Artistic Direction and Production Management since 2013
Marcela Giesche (1983 – Mainz, Germany): Marcela graduated in 2006 with a BFA in Dance from Ohio State University and Codarts, Rotterdam. She has since been a freelance dancer and choreographer working with diverse dance companies and directors across Europe such as Neuer Tanz (VA Wölfl), Thomas Ostermeier, and Deja Donne, amongst others. Some of her own work includes “Sacre” (premiered at HAU, Berlin), “left I – right I” (w. Sonya Levin), “Selfportrait 24”, and “exFolia” (w. Andy Moor/Yannis Kyriakides). She continues her research of movement and choreographic forms through her creation, performance, and teaching practices in Berlin and internationally. She has participated in Danceweb Impulstanz 2009 and has been awarded the Caroline Plummer Fellowship in community dance at the University of Otago. She also founded and is the artistic director of the dance research and residency venue LAKE Studios Berlin, where she has received funding to facilitate numerous festivals, forums, events, and residencies as well as collaborated with Marlon Barrios Solano and Mark Coniglio to create a dance-technology residency program.