MAIKA (1986) is a performance maker, performer, and lighting designer. She studied at the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies in Giessen (B.A. 2010) and completed her Master of Theatre in 2013 at DasArts (DAS) in Amsterdam. Since 2009, she has formed the performance duo Quast & Knoblich with Hendrik Quast. She teaches performative practices at the HBK Braunschweig and film design at the Filmakademie Ludwigsburg. She is also a coach for feedback in artistic processes. She has worked as a lighting designer and dramaturge since 2010, working with Olympia Bukkakis, Emmi-Lou Rößling, Barbara Schmidt-Rohr, SKART, Vanessa Stern, Jeremy Wade, and Hendrik Quast, among others. Maika Knoblich lives in Berlin with her two children and partner. Portfolio: www.quastknoblich.de
In my teaching practice my main tools are affirmative feedback (a focus on what works / is at work) and encouragement to go ahead and try. So that we can learn through making. I trust in the deep satisfaction it can bring when we create things ourselves and instead of consuming them.