Anna Konjetzky

Choreographer Anna Konjetzky has uncompromisingly pursued her path of artistic research for several years. With insatiable curiosity she explores spatial arrangements, performance areas and the complex interaction of body, space and how they are perceived. Central to her work is her active input of sensory information into a space, to the effect that she abandons the classical stage area in favour of installation spaces or peep-show formats, offering views from all sides or only through gaps in a wall, such as in her latest works “Abdrücke” and “Fern”.

She intervenes in the performance with works on film and video, thereby opening up new prospects and throwing a different light on the body, showing it outside of the performance context or homing in on it in close-ups. In terms of content, Konjetzky’s work draws on the expressive force and narration provided by physical states. With her performers, she seeks the answers which the body gives in altered situations and states. The movements that then arise can be imperceptibly small – an inner and outer trembling; a flowing, virtuoso up-and-down; standing still or distorting the body. The body and its identity as a store of experiences form the heartbeat to Konjetzky’s pieces.

Anna Konjetzky studied at the physical theaterschool “Lassaad” (Methode  J. Lecoq) in Brussels as well as contempory dance, and bodyweather in Brussels and Berlin. From 2005 to 2008 she worked as the assistent of the choreographer Wanda Golonka at Schauspiel Frankfurt.  

She recieved several prizes and schoolarships. F.ex. 2006 the dance stipendia from Senate Office Berlin for Germaine Acogny/Senegal, 2011 the dance-schoolarship oft he city of Munich. In 2009 she wins the competition ‚operare’ of the Contemporary Opera Berlin, During the festival euro-scene Leipzig 2009, „Elephantengedächtnis“ her Solo for the dancer Sahra Huby wins the 1.prize of the competition „Das beste deutsche Tanzsolo“. 2013 she was nominated for the Georg Tabori Preis 2013, and from 2012 to 2014 she takes part in the project ‚global city- local city“ with 15 european artist. In 2014 she tooks place in the choreographic research academy of ZHDK Zürich. 2014 she recieves the „Förderpreis Tanz“ oft he city of Munich.

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