Annika Hofgesang<br />Dancer / Actress<br />Choreographer / Educator<br /><br />Profile<br />Dancer, actress, choreographer, and educator with extensive experience in creating and performing dance theater pieces, as well as teaching in the field of dance.<br /><br />Professional Experience<br /><br />2024<br /><br />Theaterlabor Bielefeld and Theater Gütersloh<br />Production: "THE LOST CREW," a 60-minute dance theater piece featuring 9 performers, supported by the Cultural Office of Bielefeld and the Sparkasse Bielefeld<br />Instructor - Intensive Workshop (Contemporary Floorwork) in Austria & Amsterdam Dance Center<br />Instructor at the Film Acting School in Berlin since 2020<br /><br />2023<br /><br />Dancer and Actress<br />Theater production: "Russia OH Territory," 8 performances - Orangerie Theater, Cologne<br />2022<br /><br />Choreographer / Dancer / Actress<br />Choreography: "Marie Antoinette" at the Opera Workshop am Rhein, Cologne<br />Actress: "The Human Factor" by Sascha von Donat<br />Dancer: "Gaia Sea Lust," an international collaboration by Kristof Szabo, Orangerie Theater Cologne and the German State Theater of Timisoara, Romania<br />Dancer: "Camille Claudel - an Inner Opera (Tentett)" by Steffen Schorn, Tafelhalle Nuremberg<br /><br />2021<br /><br />Dance and Film Director, Educator<br />Direction of short films with dancers and actors for various music videos<br />Completed Yoga Training (RYS 200, Yoga Alliance)<br />Educator in Experimental Dance and Floorwork, Film Acting School Berlin<br /><br />2020<br /><br />Dancer / Actress<br />Digital theater production: "The Theater Dreams"<br />by Christian Schäfer (Artistic Director) - Theater Gütersloh<br />Dancer under the direction of Mischa Tangian - Babylon Orchestra, Berlin<br />Presented the dance piece "Mirror, Mirror in Hand" at Tanzzentrale Region Nürnberg e.V.<br />Peeping Tom, Brussels - Dancer in a 5-day research AirFX workshop with Hun Mok Jung<br /><br />2019<br /><br />Acting Training (2019 - 2023)<br />Kristof Szabo in Cologne<br /><br />Dancer and Choreographer<br />Dance Theater - "ParaSitten"<br />Theater Gütersloh, Theater im Depot Dortmund, Artist in Fusion - Festival Bielefeld<br />Actress: "Antigone" by Kristof Szabo<br />German State Theater of Timisoara, Romania<br /><br />2018<br /><br />Choreographer and Dancer<br />Premiere: "ParaSitten," a 60-minute dance piece with 5 international dancers and 2 musicians, including Joost van Duppen (sound designer from Belgium)<br />DansArt Theater<br /><br />2017<br /><br />Dance Teacher<br />Taught and choreographed dance performances with students at various dance academies<br />Solo performances for renowned national artists<br /><br />2016<br /><br />Choreographer / Dancer / Actress<br />Production: "Hoch Zeit" at Tor6 Theaterhaus Bielefeld<br />Dance Instructor at various dance academies<br /><br />2015<br /><br />Choreographer and Dancer<br />Premiere: "Seelend - Free and Radical," a dance theater piece featuring Danilo Cardoso and musician Torgeir Vassvik from Oslo - DansArt Theater<br />Dancer: Promotional film for AGOFORM<br />Scholarship - Palermo Festival in Danza with Lorent Zachar, Richardson Desmond, and Susanne Linke<br />Scholarship and Residency: Tango Contemporary with Gabriela Zuarez and Jorge Fatauros<br />Multiple training sessions with the dance company at Stadttheater Bielefeld<br /><br />2014<br /><br />Choreographer and Dancer<br />Premiere: "Ice Age Cinema," her first self-produced stage project - DansArt Theater<br />Dancer: "MMIRI, MIZU, WATER" by Tchekpo Dan Agbetou, International Dance Fair Düsseldorf<br />Dance teacher: Modern Contemporary and Floorwork at various dance academies<br />Dancer: "NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE," Culture Gala at Theater Bielefeld and Theater Gütersloh<br /><br />2013<br /><br />Dancer and Choreographer<br />Tango Rioplatense (Masterclass): Jörn Kitzhöfer, Stephan Wiesner, and Ulrike Schladebach, Berlin<br />Tango shows for the German-Finnish Society with Jörn Kitzhöfer<br /><br />2012<br /><br />Dancer<br />Dance project: "Crossing, Exchanging and Reaching" by Michel Kouakoun and Tchekpo Dan Agbetou - Biennale Passages 12<br />Solo performances and engagements at events and festivals in Bielefeld, including the 800th City Anniversary<br />Education<br /><br />2010 – 2013<br /><br />certified stage dancer<br />DansArt Academy, Bielefeld<br /><br />2019 - 2023<br />acting - training<br />Kristof Szabo<br /><br />Further training with Peeping Tom in Brussels and Damien Jalet in Vienna<br /><br />*Dance Instructor in Modern Contemporary and Floorwork<br />*Yoga Instructor (RYS 200, Yoga Alliance)<br />*Okinawan Karate - 10 years<br />*Figure Skating<br />*Tango Argentino<br />*Acting<br />*Guitar
Annika Hofgesang
Dancer / Actress
Choreographer / Educator
Profile
Dancer, actress, choreographer, and educator with extensive experience in creating and performing dance theater pieces, as well as teaching in the field of dance.
