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As professional dancer I have and had the possibility to work in different dance and education institutions, in various countries, for dance projects, theatre productions, as a judge, workshop teacher, scholar or event organiser. 
I am...
  • teaching classes, workshops and projects
  • holding lectures at events, symposiums, conferences
  • developing dance and youth projects
  • organising events
  • developing new dance concepts
  • performing on stage 
  • choreographing dance shows and theatre pieces
  • judge competitions (WDSF licenced)
  • work for media productions, TV, film, documentation, magazines

selection of references:
(for lectures, panels and conferences check ACADEMIC RESEARCH)

dance theatre
  • Residence with Cie Chara at Montpellier Danse, France (2023)
  • Residence at the Grand Studio Bruxelles in cooperation with Lezarts Urbains (2023)
  • SELAM (performance for the public space), Kortrijk, Belgium (2023) 
  • Winner TAKLIF Award with Cie Chara for HIT 7AYT (2023)
  • HIT 7AYT (because of the wall), Choreographer & producer with Cie Chara. Performances at: Schouwburg Kortrijk, Belgium (2023), Tanzfakur/Tanz nrw Festival 2023 Cologne, Germany; On Marche Festival Marrakech, Morocco (2023), Détours Festival, Bruxelles, Belgium (2022)
  • FACTORY ARTIST at Tanzhaus NRW with nutrospektif, Düsseldorf, Germany (2020 - 2022)
  • GET TOGETHER, Oper Köln. Choreography & Dance: MichaelDouglas Kollektiv, nutrospektif, 2019
  • Kinder der Nacht, Regie: Melanie Kretschmann, Choreography & Dance: nutrospektif, 2019
  • Duo "breathe", with Arian Sajina, SoloDuo Festival Köln 2019, Kulturkonferenz Amsterdam 2018 (mit Renegade/Pottporus e.V.)
  • jamformance, nutrospektif, 2017
  • Adam´s R.I.P., Renegade, Pottporus Festival 2014 & Tanz NRW Festival 2015
  • Duo "Jeux", with Lucinda Saragga, Göthe-Institut Morocco
  • Deadlines, nutrospektif, Meet HipHop Festival Ludwigsburg, 2013
  • Solo "Red Ribbon", Lieracy in Movement Conference, German Sport University Cologne, 2013
  • Columba Livia, nutrospektif, Pottporus Festival 2012, Made in Köln 2012
  • c.o.r.e., nutrospektif, Ladies Attack Festival, Tanzhaus NRW, 2012
  • Zoff in Chioggia, Regie: Nuran David Culis, Choreography; Lorca Renoux, Schauspielhaus Bochum, 2011
judging (national & international competitions)
  • WDSF Breaking for Gold Qualifier Oceania, Sydney, Australia (2023)
  • WDSF Breaking for Gold World Series, Porto, Portugal (2023)
  • WDSF Breaking for Gold European Championship, Nowy Sacz, Poland (2023)
  • WDSF Breaking for Gold World Series, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (2023)
  • Dutch Breaking Crew Championships, Eindhoven, Netherlands (2023) 
  • Outbreak Qualifier Morocco, Marrakech (2023)
  • Uzine Cypher, Casablanca, Morocco (2023)
  • Moroccan Breaking Championships, Casablanca, Morocco (2023)
  • WDSF European Breaking Championships Manchester, UK (2022) 
  • NBL Breaking League, Den Bosch, Netherlands (2022)
  • Freedom City 1vs1 Breaking, Utrecht, Netherlands (2022)
  • Undisputed 1vs1 & Crewbattle Qualifiers, IBE, Heerlen, Netherlands (2022)
  • Jam de la Fem, Den Bosch, Netherlands (2019)
  • Ground Conference #6, Aachen (2018)
  • Feel da Bounce Allstyle Battle, Bergen op Zoom, Holland (2018)
  • Swedisch Championships "SM Breaking", Helsingborg, Sweden (2017)
  • LCB Battle, Liège, Belgium (2017)
  • Ground Conference #4, ARTBewegt, Aachen (2017)
  • Jugend Tanzt NRW, Witten (2016)
  • CasaStreet Breaking Event, Casablanca, Morocco (2016)
  • BreakBuddies, Antwerpen, Belgium (2016)
  • Genius Battle, Rüsselsheim (2015)
  • Best BBoy Morocco, Rabat, Morocco (2014)
  • Air4Day, Erfurt (2014)
  • BeastHouse Battle, Erlangen (2013)
  • Casa Action - Festival Action Danse!, Oujda, Morocco (2012)
  • Cypherholics Battle, Mumbai, India (2012)
  • B-Girl Champs BENELUX, Netherlands (2011)  
  • Back 2 Flavour Jam, Stuttgart (2011)
  • Battle of the Month, Stuttgart (2010)
  • Underground Project, Luxembourg (2008)
  • DROP! Festiva Amsterdam, Netherlands (2005)
 
battles (participation, invitation)
  • 1. Place Casablanca Breaking Championship Morocco (2022)
  • 2. Place National Breaking Championship Morocco (2022)
  • 2. Place RedBull BC One Cypher Germany (2019)
  • 2. Place Level Up Bgirl 7to Smoke (2019)
  • 1. Place, Crewbattle, Xmas Battle Northside, Cologne (2018)
  • 2. Place Floor on Fire, Battle of Styles, Hellerau, Dresden (2018)
  • 2. Place Queen16 international Qualifier, Berlin (2018)
  • 1. Place Creative Team Battle/Experimental, Ground Congference #4, Aachen (2017)
  • 1. Place Bonny & Clyde Battle, SWAMP Open Air, Potsdam (2016)
  • 2. Place Floorwars Germany, Hannover (2016)
  • 2. Place international BGirl Battle Before Authentik, Valenciennes, France (2015)
  • Halffinal, 2vs2 international BGirl Battle, Battle of the Year international, Hannover (2014)
  • Exhebition Battle, Allstar Team Germany, Scandinavian Super Jam, Stockholm, Sweden (2013)
  • 1. Place Inklusion Dance Challenge, Düsseldorf (2013)
  • 2. Place Ladies Jam, Dortmund (2013)
  • 2. Place 1on1 BGirl Battle Mainhattan Cypher (2013)
  • Exhebition Battle, Dance in the Park, Agadir, Morocco (2012)
  • Exhebition Battle at Lhiba Kingzoo 4th Anniversary, Casablanca, Morocco (2012)
  • 1. Place Eurobattle Qualifier Irland, Dublin, Ireland (2010)
  • Exhebition Battle, Ready2Rumble, Saarbrücken (2010)
  • B-Girl Battle Allstar Team, The Quest, Sweden (2008)
  • B-Girl Battle, Battle of the Year France, Montpellier (2006 & 2007)
  • 1. Place B-Girl 7to smoke Doyobe, Austria (2007)
  • 2. Place Battle of the Year Germany, Hannover (2006)
  • 1. Place Qualification Battle of the Year Germany, Münster (2006)
  • 1. Place 1on1 Battle Düsseldorf (2005)
  • 3. Place B-Girl Champs Crewbattle, Berlin (2004)

teaching

In my classes i am teaching Breaking for beginners as well as for professional dancers of all dance styles. I teach Master classes; kids and adults; in youth clubs, dance schools, universities and more as Workshop, project or official class in the study schedule. My teaching is influenced by several teaching methods from theatre and contemporary dance practices as well as from my own urban dance cultural specific teaching approach.
  • Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, Universität Hildesheim, Universität Münster, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (HfMT), Fachhochschule für Medien Köln, Universität Wuppertal, Universität Paderborn, Universität zu Köln
  • Landesbüro Tanz nrw, PACT Zollverein / DYNAMO, Pottporus e.V., ARTbewegt e.V., Alte Feuerwache Köln e.V., LAG Tanz nrw, JazzHausSchule Köln
  • MichaelDouglas Collective Köln, Ladie´s Dance, Profi-Training Köln
  • Kultursommer Arnsberg, Schrittmacher Festival Generation_2, DROP! Festival Amsterdam 
  • Boogiedown Dance Center, Netherlands, Le Studio des Arts Vivantes Morocco, Festival Action Danse! Oujda, Morocco, Urban Mela Mumbai India; Twist´n´Turns Kolkata India
  • Realschule im Kleefeld Bergisch Gladbach; Montessori HS Köln Deutz; Pestalozzi-Fröbelhaus Berlin
  • Quäker Jugendhaus Köln; Offene Tür Jugendhaus Köln-Nippes; Jugendhaus Solingen
 
organisation
i am organising youth and dance events/battles as well as (urban) dance theatre festivals like...
  • Focus Dance, Dance programm with TATMIN and IF Maroc (2023)
  • NADAR'ART Festival for Dance and Visual Arts (2022)
  • Dance Fusion Morocco, workshop mentorship programm, Morocco (2021-2022)
  • Street vs Stage Morocco, Casablanca (2021)
  • Street vs. Stage on Tour (2018, 2019)
  • Street vs. Stage, KATALYST Festival (2015 - 2017)
  • Open Session, open urban/contemporary dance session (2016 - 2018)
  • STREET PERSPEKTIF Raum für urbane Tanzkunst, urban dance theatre festival (2017)
  • Break de Cologne, International Breakdance Battle (2005 - 2019)
  • Cologne Circle, International Breakdance Battle (2005 - 2019)
  • Summer Cypher Cologne, Jamsession (2015, 2016)
  • Dirty Mamas Anniversary Jam (2012, 2017)
  • BGirl Champs International Breakdance Event (2004)
 
shows
With a team of dancers I created and danced shows for big and small, commercial and non-commercial events, choreographed or freestyle shows, breaking or mixed dance-style shows, only female or mixed show teams for/at:
  • Dutch Embassy in Morocco
  • Bench
  • SAMSUNG, Photokina
  • Wella, World Games
  • RBC 99 Köln
  • Urban Mela Mumbai India (Goethe Institut India)
  • Drop! Festival Amsterdam
  • Scandinavian Superjam Stockholm
  • College Jam New Jersey USA
  • Tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf
  • German Sport University Cologne
  • Pink Kitchen Jam Krefeld
  • Bgirl Champs 2004 Berlin ...and may more...
media presence (movie, TV...)
  • Dancing Heartbeats, Documentary (2020 - 2021) 
  • Activomat (2018)
  • Das Superhirn, ZDF (2016)
  • Passwort Cultra, Happy Version Brühl (2014)
  • Dessau Dancers, double of main actor, Movie (2013)
  • Karoline Kebekus (2013)
  • Deutsche Welle India (2012)
  • Star Maja TV India (2012)
  • Xsportsisters Onlinemagazin (2012)
  • Extreme Activity, PRO7, Köln (2007)
  • MTV Barrio, Berlin (2007)
  • Frühstücksfernsehn SAT1, Berlin (2004)
  • Fritz! Radio Berlin (2004)
  • Aktion Mensch, Berlin (2003)
some examples of my work:

Freestyle Cologne - youth project
A youth project in Cologne, presented by Abenteuerhalle Kalk and Zirkus-Artistik-Zentrum Köln. In the time of 5 month we worked on a 60-minute piece showing the history of Deutz-Hallen, by creating pictures and the story with Breakdance, Parcour, Aerial Dance, Poetry Slam and more. I was responsible for the dancing crew as well as for the choreografie of the whole team/ show.
Cypherholics Park Jam,
Kolkata

Indo-German Hop Hop Project 2012 
Within the Indo-German Year i had the chance to participate in the Indo-German Hip Hop project. With a group of Hop Hop artists from Writing, Rap, DJing and Breaking we travelled 10 days to India to work inside the Urban Mela in Mumbai (Bombay), organised by the Goethe-Institut India and the Foreign Office Germany (Auswärtiges Amt) by performing shows, judging at a Breakdance-Battle, Teaching dance classes and representing the German (Hip Hop) Culture in India. After we travelled to Kolkata (Kalkutta) by invitation of the German Ambassy for designing the walls of the ambassy, again teaching dance, judging and organising a Park-Jam. It was a great experience!


Action Danse! Festival, Oujda, Morocco
Kidsclass at Action Danse!
The Action Danse! Festival in Morocco, organized by the company Fleur d´Orange, is inviting national and international dance artists to perform dance theater pieces and teach dance classes. I was invited to teach classes for kids in a primary school, a masterclass for (professional) dancers and to judge the 2vs2 Breakdance Battle Casa Action! Which was taking place within the festival. 

Dance theater Columba Livia

Solo in Columba Livia
In 2012 we founded the female urban dance collective nutrospektif and developed a 50-minutes dance theater piece, which whe could show at the Pottporus Festival 2012 and in shortcuts at Made in Köln, Tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf and Meet HipHop Festival Ludwigsburg. Later, i could present my Solo from Columba Livia at the Symposium Literacy in Movement - Movement in Literacy at the German Sports University Cologne.