Biography

Maria Colusi is an Argentinian dancer, choreographer and teacher based in Berlin.

She was member of the Contemporary Ballet Teatro General San Martin,Tangokinesis Company and since 2003 of Sasha Waltz & Guests Company. She has simultaneously developed her own choreographic work in collaboration with composers, visual artists and musicians to transport the audience into a landscape of dance, music and stage design.

‘Displaced / Angekommen’ 2022, ‘When Painting becames Attitude’ 2021, ‘Sink’ 2019, ‘Querandi’ 2018, ‘Tone undertow’ 2015; ‘Topo’ 2014;‘Witness’ 2013.

She has worked as a choreographer with various directors and visual artists: Ola Mafaalanni, Holand, Kazuki Nakahara, Japan, Dominik Lejman, Poland, Alejandro Tantania and Luciano Suardi, Argentina

Her works has been performed in several venues as Radial System, ZAK, Dock11, Philarmonie Stettin,Kunst Festival des Arts, Berliner Ensemble, Theater kapelle, Schloss Solitude, Centro Artistico it Grattaclelo, Laborgras among others.

She teaches improvisation and composition workshop locally and internationally for companies, dance centres, and universities including: Marameo, Tanzhalle Berlin, Tanzfabrik -Dance Intensive Programm, Universtiy of Art in Berlin, HZT- BA dance program, University of Arts, Argentina, UNA, Institut del Teatre ITI / Spain, B12 Summer Festival Berlin, Dock11, PRODA, Norway, Laborgras, Radialsystem, Die Etage, Sasha Waltz & guests company, Staatsballet, Berlin, Cdsh Hamburg /Germany, Associazione Europea Danza /Italy, Maslool dance school /Israel, Tanzschule mk /South Korea and Labcamp- Goethe Institut in Sri Lanka.

Her artistic work was supported by Inicial 1&2 2022-2021 of the Akademie der Kunst, Dis-tanz-solo 2020-2022 of the Dachverband Tanz Stipendien, Takecare- Darstellendekünst 2021, Stipendien SonderProgramm 2020,Einstiegförderung 2017 of the Berlin Senate Administration, and Fundacion Antorchas, Argentina.

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