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Victoria McConnell & collaborators
Victoria McConnell & collaborators
Raised in California, Victoria has always been moving, creating, and connecting. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Belhaven University in 2008 and afterward worked the freelance scene in the Pacific Northwest of the United States for 6 years. Since 2015, she has been living in Berlin and working in Europe.
Collaboration has always been important to Victoria’s work and informs how she creates as well as performs. Developing her own work and choreography, she has collaborated with musician Joshua Tennent and has created an theatrical comedy performance with puppeteer Nathalie Wendt and the ABA NAIA Kollektiv. She continues to collaborate with physical performer, Rodolfo Piazza Pfitscher Da Silva, which has resulted in Signs.Sigils and new work, Playing Dead and Doing Time in 2020-2021 as well as several dance films. While in the US, she worked with artists such as Brad Curran, musicians Julia Massey and Caleb Talbert, and choreographed collaboratively with Kenaniah Bystrom.
As a dancer, Victoria has enjoyed performing in Europe with Irina Pauls, Joachim Schloemer, Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz, Tanz Company Gervasi, Sara Angius, and the Staatsoper Berlin among others. She has also performed for camera in productions such as “Babylon Berlin” or “Berlin, I Love You” and the occasional commercial. While in Seattle from 2009-2015 she performed with many artists including Catapult Dance/Michele Miller, Ilvs Strauss, Alana O Rogers Dance Company, Tara Dyberg, and Coriolis Dance Collective to name a few.
As another modality of co-creation, Victoria curates dance-based events. Through ada Studios in Berlin, she has curated events in the ongoing series “NAH DRAN extended" in 2018, 2019 and a residency-performance version of NAH DRAN in 2020. While in the Seattle she had the opportunity to coproduce dance & art events through the nonprofit organization Abbey Arts between 2012 and 2014.
Teaching dance is a vital part of Victoria’s continuing artistic practice and since 2009 she has been teaching contemporary, ballet, improvisation and jazz and is pleased to be a staff teacher at Tanzfabrik Berlin as well as a freelance teacher.
Collaboration has always been important to Victoria’s work and informs how she creates as well as performs. Developing her own work and choreography, she has collaborated with musician Joshua Tennent and has created an theatrical comedy performance with puppeteer Nathalie Wendt and the ABA NAIA Kollektiv. She continues to collaborate with physical performer, Rodolfo Piazza Pfitscher Da Silva, which has resulted in Signs.Sigils and new work, Playing Dead and Doing Time in 2020-2021 as well as several dance films. While in the US, she worked with artists such as Brad Curran, musicians Julia Massey and Caleb Talbert, and choreographed collaboratively with Kenaniah Bystrom.
As a dancer, Victoria has enjoyed performing in Europe with Irina Pauls, Joachim Schloemer, Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz, Tanz Company Gervasi, Sara Angius, and the Staatsoper Berlin among others. She has also performed for camera in productions such as “Babylon Berlin” or “Berlin, I Love You” and the occasional commercial. While in Seattle from 2009-2015 she performed with many artists including Catapult Dance/Michele Miller, Ilvs Strauss, Alana O Rogers Dance Company, Tara Dyberg, and Coriolis Dance Collective to name a few.
As another modality of co-creation, Victoria curates dance-based events. Through ada Studios in Berlin, she has curated events in the ongoing series “NAH DRAN extended" in 2018, 2019 and a residency-performance version of NAH DRAN in 2020. While in the Seattle she had the opportunity to coproduce dance & art events through the nonprofit organization Abbey Arts between 2012 and 2014.
Teaching dance is a vital part of Victoria’s continuing artistic practice and since 2009 she has been teaching contemporary, ballet, improvisation and jazz and is pleased to be a staff teacher at Tanzfabrik Berlin as well as a freelance teacher.
Current & Recent Collaborators
Rodolfo Piazza Pfitscher da Silva - Co-creator & Dancer - https://www.instagram.com/piazzarodolfo/
Nathalie Wendt - Actor, Puppeteer - https://www.dashybris.com/team/nathalie-wendt/
Aba Naia Kollektiv - Post Porn Clowning - https://www.facebook.com/pg/ABANAIA/about/
Relachen Berlin - Comedy - https://www.facebook.com/relachenberlin/
Joshua Tennent - Musician - https://soundcloud.com/joshua-tennent
Alexander Windner Lieberman - Videographer, Dancer - http://www.alexanderwindnerlieberman.com/
Alessandro Marzotto-Levy - Dancer - https://vimeo.com/user60289609
Rodolfo Piazza Pfitscher da Silva - Co-creator & Dancer - https://www.instagram.com/piazzarodolfo/
Nathalie Wendt - Actor, Puppeteer - https://www.dashybris.com/team/nathalie-wendt/
Aba Naia Kollektiv - Post Porn Clowning - https://www.facebook.com/pg/ABANAIA/about/
Relachen Berlin - Comedy - https://www.facebook.com/relachenberlin/
Joshua Tennent - Musician - https://soundcloud.com/joshua-tennent
Alexander Windner Lieberman - Videographer, Dancer - http://www.alexanderwindnerlieberman.com/
Alessandro Marzotto-Levy - Dancer - https://vimeo.com/user60289609
Photo - Jan Bastel
