CV

Education

2022-present
The University of Applied Arts Vienna, Art Research Doctoral Studies; with Bouchra Khalili, Ruth Anderwald and Leonhard Grond; in coordination with Zurich University of the Arts, 3rd Cycle Program, Department of Performing Arts and Film; with Friederike Lampert and Ilse van Rijn
Degree: Doctorate of Philosophy (in progress)

2021-22
Zurich University of the Arts,
PEERS Program for Emerging Artistic Researchers; with The Department of Performing Arts and Film

2019
Stockholm University of the Arts, New Performative Practices; with Chrysa Parkinson
Degree: Master of Choreography

2010
The New School University, Eugene Lang College, Interdisciplinary Program in Sociology and Dance; with Danielle Goldman (Performance Studies, Critical Dance Studies) and Orville Lee (Sociology)
Degree: BA Liberal Arts

2009
University of Amsterdam, International School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Bilateral exchange, The New School University,12 month)

2005
Professional Performing Arts School, New York (Cooperation with The School of American Ballet Winter Program)
Degree: High School Diploma

Movement /

Performance

Training

2018-present

Hannah Hegenscheidt, Klein Technique, Studio 42, Berlin, DE

2010-present

Annie Dorsen, Archie Burnett, Jonathan Burrows, Juliette Mapp, Tere O’Connor, Salva Sanchez, Thomas Hauert, Chrysa Parkinson, Andros Zins Brown, Sri Luise, Alice Chauchat, Keith Hennessey, Miguel Gutierrez, Libby Farr, Tony Rizzi, John Jasperse, Michel Boulé, Davide Zambrano, and Eleanor Bauer, dance improvisation, composition, and postmodern dance technique workshops; ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, Movement Research, Stockholm University of the Arts

2010-2021

Janet Panetta, Ballet for Contemporary Dancers and Deconstructing ballet, Movement Research, New York, NY; ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, Vienna, AT

2013-17

Kuan Huey Chu, Body Conditioning for Dancers, The Kane School, New York, US

2012-15

Merce Cunningham Trust, training fellow, New York, NY

Teachers: Robert Swinston, Sandra Neels, Banu Organ, Daniel Squire, Andrea Webber, Meg Harper, Patricia Lent, Jennifer Goggins, Jean Freebury, Rashaun Mitchel, Silas Reiner, Susan Quim.

2007-8

The American Dance Festival, Five Week School, Durham, US

Teachers: Ishmael Houston-Jones, Jerry Houlihan, Miguel Gutierrez

Repertoire: Laura Dean, Skylight, reconstructed by Roger Belman

2004-5

The School of American Ballet, Winter Training Program, Advanced Men, New York, US

Teachers: Peter Boal, Kay Mazzo, Peter Martins, Suki Schorer, Jock Soto, Suzy Pilarre, Nikolaj Hübbe

2004

Boston Ballet, summer intensive, Boston, US

2003

The School of American Ballet, summer intensive, New York, US

2002-3

Pacific Northwest Ballet, summer intensive, Seattle, US

2001

The School of American Ballet, summer intensive, New York, US

American Ballet Theatre, Irvine, US

2000

San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco, US

Honours

2015

New York Dance and Performance Bessie Award, Outstanding Performer, nomination, Polly Pocket: Expansion Pack; with Alexandra Albrecht, Jillian Peña, Kyli Kleven

Collaborations / Performance Work

2025

Zoe Gudović, STOP – From Macho to Davičo, Studio Brut, Vienna, AT

2023                

Ryan McNamara, Misty Malarky Ying Yang, The High Line, New York, US

Madeline Hollander, Hydro Parade, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US

2022                

Peter Kozek and Thomas Hörl, Kompositum V / Stubenspiel, Tanzquartier, Vienna, AT

Peter Kozek and Thomas Hörl, ROTOЯ – A Sonic Body, Tanzquartier, Vienna, AT

Susanne Songi Griem, Plötzlich mit Orange in Salz, costume design, Tanzquartier, Vienna, AT

2021                

Brigitte Wilfing and Jorge Sánchez Chiong, Growing Sideways, Wien Modern, Vienna, AT

2019                

Madeline Hollander, Ouroboros Gs, Whitney Biennale, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US

2018                

Heather Kravas, Visions of Beauty, Performance Space New York, US

2017                

Christopher Williams, il Giardino d’Amore, Danspace Project, New York, US

2016               

Madeline Hollander, DRILL, Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, US

Pam Tanowitz, Heaven on One’s Head, Jacob’s Pillow, Becket, US

Jillian Peña, Panopticon, Abrons Arts Center, New York, US

Kim Brandt, A Clear Night, Pioneer Works, New York, US

2015               

Jillian Peña, Polly Pocket, Sophiensaele, Berlin, DE

Michel Fau, Raphaël Pichon, and Christopher Williams, Dardanus, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, FR

Michel Fau, Raphaël Pichon, and Christopher Williams, Dardanus, National Opera of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FR

Madeline Hollander, Illegal Motion, The Sculpture Center, Long Island City, US

2012-15

Merce Cunningham repertory reconstructions: Enter, How to Pass Kick Fall and Run, Inlets II, Place, Dime a Dance, Nearly Ninety, Beach Birds, Roartorio, Antic Meet, Un jour ou deux, Suite for Five, and BIPED

2014

Ryan McNamara, ME3M: A Story Ballet About the Internet, Art Basel, Miami Beach, US

Xavier le Roy, RETROSPECTIVE, Museum of Modern Art P.S. 1, New York, US

Ryan McNamara, Misty Malarky Ying Yang, The High Line, New York, US

Jillian Peña, Polly Pocket: Expansion Pack, Danspace Project, New York, US

Jillian Peña, Polly Pocket: Expansion Pack, ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, AT

Ryan McNamara, SCORE, Art Basel Hong Kong, CH

2013

Pam Tanowitz, The Spectators, New York Live Arts, New York, US

Miguel Gutierrez, The Problem with Dancing, The Center for Performance Research, New York, US

Manuel Pelmus and Brynjar åbel Bandlien, Romanian Dance History VII, The Center for Performance Research, New York, US

Teaching Experience

2025

Tanzquartier Vienna, Ballet for Contemporary Dancers, Vienna, AT

Norrdans, company training

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, company training, Wuppertal, DE

Pro Dance Vienna Winter Intensive, professional ballet training, Vienna, AT

2024

Tanzquartier Vienna, Ballet for Contemporary Dancers, Vienna, AT

BACKPULVER, Diffractive Dialogues feedback sharing and co-teaching with, Malcolm Manning, Vienna, AT

Profitraining Basel, professional ballet training, guest teacher, Basel, CH

Marameo, professional ballet training, guest teacher, Berlin, DE

Gibney Dance Center, professional training ballet, guest teacher, New York, US

ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, professional training workshop ballet (1 week/4 hours/day), Vienna, AT

Tanzquartier Vienna, Bad Ballet, Interdisciplinary Workshop and Lecture (event); with Kevin Fay, Anna Leon, and Elizabeth Ward, Vienna, AT      

Tanzquartier Vienna, body and performance practices (2 weeks/1.5 hours/day, Vienna, AT

Studio for Artistic Dance,  professional training ballet, guest teacher, Berlin, DE    

2023     

Stockholm University of the Arts, choreographic practices workshop (1 week/4 hours/day), Bachelor Contemporary Dance, Stockholm, SE

Danscentrum, professional training ballet, guest teacher (1 week, 1.5 hours/day), Stockholm, SE

ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, field research project (1 week/6 hours/day), Vienna, AT

ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, professional training workshop ballet (1 week/2 hours/day), Vienna, AT

Tanzquartier Vienna, body and performance practices (2 weeks/1.5 hours/day, Vienna, AT

Landestheater Linz, company training (1 week/1.5 hours/day), Linz, AT

2022

ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, professional training workshop ballet (2 week/4 hours/day), Vienna, AT

Hochschule Zentrum Tanz (HZT), University of the Arts, interdisciplinary ballet and context seminar (15 weeks, 4.5 hours/week), Bachelors Dance, Context, Choreography, Berlin, DE

Cullberg, company training, Stockholm, SE

Danscentrum, professional training ballet, guest teacher (1 week, 1.5 hours/day), Stockholm, SE

2021

Hochschule Zentrum Tanz (HZT), University of the Arts, interdisciplinary ballet and context seminar (15 weeks, 4.5 hours/week), Bachelors Dance, Context, Choreography, Berlin, DE

Hochschule Zentrum Tanz (HZT), University of the Arts, colloquium group head (15 weeks, 2 hours/week), Bachelors Dance, Context, Choreography, Berlin, DE

Zurich University of the Arts, research project on ballet facilitation (1 week, 6 hours/day, Bachelors Contemporary Dance and Master Choreography programs, CH

2020       

Hochschule Zentrum Tanz (HZT), University of the Arts, interdisciplinary ballet and context seminar (16 weeks, 6.5 hours/week), Bachelors Dance, Context, Choreography, Berlin, DE

2019

Hochschule Zentrum Tanz (HZT), University of the Arts, studio technique ballet (16 weeks, 4.5 hours/week), Bachelors Dance, Context, Choreography, Berlin, DE

2018

Hochschule Zentrum Tanz (HZT), University of the Arts, studio technique ballet (15 weeks, 4.5 hours/week), Bachelors Dance, Context, Choreography, Berlin, DE

Hochschule Zentrum Tanz (HZT), University of the Arts, choreographic practices workshop (2 week, 3 hours/day), Bachelors Dance, Context, Choreography, Berlin, DE

2017

Stockholm University of the Arts, studio technique ballet (2 week/2 hours/day), Bachelor Contemporary Dance, Stockholm, SE

The New School University, Eugene Lang College, studio technique ballet (15 weeks, 3 hours/week), Bachelors Contemporary Dance, New York, US

Gibney Dance Center, professional training ballet, guest teacher (3 weeks, 1.5 hours/day) New York, US

2016

The New School University, Eugene Lang College, studio technique ballet (15 weeks, 3 hours/week), Bachelors Contemporary Dance, New York, US

Pedagogical &

Choreographic Assistance

2021

Janet Panetta, ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, professional training workshop ballet (2 week/4 hours/day), Vienna, AT

2019

Janet Panetta, ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, professional training workshop ballet (2 week/4 hours/day), Vienna, AT

CAMPING Festival, Centre National de la Danse, pre-professional training workshop ballet (1 week/4 hours/day), Paris, FR

2018

Janet Panetta, ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, professional training workshop ballet (2 week/4 hours/day), Vienna, AT

2016

Janet Panetta, The New School University, Eugene Lang College, studio technique ballet (15 weeks, 3 hours/week), Bachelors Contemporary Dance, New York, US

2015

Janet Panetta, ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, professional training workshop ballet (2 week/4 hours/day), Vienna, AT

Janet Panetta, The New School University, Eugene Lang College, studio technique ballet (15 weeks, 3 hours/week), Bachelors Contemporary Dance, New York, US

2014

Janet Panetta, ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, professional training workshop ballet (2 week/4 hours/day), Vienna, AT

Jillian Peña, Nathan, American Ballet Theatre Incubator, New York, US

Jillian Peña, Polly Pocket: Expansion Pack, American Dance Institute, Festival, Rockville, MD

Jillian Peña, Polly Pocket: Expansion Pack, Danspace Project, New York, US

2013

Janet Panetta, ImPulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival, professional training workshop ballet (2 week/4 hours/day), Vienna, AT

2011

Ishmael Houston-Jones, The New School University, Eugene Lang College, artistic creation (15 weeks, 5 hours/week), Bachelors Contemporary Dance, New York, US

Thesis

Supervision

2024

Melissa Constantine, Bachelor of Arts Management, Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, DE

2019

Ryhannon Wagg, Master of Choreography, Solo Dance Authorship, Hochschule Zentrum Tanz, University of the Arts, DE