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Christine Gaigg

Christine Gaigg

Christine Gaigg lives in Vienna as a freelance choreographer. Having completed a course of philosophy and linguistics at the University of Vienna she trained as a dancer and choreographer at the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam. Under the label 2ND NATURE she produces contemporary dance performances, for which she collaborates e.g. with the composer Max Nagl: “Oiwei Super” (1995) Festival der Regionen in Upper Austria; “Sacre Material” (2000), which was awarded the Österreichischer Tanzproduktions¬preis; “ten2hundred” (2001), curated for the opening of Tanzquartier Wien; “ADEBAR / KUBELKA” (2003), in collaboration with the film maker Peter Kubelka. Together with the composer Bernhard Lang she developed a loop grammar for music, movement and language: “TRIKE spring, summer, winter” (2004) and “TRIKE” (2005) with members of the ensemble of the Theater am Neumarkt Zurich. “V-TRIKE” (2004-06) was premiered at the Kaaitheater Brussels. Her mise-en–scène of Elfriede Jelinek’s “Über Tiere” (2007) was co-produced as a Swiss premiere at the Theater am Neumarkt Zurich, the Zürcher Festspiele and Tanzquartier Wien. During the season of 2007/08 Christine Gaigg was artist in residence at Tanzquartier Wien. In addition to her activities as choreographer she is also teaches as a visiting professor of the Theory of Performance at the Institut für Theaterwissenschaft Vienna.