Participants 2nd round and awards ceremony

Sunday, 08. Nov. 2009

Julia Schröder, Leipzig
Janine Schneider, Berlin
Berenika Kmiec, Regensburg
Giovanni Magnarelli, Rome/Italy
Paloma Saskia Thorausch, Essen
Stephanie Felber, Gröbenzell
Wesley D’Alessandro, Hannover
Sahra Huby, München
Leena Keizer, Amsterdam/Netherlands
Hyung-Bo Kim, Bad Soden

22 aus 83

For the public rounds within 19. euro-scene Leipzig 2009 the festival director of the euro-scene Leipzig, Ann-Elisabeth Wolff, and the artistic director of the competition, René Reinhardt, have chosen 22 participants. Altogether 83 applicants from 12 countries faced up to the internal preselection

Friday 06. Nov. 2009 // 1. Round — Part I

Sonja Heller, Berlin
born 1976, Friedberg/Hessen
»Dark side of the moon«
Music: Geir Jenssen »Antennaria«
Education: Butoh, ballet, acting
Status: Butoh-dancer and -teacher

Jonas Byaruhanga, Kampala/Uganda
born 1983, Mbarara/Uganda
»Without boundaries«
Music: Keiga Dance Company »Urban men«
Education: African contemporary dance and theatre
Status: Dancer, choreographer

Stephanie Felber, Gröbenzell
born 1987, Munich
»ZielWege« (»DestinationPath«)
Music: Murcof »Camino«
Education: Stage dance, dance pedagogics
Status: Freelance dancer

Katrin Hofreiter, Regensburg
born 1972, Regensburg
»Good Luck«
Music: Collage with David Motion and Sally Potter
Education: Contemporary dance, ballet, modern dance, jazz
Status: Architectural draftswoman, dancer, dance-teacher, choreographer

Hyung-Bo Kim, Bad Soden
born 1984, Seoul/South Korea
»Little Miss Sunshine«
Music: Collage
Education: Contemporary and classical dance
Status: Dancer

Paloma Saskia Thorausch, Essen
born 1987, Schledehausen/Niedersachsen
»5 Minuten Leben« (»5 minutes life«)
Music: Own composition, steps
Education: Dance
Status: Student at Folkwang Hochschule, Essen

Sahra Huby, Munich
born 1982, Brussels/Belgium
»Elephantengedächtnis« (»Infallible memory«)
Music: Street sounds (Collage by Sahra Huby and Anna Konjetzky)
Education: Contemporary Dance, Butoh
Status: Dancer of the Compagnie Anna Konjetzky
Choreography: Anna Konjetzky, Munich
born 1980, Munich
Education: Butoh, bodyweather, contemporary dance
Status: Choreographer

Sabine von der Tann, Berlin
born 1948, Düsseldorf
»this darkness«
Music: own composition
Education: Music at Folkwang Hochschule, Essen, pedagogy
Status: Teacher for action theatre, dance therapeutic, solo programs

Giovanni Magnarelli, Rome/Italy
born 1974, Rome
»Herr Glas« (»Mister Glass«)
Music: Own composition
Education: Author, director, actor, artist
Status: actor, author, director, artist, theatre-teacher, light designer
Choreography: Beatrice Magalotti, Rome/Italy
born 1974, Rome/Italy
Education: Philosophy
Status: Choreographer, dancer, teacher for gyrotonic-gyrokinesis

Katia De Farias, Wörth am Rhein
born 1963, Campina Grande/Brasil
»8 for MaRa«
Music: Collage by Patrick Arnold and Katia de Farias
Education: Classical ballet, contemporary dance, Far Eastern movement arts
Status: Dancer, choreographer, dance pedagogue for children and youths

Saturday 07. Nov. 2009 // 1. Round — Part II

Julia Schröder, Leipzig
born 1982, Henstedt-Ulzburg/Schleswig-Holstein
»Hintergrundprozesse – Die Minuten, bevor ich Bobby McFerrin wurde«
(»Background process – the minutes before I became Bobby McFerrin«)
Music: Collage
Education: Theatre science, English, dance, dance pedagogy
Status: Singer, dancer
Choreography: Lilian Mosquera, Leipzig
born 1978 Bogotá/Kolumbien
Education: Sports pedagogy
Status: Choreographer, dancer

Lisa Gaden, Berlin
born 1989, Jena
»denkpol’09« (»think pool’09«)
Music: Break of Reality »Sore Arms«
Education: Stage dance
Status: Student, dance pedagogue, dancer

Gilles Welinski, Bremen
born 1964, Le Raincy/Frankreich
»Miniaturen« (»Miniatures«)
Music: Olivier Messiaen »Catalogue d’Oiseaux pour piano, V, 1«
Education: Sports
Status: Choreographer, dancer

Janine Schneider, Berlin
born 1961, Berlin
»I, CENTER!«
Music: Eliane Radigue from »Trilogie de la mort«
Education: Ballet, modern dance under Merce Cunningham, London and New York
Status: Dancer, choreographer

Yeri Anarika, Mittenwalde/Brandenburg
born 1977, Mexiko-City/Mexiko
»TERESA«
Music: Vicentico »Los caminos de la vida« (Singer: Reiner Strecker)
Education: Dance, pilates, gyrokinesis, yoga
Status: Dancer, choreographer, teacher

Wesley D’Alessandro, Hannover
born 1975, São Paulo/Brasil
» … should have a chair«
Music: Michael Galasso »Quarantine«
Education: Dance, movement
Status: Dancer, choreographer

Barbara Czajkowska, Lublin/Poland
born 1983, Lublin/Poland
»la sposa« (»The bride«)
Music: Own composition, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdi from »Ein Sommernachtstraum« (»A midsummer night’s dream«)
Education: Ballet, contemporary dance
Status: Dancer at W&M Physical Theatre, Calgary, guest at Lublin Dance Theatre

Berenika Kmiec, Regensburg
born 1976, Liebau/Poland
»Fucking brain«
Music: Fred Astaire, C+C Music Factory, Giacomo Puccini from »Tosca« (Singer: Luciano Pavarotti)
Education: Director, stage design, dance
Status: Dancer, choreographer, performer

Leena Keizer, Amsterdam/Netherlands
born 1982, Helsinki/Finnland
»Forest within«
Music: Collage
Education: Choreographer
Status: Dancer, choreographer

Tim Gerhards, Essen
born 1987, Saarbrücken
»SOLO«
Music: Alvenoto »Xerox vol. 1«
Education: Stage dance at Folkwang Hochschule, Essen
Status: Student
Choreography: Chikako Kaido, Essen
born 1979, Tokyo/Japan
Education: Classical ballet, dance, choreographer
Status: Choreographer, dancer

Valentina Bordenave, Berlin
born 1968, Rosario/Argentina
»The puzzle woman«
Music: Georges Bizet, Boban Markovic
Education: Contemporary dance, pedagogy F.M. Alexander-technique
Status: Reader for dance, Berlin