further more She is Visiting Professor at West-Universität in Temeswar
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ARTIST STATEMENT
“I see my work as a maker with great responsibility for what my work does. I believe that art in general has the power to create a sense of social empathy and a sense of “us”, it can help us to see the things we have in common rather than the things we don’t . It can help us laugh at our stupidity and at times absurd nature. I aim at creating work that can do all those things, work that challenges all senses and gives a haptic yet poetic experience, not solely something to watch.
I understand my works as a continuous research that develops a range of perspectives on topics such as instinct, identity, image, social constructs and Compassion in the widest sense. I am inspired by relating, the ability to communicate and the lack thereof, by Love as a verb, things I do not understand about my self and “us” and behaviours I find peculiar, funny or grotesque. My art serves to create awareness on critical social topics and is a reflection of human nature and its development.
My artistic approach is rooted in score-based choreography, Instant Composition and improvisation, favouring an ongoing-research and a re-evaluation of current processes. I am exited by the human body, by its physical and cognitive skills, its multitude of possibilities for expression and its capacity for countless transformations.
I am exited by the abstractive of the art form dance because it’s sensory experience that unites people in the diversity of their experience and I am continuously searching for innovative ways to translate movement into a language that can be understood by a diverse audience and be concrete in what it expresses.
Through my work with Actors and non-Dancers; with bodies that may or may not have a background in dance, I developed a interest and desire to work with various types of performers, and despite my rather classical dance background, to not search for the “perfect” dancer body, but to search for the beauty in the imperfect, honest and at times grotesk expression.
I am fascinated by the form of “Theater” in it self because the idea of placing people in a room to watch my work, could be both extremely rewarding and almost violent at the same time for the watcher. Playing with the simple natures of a form, such as the immediate response from an audience in Theater, or the repetition and idea of immortality in film, I find very interesting.
I believe in exchange, search, tryouts, failures as a vital part of making, a non-hierarchical working environment and a collaborative process. I aim at contributing to a process in which the people I work with and my self can be curious, allow for the grotesque, un-behaved, fragile and vulnerable, and a space where we sense and know, what we are creating and what it dose to us and its audience.
I feel that form and skill is meant to be questioned and played with. I believe in creating “Gesamtkunstwerke” that focuses on what it does to people rather that who does it and uses whatever tools the project needs. I strongly feel that the times, where dance was dance, and theatre was solely spoken words, are over. It's time for collaboration, exchange, and un-boxing.”
LIST OF SELECTED WORKS AND COLLABORATIONS
“after a murky blush”
a duet, Premiere at Publico Festival in Acker stadt Palast Berlin 2022
“Die Zofen”
A theater piece directed by Hunor von Horvath
at Tatrul National Radu Stanca, Sibiu Rumania 2022
“Ypsilos, the birth of the tragedy”
A dance performance for 7 actors, FLIGHT festival Timmisoara Rumania, 2022
“Os, Ingen” (we, nobody)
Dance film,- Nominated for Best experimental and Best Dance film at FIFF 2022
“you• topia”
a dance piece Directing in Collaboration with Florian von Horrmann for 12 actors
at Tatrul National Radu Stanca, Sibiu Rumania 2021
“Räuber” by Friedrich Schiller
a theater play by Director Florin Vidamski at Tomca Sandor National Theater, Odorheiu Rumania 2021
NOMINATED for Best Play 2022 at Uniter-prize
“white”
a dance piece for 7 women, for Athanor Theater 2021
“Methods of Completion, a being haunted by purpose”
Solo for Dancer Jonathan Sanchez, as part of residency format #share in Ackerstadtpalast 2021
“ALPHA”
Quartet created for Athanor Theater, Passau 2020
“Methods of Completion, a being that causes it self”
Solo performance, with and by Edith,
created within granted residency at Ada / Ufer Studios, Berlin. 2020
“Schlaff”
Feature film by Michael Venus & Juna Film Productions.
Premiere during Berlinale 2020
“MURKY BLUSH”
made for Athanor Theater Passau, Germany & Teatr Studio Festival, Rumänia 2019
“Before we Die”
in Collaboration with Philip Kevin Brehse/The living Theater, at Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin 2019
“smell.me.ordinary piece”
premiered at ROZBARK Dance and Movement Theater in Bytom. during "Youth on Stage Residency” Poland 2019
“DECADES”
fashion show by WAHL, shown at Messe Düsseldorf, & Paris Expo Porte de Versailles & Pala Alpitour Turin, Awarded “Show of The Year” 2019 at ONHAIR
“Venture”
a site specific dance performance, performed at Festival Salon K & ACUD Gallery , Eschloraque & Berlin Wall East Side Gallery & Panke, Berlin 2018 - now..
“Through The Eyes of The Other”
a solo dance exchange in collaboration with choreographer Alexander Windner Lieberman at Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin 2018
“Sisyphus in Violent Torment”
A solo theater performance in Collaboration with Director and Performer Jahman Davine at Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin 2018
Koltès – “Die Sprache der Dämmerung”
multimedia Theaterproject with students of Athanor Academi, in collaboration with Director Florian von Horrmann, at Athanor Theater 2018
“Sisters- Harvesting Insects”
”Tetrapodomorph Deconstruktor”
Dance films both in Collaboration with Valquire Velkovip
Premiered at Festival "Turn around Bright Eyes" in Berlin, 2015 and 17
“SNAK”
a Dance/Sound Duet , in collaboration with Musician Michael Bennetsen, performed in variuos galleries in Germany, 2017-18
“Fate of the Galaxies"
a Dance Performance by Collective ONE:THIRD Winner of 100 grad Festival 2015
Performed during SounDance Festival Dock11 2017 & in Labor Grass, Sophiensaele, Kulturwerkstatt Charlottenburg, Ida Nowhere, Eschschloraque TheaterHaus Mitte , Berlin & The Zone, Theater Kana in Stettin, Poland 2015-17
“Alverden Godnat”
a Opera production directed by Rolf Heim, in The National Opera House Copenhagen, 2014
“after a murky blush”
a duet, Premiere at Publico Festival in Acker stadt Palast Berlin 2022
“Die Zofen”
A theater piece directed by Hunor von Horvath
at Tatrul National Radu Stanca, Sibiu Rumania 2022
“Ypsilos, the birth of the tragedy”
A dance performance for 7 actors, FLIGHT festival Timmisoara Rumania, 2022
“Os, Ingen” (we, nobody)
Dance film,- Nominated for Best experimental and Best Dance film at FIFF 2022
“you• topia”
a dance piece Directing in Collaboration with Florian von Horrmann for 12 actors
at Tatrul National Radu Stanca, Sibiu Rumania 2021
“Räuber” by Friedrich Schiller
a theater play by Director Florin Vidamski at Tomca Sandor National Theater, Odorheiu Rumania 2021
NOMINATED for Best Play 2022 at Uniter-prize
“white”
a dance piece for 7 women, for Athanor Theater 2021
“Methods of Completion, a being haunted by purpose”
Solo for Dancer Jonathan Sanchez, as part of residency format #share in Ackerstadtpalast 2021
“ALPHA”
Quartet created for Athanor Theater, Passau 2020
“Methods of Completion, a being that causes it self”
Solo performance, with and by Edith,
created within granted residency at Ada / Ufer Studios, Berlin. 2020
“Schlaff”
Feature film by Michael Venus & Juna Film Productions.
Premiere during Berlinale 2020
“MURKY BLUSH”
made for Athanor Theater Passau, Germany & Teatr Studio Festival, Rumänia 2019
“Before we Die”
in Collaboration with Philip Kevin Brehse/The living Theater, at Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin 2019
“smell.me.ordinary piece”
premiered at ROZBARK Dance and Movement Theater in Bytom. during "Youth on Stage Residency” Poland 2019
“DECADES”
fashion show by WAHL, shown at Messe Düsseldorf, & Paris Expo Porte de Versailles & Pala Alpitour Turin, Awarded “Show of The Year” 2019 at ONHAIR
“Venture”
a site specific dance performance, performed at Festival Salon K & ACUD Gallery , Eschloraque & Berlin Wall East Side Gallery & Panke, Berlin 2018 - now..
“Through The Eyes of The Other”
a solo dance exchange in collaboration with choreographer Alexander Windner Lieberman at Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin 2018
“Sisyphus in Violent Torment”
A solo theater performance in Collaboration with Director and Performer Jahman Davine at Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin 2018
Koltès – “Die Sprache der Dämmerung”
multimedia Theaterproject with students of Athanor Academi, in collaboration with Director Florian von Horrmann, at Athanor Theater 2018
“Sisters- Harvesting Insects”
”Tetrapodomorph Deconstruktor”
Dance films both in Collaboration with Valquire Velkovip
Premiered at Festival "Turn around Bright Eyes" in Berlin, 2015 and 17
“SNAK”
a Dance/Sound Duet , in collaboration with Musician Michael Bennetsen, performed in variuos galleries in Germany, 2017-18
“Fate of the Galaxies"
a Dance Performance by Collective ONE:THIRD Winner of 100 grad Festival 2015
Performed during SounDance Festival Dock11 2017 & in Labor Grass, Sophiensaele, Kulturwerkstatt Charlottenburg, Ida Nowhere, Eschschloraque TheaterHaus Mitte , Berlin & The Zone, Theater Kana in Stettin, Poland 2015-17
“Alverden Godnat”
a Opera production directed by Rolf Heim, in The National Opera House Copenhagen, 2014
BIOGRAPHIE
Edith ist eine in Berlin lebende dänische Tänzerin, Choreographin und Dozentin. Ihre Ausbildung an der Ballettakademie Kopenhagen und an der Iwansson International School of Contemporary Dance beendete sie 2011 in München.
Seitdem hat sie als Tänzerin für Dali Touiti, Jiří Kylián/Karine Guizzo, Sebastian Prantll/TanzAtelier Wien, Stephan Dreher, Ilona Roth/Transitheart Productions, Rasmus Soerinus/CampNorr/Varq de Alvo Co. Joao Cidade, Corinna Speith, FIGURA Ensemble, Doris Schäffer/Regenbogen Tanztheater, Frank Balve, Martin Eder, RP KAHL, Jahman Davine, Zawirowania Dance Theatre & DOT504 with Thomas Steyart und viele weitere gearbeitet.
Als Choreographin konzentriert sich ihre künstlerische Arbeit auf eine Reflexion der sich ständig weiterentwickelnden menschlichen Natur und ihrer Beziehung zum tierischen Instinkt, die Balance zwischen dem Schönen und dem Grotesken spielt in ihrer Arbeit eine große Rolle. Eine Reihe von Residencies in Dänemark, Polen und Deutschland haben ihr in den letzten Jahren immer wieder den Raum geboten, ihre künstlerische Praxis weiterzuentwickeln. Zuletzt erhielt sie ein Stipendium als Anerkennung ihrer Arbeiten als Tanzmacher durch den “Peter, Ingrid og Ralph Hernöe`s Fond”.
2018 gründete Edith gemeinsam mit drei weiteren Tanzkünstlerinnen die Company HAA , die bis dato zahlreiche Produktionen realisiert haben. Zu ihren letzten Arbeiten zählen „Methods of Completion, a being that causes it self“ (entstanden während einer residency an den Ada / Ufer Studios), „ALPHA“, „smell.me.ordinary piece“ (in Zusammenarbeit mit Justyna Kalbarczyk und ROZBARK Theater Bytom ), “Fate of the Galaxies” (Gewinner des Jurypreises 100° Berlin), „MURKY BLUSH“, „Before we Die“. Zuletzt entwickelte Edith gemeinsam mit dem Nationaltheater Radu Stanca in Sibiu, Rumänien das Bewegungstheaterstück „you.topia“, welches im Oktober 2021 Premiere feierte. In 2022 hat ihrer Tanzfilme „Os, Ingen“ und „In Venus“ Premiert, und dadurch 3 Nominierungen und 2 preise für beste experimental und beste Tanzfilm beim FIFF 2022.
Darüber hinaus entwickelt Edith Choreographien für Spielfilme, Theaterstücke und Opern, in Zusammenarbeit mit Regisseuren wie Rolf Heim (Königliche Oper, Kopenhagen), Morten K. Rosen, Per Linderoth, Florian von Hoerrmann, Valquire Velkovicq ,Michael Venus‘ Film „Schlaf“ (Premiere auf der Berlinale 2020), und mit Florin Vidamski beim u.a. Tomca Sandor National Theater in “Räuber” (nominiert für den Uniter-prize), sowie gegenwärtig für eine Produktion am Theater National Radu Stanca von Hunor von Horvath “Die Zofen”.
Durch diese zusammen arbeiten mit Körpern die nicht umbedingt eine tänzerische Hintergrund haben entstand ihre focus und Bedürfnisse mit vielzeitige performer, Schauspieler und Tänzer*innen zum arbeiten und eben nicht nach den “perfekten” Tänzer Körper zu streben, sondern nach die Schönheit in das un-perfekte, ehrliche und zurzeit groteske suchen.
Neben gelegentlichen Trainings für professionelle Tänzer*innen im Dock 11 und anderen Studios in Berlin, gibt Edith regelmäßig Workshops und entwickelt Tanzprojekte für und mit Schauspiel- und Regiestudenten*innen der Athanor Akademie- Fachakademie für darstellende Kunst in Passau. Und is als Visiting Professor im West-Universität Temeswar tätig.
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KÜNSTLER STATEMENT
„Meine künstlerische Praxis versteht sich als fortlaufende Erforschung eines Themenfelds, das die letzten drei Jahre im Zentrum meine Arbeit stand: Sie entwickelt beständig neue Perspektiven auf Themen wie Instinkt, Identität, Bildhaftigkeit und Territorialität. Sie speist sich aus Beziehungen, alltäglichen Begegnungen, sozialen Konstrukten, gelingender und misslingender Kommunikation. Sie will das Bewusstsein für kritische soziale Fragen schärfen und begreift sich als Reflexion auf die menschliche Natur und ihre Entwicklung.
Was mich am Tanz als künstlerischer Ausdrucksform fasziniert, ist die Abstraktionsfähigkeit, die es ermöglicht, die Diversität der Eindrücke in einer geteilten sinnlichen Erfahrung zu versammeln. Mit meiner Arbeit, die sich in und an urbanen Räumen, aber auch im klassischen Theatersetting realisiert, suche ich den direkten Kontakt zu allen Beteiligten. Ich bin kontinuierlich auf der Suche nach neuen und innovativen Wegen, die Bewegungen des Körpers in eine Sprache zu verwandeln, die einem diversen Publikum zugänglich ist.
Mein Ansatz beruht auf score-basierter Choreographie und Improvisation und realisiert sich als fortlaufende Forschung und ständige Neubewertung der gegenwärtigen Prozesse. Mich fasziniert der menschliche Körper, seine physischen und kognitiven Fähigkeiten, die Vielfältigkeit seiner Ausdrucksweisen und seine Fähigkeit zu immer neuen Metamorphosen.
In meiner Arbeit ziele ich auf eine ausgeprägte Physikalität und auf körperlichen Ausdruck ab. Neben Objekte oder materielle Strukturen im raum verwende ich den Körper als skulpturale Struktur und Bühnen Bild, um jeweils spezifische Bilderwelten zu schaffen, die die Arbeit reflektieren und ihr Anliegen und betonen. Mein ziel ist es, arbeiten zu schaffen die alle sinne in Anspruch nehmen, und eine haptischen und zugleich poetischen Erfahrung bietet, nicht nur zur Gegenstand passiven Betrachten werden.“
