Foto Martin Miseré.
Bianca Mendonça
Academic Education
2011 – 2014 Center for Contemporary Dance/Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln – Germany. Master of Arts Dance Dissemination in Contemporary Contexts.
2014 University of Dance and Circus (DOCH) - Stockholm, Sweden. Exchange inside the Masterprogram New Performative Practices - specialization in Choreography.
2004 -2007 Center for Performing Arts - University of Sao Paulo – Brazil. High University Degree in Performing Arts
Training in Dance and Body Practices
2017 – Body Weather Training – De Quincey Company
2011-2013 Center for Contemporary Dance/Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln – Training in contemporary dance in the context of my master studies.
2010-2011 Studio Laborgrass, Marameo and Tanzfabrik Berlin - Klein technique, contemporary dance, composition and improvisation.
2009-2011 Tanzfabrik Berlin – Dance Intensive Program.
2008-2009 La Area - Barcelona – training program in modern dance and ballet.
2006-2007 Studio Move and Studio Nova Dança - São Paulo – new dance, improvisation and contact improvisation.
choreography
2022 LandScaping 0.4 / to the one who´ve been before (Prozess Showing) - Tanzfaktur - Cologne
2021 LandScaping 0.3 / Knoten - premiere St. Getrud Kirche+Kultur - Cologne
2021 LandScaping 0.2 - das unkartierte Land - Premiere Barnes Crossing Cologne
2020 -2021 LandScaping 0.1 and LandScaping 0.1-Mapping the places I have nver been. - Maschinenhaus Essen.
2018 What Now Where To - Premiere: Barnes Crossing, Cologne
2018 Underboundaries (research project with De Quincey Company from Sydney)
2016-2017 Co2 and other toxins - Premiere: tanz.tausch Festival Köln
2016 Alternative - Stadt-Tanz-Fluss - St. Michael Church - New Talents/Cologne Biennale
2016 About maps and choreography- choreographic installation in the context of the Inkubator, artistic residence in the Tanzfaktur Köln. The work can also be experienced here
2015 Continuum Variation - Tanzfaktur Köln
2015 Continuum - Premiere: Festival Tanz NRW
2014 To Be Heard - Premiere Favoriten Festival
2014 Hybrid Body – solo – Premiere Kunsthaus Rhenania
2013 Four Feet – solo – Premiere: Center for Contemporary Dance
2012 Zwischenzeitlich - Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum – Köln.
2012 Tagebuch - Feldstärke/Pact Zollverein
2012 Possibilities – Center for Contemporary Dance
2011 A Promise of Glass – choreography for the camera.
2010 When My Lungs Stopped- Solo. – Premiere: Tanzfabrik
2010 Wäscheleine – Premiere Festival 48 Stunden Neuköln
Performing as contemporary dancer
2016 Sound Move - installation of Simone Forti. - Kunstmuseum Bonn/Beethoven Festival
2014 Surrogate Cities – direction: Mathilde Monier und Heiner Goebbels
2014 I Am – direction: Lemi Ponifasio/MAU Companie
2011 Performance Project Conversation and Negotiation. Choreography :Maya Lypsker.
2010 Project – Choreography: Gisela Müller.
2010 The Wave – Choreography: Maik Riebort.
2010 Human Kinetics Movement Arts- Site-specific Performances under the direction of Yana Schnitzler.
2011 Passagens – video dance
2009 Flu-í-do – Choreography: Felipe Veiga/Cia Aroz con Leche.
contemporary Theater :
collaborations
2024 The New Mining Society - DESLOCAR Colective. - Atelier Automatique Bochum
2024 Briefe an Bärbel - Direction: Gabriel Carneiro - Function: Performer and Dramaturg. Der Rahmen ist Programm Festival - Chemnitz
2021-2022 Niemandes Boden from Gabriel Carneiro - Function: mentoring and dramaturgy.
acting
2012 Folk - Regie: Romeo Castellucci.
2007 7 Acts - Regie: Beth Lopes.
2007 Postado – Direction: Bianca Mendonca and Priscilla Carbone
2005 Ergonomic – Direction: Ravel Cabral/VUHA
2003 Dança da Conquista - Direction: Oi Nóis AquiTraveis.
2002 Habitáts – Direction: Élsie Costa/Terrícolas e Terranteses
CURATION
2024-2025 - MIGRANTENNALE (KulturForum Witten)
2022 - Postapocalyptic Encounters - im collaboration with Korina Kordova and Lena Peters
Teaching
2018-2019 - Musikschule des Stadt Leichlingen - Kindertanz and Modern Dance
2018 Habibi in Love - Theater Project at Ursullinenschule in Cologne
2017 Nett&FriendsStudio - Cologne - Modern and Contemporary Dance
2016 - 2017 Zirkus Habibi - Theater Project at Ursullinenschule in Cologne
2016 Albert-Schweitzer Realschule - Theater Project for the High School in the Kontext of "Kultur and Schule"
2015 MAS – Institut für ganzheitliches Training – regular Kindertanz Course.
2014 Studio Ballet+Tanz – regular modern dance course.
2014 KISS- Kindersportschule Mönchengladbach – one week project for children.
2013 Quartier am Hafen – Tanzlab- 4 Workshop of Movement Research.
2012 Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln - Bilder in Bewegung- one week workshop
2007 Pereira da Silva Schule – regular Theater classes.
2007 University of São Paulo Universität- theater project with adults.