1973-79 |
classical ballet education in Düsseldorf, Germany arts major by Boysdisciple Sigrid Schwarz Kunstakademie Düsseldorf: Project painting and motion |
1980 |
Amsterdam Theaterschool: Moderne Dans education, left school |
1981 |
Clown with Roy Bosier Rome; Commedia dell'Arte with Ferruchio Soleri lives from playing street theater for a half year in Italy |
1981-84 |
Berlin, Method Acting ( Strasberg) with Walter Lott, acting training with Grotowski in Wroclaw and with the Roy Hart Theater Breathing and speaking: Schlaffhorst- Andersen technique; singing and voicing with Composer Vladimir Rodzianko; member of the Ratibor Theater and danceprojects with Sara Shelton-Mann SF develops and teaches “voicing and dancing“ filmproject at the Academy for Film and Television DFFB Berlin |
1979-84 |
creation of soloworks, films and streetperformances |
1984-86 |
NYC dance education at the Merce Cunningham School, dancetraining with the Trisha Brown Dance Company and Viola Faber Contactimprovisation, Releasework, Dancetherapy with Nancy Stark-Smith and other teachers of Movement Research and Naropa Institute Releasework after Alan Wayne with Tamar Rogoff Choreography workshops with Robert Ellis Dunn and Trisha Brownn Jazzsinging with Jeanne Lee, voice through the body with Lisa Sokolov dancer in performances of: Meredith Monk, Bread and Puppet Theater, Tamar Rogoff,a.o. own productions in NYC |
1986-89 |
teaches „dancing and voicing“ and „dancing with gravity“ in Europe touring the soloevening „Aquarium“ crossmedia performance collaborations in Switzerland teacher for dance and performance at the „freiraum theaterschule Bremen“ |
1989 |
founding the group „Britta Lieberknecht & Technicians“ with actor Reinhard Gerum |
1989-91 |
dancer with PLAN K – Frédéric Flamand, Brussels |
1996-2003 |
physiotherapist and Pilates Polestar Rehabilitation Trainer |
1992-2009 |
lives in Köln until today creating crossmedia danceproductions longterm collaboration with trombone player Paul Hubweber pure danceworks to live music with drummer/ percussionist Christoph Hillmann performanceseries with violinist Toshiko Takada cochoreographer and dancer with Theater Monteure (dancetheater for children) |
since 2003 |
exhibitions (Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl) |
since 2007 |
teacher for professional training cochoreographer, codirector and dancer with „Theater Monteure“ for young audiences |
2009 |
Cologne Dancetheatere Award and Cologne Children's Theatre Award |
2013 |
Britta Lieberknecht & Company“ was founded with 5 young dancers and pianist Laurenz Gemmer as musical collaborator |
2015 |
until today collaborations with visual artists, especially Brele Scholz, Reni Scholz and Jutta Dunkel. |
2018 |
start of the ongoing performance sequence „momentschicht“ developing forms of dancing action painting. Member of PAErsche, a laboratory and worldwide network for performance art. |
2019 |
Teacher of the Feldenkrais Method® |