Sculptures and live paintings
Ilona Ottenbreit
The painter and sculpture Ilona Ottenbreit plays with the dimensions. She finished her master studies 2006 in painting and sculptures in the Udk Berlin, Germany. Inspired from the stage – particularly dance and theater – she has been studying with the detection of human experience of environment, space and movement. In 2011, Ilona Ottenbreit founded the performance group “Dimensions” – the initiation for concept developments in the field of live performance that combine dance, theatre, music and painting.
2001 scholarship for painting of Dorothea Konwiarz Foundation in Berlin, Germany
2003 scholarship of Erasmus in Milano Accademia di Brera, Italy
2005 scholarship of painting in Colliuore CĂ´te Vermeille, France
2011 founder of the group of DIMENSIONEN
2011 project Funding for the performance „Dimensionen“ in Berlin, Germany
2013 project Funding for the performance „Homo Utopiens“ in Berlin, Germany
Study:
Painting with Professor Volker Stelzmann, sculpture with Professor Harro Jacob, Berlin at UdK
Graduate and master’s student in Berlin at UdK (Professor Harro Jacob)
Dancer
Abel Navarro
Abel Navarro was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina). He studied modern contemporary dance in the IUNA, the State Dance College of the City of Buenos Aires and went through the training there in Graham and Choreographic composition under the direction of Master Cristina Barnils. In 2005 he received the award in Buenos Aires and the promotion of Fondo Nacional de las Artes for strengthening and developing modern contemporary dance. Since December of 2003 to June 2007, he was in Buenos Aires permanent member of the Aerial Dance Company Brenda Angiel and took during this time also participated in various dance and dance theater projects. In June 2007 he was invited by Maria Rovira, head of the company Transit Dansa, Spain. Since 2009 he has worked as a teacher, choreographer and dancer for air dance.
Dance Education / Studies:
Cristina Barnils: Modern Dance, Open Gallo, Buenos Aires
Dance Works: Dance school for modern and contemporary dance (classical Graham composition improvisation), Berlin
Maria Ruanova (IUNA): State dance high school in the city, Buenos Aires
Arte XXI: Dance school for modern and contemporary dance
Awards / Grants:
State Art Promotion, promotion to the deepening and perfecting the dance 2005
Dancer
Giovanna Rovedo
www.giovannarovedo.wordpress.com
An Italian dance artist and choreographer; currently living between Berlin and the Italian Dolomites.
After a BA in Contemporary Dance, National Dance Academy, Rome she started to work as dance artist with different choreographers and in different project with WhyCompany (IT), UmbraSolis (IT/NL), Cie Evidanse(IT/FR), Dimensionen (DE) and Valeria Loprieno (IT). She also worked with Virgilio Sieni, Arthur Staldi and Laurent Chetouane.
In 2013 she starts her own projects. She made LocalitĂ Presa 1, Dino, The Reconciliation of Magik Salap ( a Tryptich) in collaboration with Sharon Estacio, Espo: Singolare/Plurale that brings her in various places in Europe and above.
In 2017 she completed her BA in Cultural Anthropology with a thesis on physical perception in the Western world.
She is a contemporary dance teacher.
Music
Martina DĂĽnkelmann
1994 – 2003 Master of Arts in musicology and cultural sciences: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
2009 – 2012 Journalism: Freie Journalistenschule Berlin
Performances:
2017 per/re/ception: solo cello performance
2017 Cosma Lab
2014 Dimensionen: “Homo Utopiens”
2012 – 2013 Elbee B.A.D. & The P.O.D. Orchestra
2011 – 2013 Jeff Özdemir & Friends
2011 “Dimensionen”
2011 Aktion #5 UdK Berlin: 3 hours, 2 dancers, 1 cello
2010 “Alphaspezialität” – exhibition by Betsy Dadd in Galerie PremArts, Berlin
2007 +2008 improvisation intensives, Palucca Schule Dresden
Release Notes:
Mary Ocher – “Eden” http://www.maryocher.com/
Jeff Ă–zdemir & Friends – “Baby can’t you see now”
Sensor – “Sensor”
Music
Thomas Wagner
Is working as an artist, performer and musician.
He studied painting in 1990 at KHB WeiĂźensee, 1991-96 at Universität der KĂĽnste Berlin, 1994 at the Royal College of Art in London and finished his master studies in 1997 at Universität der KĂĽnste with K. – H. Hödicke.
From 1997-99 he was granted with an atelier funding by the Karl-Hofer-Gesellschaft Berlin.
Since 1987 he is staging his music performance “HERR BLUM”
Performances in Germany, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland
Awards:
NDR-Hörfest 1991, Berliner Senatsrock-Award 1992, Metrobeat 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Thomas Wagner is working with different galleries and event promoters like “ARTFORUM”, Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, Galerie Wolf, Berlin, Galerie Giessler / Nothelfer, Berlin, Galerie Busche, Berlin, La Vilette Paris, B2 Moskau, Rote Fabrik, ZĂĽrich, MAK, Wien, Huxley’s, Berlin, Kesselhaus, Berlin, Columbiahalle, Berlin…
Photographs and camera
Anika Kuntze
Free only work in the fields of graphic design, photography, illustration and media design. By 2007, art direction / print in the media agency code Candy / Rough code. Skills: illustration, photography, design and logo development; Corporate Design, Graphic Arts, Web Design & Processing
study:
Course Communication and Planning at the University of Arts Berlin
exhibitions:
“3 Pictures Red and celestial bodies” in the showroom Rochow
“Inbetween” in HĂĽttenpalast
Work / Projects:
“All in a Night” (G. Richter) / Sound and Photography
“Schneewitte” (freely adapted from E. Jelinek) with actress Julia Mahlke / Malperformance – Live painting – Stage
“Patti`s Maids” (freely adapted from J. Genet) / Photography
Gests
Justus Sparke
Since 1990 in experimentelle music.
Works since 2005 as freelancer for camera assistent und sound engeneer.
Lives and works in Berlin.
René Füger
Plays the nycelhapar in Dimensionen.