TEACHERS

Simone Cita Kieltyka has lived in Cologne since 1999. She studied sports science and a master's degree in dance here and has been working as a dancer/performer, dance teacher and choreographer for 16 years. In her artistic-pedagogical work, she focuses on the performing arts in the fields of contemporary dance, physical theatre/movement theatre, vertical dance and contemporary circus. In recent years, she has worked in numerous functions, e.g. as a lecturer for dance and movement theatre at the DSHS Cologne, dramaturge, choreographer in the field of dance and vertical dance and trainer in contemporary circus. Among other things, she deepened her dance knowledge in Brussels with P.A.R.T.S. and with Ohad Naharin in Tel Aviv as well as during numerous stays in Barcelona (La Caldera, El Graner, El Grec Festival, BIDE). Her performances as a dancer and vertical dancer have taken her to places such as the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Barcelona, Belgium and of course to NRW and the stages in Cologne. She has been a member of the ensemble since 2006 and is currently part of the artistic management team of the Cologne-based vertical dance company Angels Aerials and has been working closely with Cologne choreographer Adrián Castelló for several years now. She has been part of the Tanzfaktur teaching team since 2022, but has been involved with the company and its artistic work since it was founded in 2013. She is particularly interested in the topics of humour, movement wit and scurrility, different dynamics and the diverse human encounters in the performing arts. She is a founding member of the association "CCCC - Kreationszentrum Zeitgenössischer Zirkus. e.V." and has been on the board of the association "Spielraum- Spiel-Musik Tanz.e.V." since the beginning of 2024. Photo: Vladimir Lupovkoy