​"Throughout my education and working experiences, I have realized that I can help people finding their individual,   authentic performance presence. My artistic aim is to create work that is challenging and open for exploration and  social interaction within a simple and set frame. I want to inspire new audiences, reengage viewers who are familiar with contemporary dance, motivate different dance artists to trust in their skills and engage them to practice and create dance for each and everyone."


Annika Kompart  is currently studying an MfA in performing Arts at The Danish National School of Performing Arts in CPH, 2019-2021. Beside working as professional and international freelance dance artist, choreographer and teacher, originally from Germany, DE but based in Copenhagen, DK since 2015.
Since visiting Denmark last year, I found myself smiling, whilst traveling through the country, not because of the strong wind, but because I felt home. It was the first time, since a while. The nature and the sea, the air, the wind, suddenly reminded me of good memories in my childhood. I feel somehow connected to the Danish serenity and temper.”

She got selected for a 4 weeks funded Artistic Residency researching the concept VINTAGE dance with simple technology at Performing Arts Platform together with Sarah Fdili Alaoui (FR), DK
She was touring and performing with Reckless Sleepers A String Section at Triennale Brugge, BE as well as at Studiobühne Köln, Festival Teaterszene Europa, DE
She presented her work MoZert a violin dance duet together with Nicolaj Frederik Wamberg at Opernloft Hamburg as part of a Tanzfest, DE. Moreover she went on tour with Gazart (http://gazart.dk/) presenting Sneøjne to Hakawy International Arts Festival for children in Cairo, EGY
She received Danish Arts Council Funding to support her work We Are not Unique, together with Ida Frost and My Lambertsen, that premiered at Teater Momentum in Odense DK.
Her work TREFFPUNKT SPEECH(LESS) got presented at Bådteatret  CPH in January. This is a staging of EXPERIMENT SPEECH(LESS), which has been trough a two weeks residency at Forsøgsstationen DK.
As dancer, she has been performing and touring with theater GLIMT (https://vimeo.com/214523639), performed with Torbjörn Johannson NOW in the Dansehallerne DK, and with Reckless Sleepers in 'A String Section` at the Metropolis Festival, with a tour to Scotland UK. 
Beside her work as dancer/ performer, she takes classes with Pina Bausch Company in Wuppertal DE, Danish Dance Theater DK, and got official support from GRAMEX to participate a Gaga Course in Tel Arviv and to train with Batsheva Dance Company in December.

She works cross-disciplinary on a high professional level and international scale. Her work as visual artist has been presented at ARoS Museum for Moderne Kunst (http://www.aros.dk) Aarhus, in Dansehallerne (http://www.dansehallerne.dk) Copenhagen, DK, at Agitart Festival (http://www.agitartcompanyia.com) Figueres, ES, at Yorkshire Dance (http://www.yorkshiredance.com), at Seven Arts (http://www.sevenleeds.co.uk),at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD, http://www.nscd.ac.uk) Leeds, UK and at Lichthof Theater (http://www.lichthof-theater.de/aktuelle-produktionen.html) Hamburg, DE

Annika graduated with a first honored BPA degree from NSCD in 2014.  As part and final project of her studies and in collaboration with the dancers she has created The Last Knit, a durational dance installation of seven hours, performed by seven dancers, merging movement, voice, film projection, time, a knitted dress, plenty of thoughts, ideas, senses and wonders. The Maria Abramovic Institut ( MAI, http://www.mai-hudson.org/about-mai/) New York, US, has found her durational work on the Internet and have shown interest to potential collaborations.                                                                                                         

After graduating, she has lived and worked mainly in London, where she has taken and participated varies professional classes, company classes, workshops and dance events. Traveling to,- living and dancing in different places, has broadened and expanded her network in the contemporary dance scene to an international level. Furthermore she has received British Arts Council funding (http://www.artscouncil.org.uk) to restage her durational work with the original cast as well as developing it further to One More Dress with artists 60+ in December 2014.

Her previous degree at the Erika Klütz School (http://www.kluetzschule.de) Hamburg, DE has qualified her as a teacher in dance and education. Since 2011 is she employed as regular guest teacher and choreographer to the students.
Academic studies such as anatomy, psychology, music and dance history where part of the curriculum, in addition to the different dance techniques. They enabled her to gain a fundamental, functional understanding of the human body as well as a broadened her knowledge about psychology and pedagogics.
"I see those skills as essential to create abstract, metaphorically rich pieces and performances". 

She has been involved in various performances, cross-arts collaborations, not only as a dancer/ performer but also as a musician playing the violin.
Beside her professional education, has she joined the Ballroom Formation/ Company Schwarz- Gold- Göttingen and has been dancing competitions and shows as single/ pair as well as in a group.

 

 

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