Bianca Mendonça

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.

Artistic Works

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.

 Theater

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

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.