01 – 13 March
Mon – Sat 10.45 – 12.30

In her training Milli Bitterli not only conveys forms but also the desire to analyse body positions and body sensations in a playful way. By demonstrating the wealth of interpretation of an individual movement, the possibility opens up for the participants to experience already familiar forms of movement in a new way. For Bitterli it is a question of the correct measure of simplicity and essence of a movement. Layer by layer, one’s own body is explored in greater depth until finally the form is forgotten. Her artistic approach combines training directly with stage presence and thereby creates a basic precondition for her artistic process of creation: for Bitterli, training, rehearsal and performance form an inseparable whole.

Milli Bitterli (*1969 in Austria) started dancing at the age of four. She received her first training as a classical dancer at the ballet school of the Vienna State Opera. Later she moved to the Vienna Conservatory. On numerous travels through Europe she trained further to become a contemporary dancer. After her school-leaving certificate she studied business administration in Vienna and Zurich. During this period she was already engaged with numerous companies: Zurich Tanztheater, NKK, Charisma, Ivan Wolfe Cie., Konnex and Pool, and later with Willi Dorner Cie., Elio Gervasi Cie., DV8 Physical Theatre and Damaged Goods. In the process she worked with choreographers such as Meg Stuart, Javier de Frutos, Nigel Charnock and Lloyd Newson. In 2000 Milli Bitterli founded her own company, Artificial Horizon. Afterwards she was involved in collective, cooperative and choreographic projects with Christine de Smedt, Wendy Houston, Superamas, Christine Gaigg, Markus Schinwald, Robert Steijn, Jack Hauser and Jennifer Lacey among others. Milli Bitterli regularly gives training, workshops and masterclasses.