Team

TanzScout Berlin

Maren Witte
Doctorate in dance and literature. Lives and works as a dance scholar in Berlin, specializing in introducing contemporary dance art to a new audience and offering new approaches, views and perspectives. Internationally active in the fields of adult and cultural education. Collaborations with the Goethe Institute Berlin as well as San Francisco and Hanoi. Works in collaboration with international festivals such as Tanz im August and “spielzeit europa”. www.tanzdramaturgie.de

Christin Schmidt
Studied culture, dance and music sciences as well as contemporary dance in Lüneburg, Berlin and Paris. She is working in the fields of dance and theatre and has assisted with projects for das Neue Schauspiel Erfurt, das Theater an der Parkaue and within the initiative “Über Lebenskunst” of the Bundeskulturstiftung among others. She has also been active with the Transit Festival and as a production assistant for the choreographer Thomas Lehmen. She can be seen performing with Stüba Philharmonic and with various bands.

Louise Wagner
Studied stagecraft and free arts at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna and at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg while completing a dance education at the contemporary dance school in Hamburg. She earned her diploma in choreography at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst “Ernst Busch” in Berlin in 2010. Louise has been living and working in Berlin as a freelance choreographer for the last 4 years.

 

TanzScout Junior

Cilgia Carla Gadola
Studied dance at the Iwanson-Schule in Munich. As a dancer, she mostly participates in works by Cie. N-N. She is the founder and contributor to Tanzpresse.de and is furthering her studies in dance analysis. She has been studying at the FU Berlin since 2009 with minors in publicity and communication sciences. She also works as a director’s and production assistant at Tanztage Berlin and Theater Discounter among others.

Katja Karouaschan
Studied theatre sciences in Vienna and trained in contemporary dance. She has worked as a director’s assistant in theatre productions within the independent scene in Vienna and Berlin as well as a freelance graphic and web designer. Since 2008 she has been a cultural manager in the fields of production, organization, press and online editing as well as the dramatization and organization of dance pieces for children.

Johanna Chemnitz
Special field: practical dancing and the teaching of knowledge derived from this experience.
Studied modern and contemporary dance at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Arnhem (NL) from 2000-04. Since 2004 she has been living in Berlin and working as a dancer and yoga teacher. She frequently collaborates with other artists in the field of dance and visual art as well as creating her own work.