Lilo Stahl
Freelance teaching/stage since 1981; major contributor to new dance developments and the establishment of improvisation as a stage form.
Studied and practised new dance at Naropa Institute Boulder (USA), Studio di Danza Firenze (Katie Duck). Her artistic development was also strongly influenced by Asian dance and forms of expression.
1979 Co-founder of bewegungs-art Freiburg, Centre for New Dance and Improvisation. 1987-91 Member of Dance Butter Tokio Anzu Furukawa, Japan.
She has created solo programmes and dance theatre pieces.
Since 1995 she has been researching and performing Instant Composition with dancers and musicians in international ensembles, including Sasha Waltz, Julyen Hamilton, Mark Tompkins, Meg Stuart, David Zambrano, Alessandro Certini, Charlotte Zerbey.
From 2006-2021 co-director of TIP – state-approved full-time training for dance, improvisation and performance. Since 2019 co-curator of onCe Festival, Freiburg.
2021 sounDance Festival Berlin, Premiere Solo what if – on the theme of silence & noise, sponsored by Distanz-Solo.
Since 2022, development of the performance concept findings for the Instant Composition group The Accomplicies.
Continuous: Duets with violinist Harald Kimmig, in the Quintet Kimmig, Studer, Zimmerlin (music) & Schumacher, Stahl (dance).
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