Manuela Berndt - Bio
The German born choreographer accomplished her professional dance training at the National Conservatoire of Buenos Aires/Argentina and The Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds. She has performed and collaborated with a wide range of artists and companies and gained a distinction with her MA studies in Choreography at Fontys Dance Academy in the Netherlands.
Since 2003 she develops her own choreographic work and is a regular Artist in Residence at Yorkshire Dance and Studios International – Interdisciplinary Centre for Art and Media Technology in Höfgen/Germany. Besides producing and touring her performance productions, Manuela has accomplished a series of commissions and professional seminars throughout Europe and South America. As a choreographer, writer and lecturer she specialises in Forsythe Improvisation Technologies, movement generation systems and collaborative devising methods and moreover teaches Vinyasa and Hatha Yoga.
The choreographer has been awarded a number of grants and scholarships to embark on different international collaboration projects and residencies with diverse artists whilst her full-length production Body of Work has toured a large number of venues and festivals in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands to much critical acclaim.
Index of choreographic works and awards
| 2010 | HYB |
| 2009 | DanceMakers - A working relationship in 10 acts. |
| 2008 | Body of Work |
| 2008 | Deeply Superficial |
| 2007/2008 | Corpus Impromptu - Concerto for three bodies and one guitar |
| 2007 | Trio Variation for three Lamps |
| 2007 | Was hören Wir? - Festival |
| 2007 | Simply Bossa |
| 2006 | Corpus in Tone |
| 2006 | Groundwork |
| 2006 | Birtish Dance Edition Fringe Performance |
| 2005 | Sacred Compulsions |
| 2005 | Our Songs |
| 2005 | Assistant Choreographer with Senza Tempo (Barcelona) for Urban Moves Dance Festival in Manchester |
| 2005 | Outset |
| 2004 | Banana Totem |
| 2004 | I want to live in America |
| 2003 | Hora Cero |
Grants and awards
| 2010 | Arts Council England - Grant for New Double Bill |
| 2009 | Arts Council England - Grant for Body of Work Tour |
| 2009 | Landkreis Leipzig - Project Funding |
| 2009 | Lisa Ullmann Travelling Scholarship Fund - Support for research project in Buenos Aires/Argentina |
| 2008 | Tanzlabor_21 / Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt - Scholarship for Summer Lab |
| 2008 | Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen - Project Grant |
| 2008 | Kulturraum Leipziger Raum - Project Grant |
| 2008 | Arts Council England - Grant for New Production and International Tour |
| 2008 | Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen - Project Grant |
| 2008 | Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen - Development Scholarship |
| 2007 | Arts Council England - Grant for International Collaboration Project |
| 2007 | Residency Grant at Studios International - Interdisciplinary Centre for Art and Media Technology Denkmalschmiede Höfgen (for the creation of Corpus Impromptu) |
| 2007 | Residency Grant at Studios International - Interdisciplinary Centre for Art and Media Technology Denkmalschmiede Höfgen (for the choreographic direction of Was hören Wir? - Festival) |
| 2006 | Arts Council England - Grant for British Dance Edition Fringe Performance |
| 2005 | Arts Council England - Grant for Facets 2006 in Bangalore/India |