LINDA SAMARAWEEROVÁ

 Choreographer and Performer

*8.1.1977, Prague, Czech Republic
she lives and works in Vienna, Austria

education: 1998 – 2002  P.A.R.T.S, peforming arts and research studios, Belgium artistic director (A.T.Keersmaeker)

In her recent choreografic work Linda Samaraweerová researches on cultural practices focused on alternating the human conscioussess. She explores choreografic models that refer to the motive of healing. Her latest performance „ The Endless Island of Absence – Mystery of Happiness“  was created in a collaboration with the Czech multi-award winning composer Robert Jíša.

As a performer Linda Samaraweerová worked with several Austrian choreographers like Lisa Hinterreithner, Anne Juren and nada productions.

Between 2005 – 2017 she was collaborating with the visual artist  Karl Karner, crossing the genres of visual and performing arts. Together they developed choreographic works from sculpture, installation, performance, dance, theatre, video and film, which are performed in theatres, museums and galleries.

Their projects were presented regularly at Tanzquartier Wien since 2009 as well as at other venues/events, including Steirischer Herbst, brut, ImPulsTanz, Donaufestival, Lentos Museum, Neue Galerie Graz, KM – Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst und Medien. Abroad their work was shown in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Sri Lanka, Italy, France, Czech Republic, Romania, Germany and Switzerland.

Publications: Greenkasten (Kerber Verlag, 2012); I Think We Have A Good Time (2009).

2019   

(D)* Lisa Hinterreithner, and and, Tanzquartier Studios, Vienna, Austria          
(Ch)** Mystery of Happiness, Kosmetiksalon Babette at Kindl, Berlin
(D) Lisa Hinterreithner, low bodies, Arge Salzburg, Austria

2018   

(CH) The Endless Island Of Absence Mystery Of Happiness, Halle G, Tanzquartier Vienna, Austria
(D) Anne Juren, Fantasmical Anatomies, Impuls Tanz, Vienna, Austria
(D) Anne Juren, 41 ; Halle G, Tanzquartier Vienna, Austria
(D) Lisa Hinterreithner, and, open mind Festival Arge Salzburg, Schmida, Hallein (A)
            
2017

(Ch) Würfeln III. Donaufestival, Krems, Austria;
(Ch) Würfeln III. Hochsommer Feldbach, Austria
(Ch) Würfeln III. , KS Room, Steiermark, Austria
(Ch) Spiel gerade Höllentor, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer;Vienna, Austri
(D) Amanda Pina&Daniel Zimmermann, Dance and Resistance, Tanzquartier Wien, Halle G;Vienna, Austria
(D) Amanda Pina&Daniel Zimmermann, Dance and Resistance, DansFabrikBrest, France; NRWDüsseldorf  (DE)
(D) Amanda Pina&Daniel Zimmermann, The forest of Mirrors, Spanski BorciLjubljana, Slovenia; BOUGE B de Singel, Antwerp, Belgium; Halle G, Tanzquartier Vienna, Austria
(D) Lisa Hinterreithner, pink tape..., open mind Festival Toihaus Salzburg, WUK Vienna             

2016   

(Ch) Würfeln – Fell mit Ball, KM Künstlerhaus Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
(D) Amanda Pina & Daniel Zimmermann, Endangered Human Movements, Tanzquartier Wien, Halle G, Vienna, Austria; Kino Siska, Co FestivalLjubljana, Slovenia; STUK, Leuven,
Belgium    
(D) Amanda Pina & Daniel Zimmermann, The Snake and The Jaguar,Mexico City

2015    

(Ch) Würfeln, Tanzquartier Wien, Halle G, Vienna, Austria
(Ch) Würfeln, Poppositions, Bruxelles, Belgium
(Ch) 20x40x75, Schikander, Topkino, Vienna, Austria
(D) Endangered Human Movements, Amanda Pina & Daniel Zimmermann, De Singel, Antwerp, Belgium

2014   

(Ch) WHITE FOR, Xing,Bologna, Italy
(GA)***Black Sea Calling, Art Today Association,Plodiv, Bulgaria
(GA) My Landscape is your Landscape, Kunstforum Markert,Hamburg, Germany
(GA) My Landscape is your Landscape, Westwendischer Kunstverein, Gatow, Germany
(EA,Ch) Fake Fukó, ABContemporary Galerie Armin Berger, Zürich
(Ch) White For, KS ROOM, Feldbach, Austria  

2013  

(Ch) WHITE FOR, Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna Art Week, Vienna, Austria
(GA) Rotor, Anker Brot Fabrik, Vienna, Austria
(Ch, EA) Maecenas, Helmut – List - Halle, Graz, Austria
(EA) Parallel Vienna 2013, Lisabird Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
(Ch) Occupy The Museum, ImPulsTanz, Vienna, Austria
(GA,Ch) Villa Bulfon,Velden, Austria
(Ch) Greenwax On, Fine Art Festival,Tbilisi, Georgia
(Ch) Alan Greenspangrünspan, Akademie Graz + Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria

2012    

(Ch, GA),Grünwachs Ein´,post e powy´ Villa Weiss,Ligist, Austria
(EA,Ch) Black Sea Calling, Baku, Azerbaijan
(Ch) Ausgabe: Black Pages, Vienna, Austria (a project by Christoph Meier, Ute Müller, Nick Oberthaler)
(GA,Ch) Colombo Art Biennale, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2011   

(Ch) Körperlichkeit und Virtuosität, der Wilde Mann, AkademieGraz, Austria    
(Ch) alan greenspangrünspan, brut im Künstlerhaus, image Festival, Vienna, Austria
(Ch) alan greenspangrünspan, Schauraum 35/ null null, Donaufestival, Krems, Austria
(Ch) Grünmakaken im Staub, TQW Studios, Museumsquartier Wien, Vienna, Austria                            

2010  

(Ch) I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD TIME - chanson de geste, Triennale Linz 1.0, Lentos Museum,Linz, Austria
(Ch) chanson de getse, Ve.Sch. ,In den Straßen....`,Vienna, Austria
(Ch) I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD TIME - chanson de geste, TQW Halle G, MuseumsquartierVienna, Austria            

2009   

(Ch) I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD TIME – chanson de geste, Neue Galerie,Graz, Austria
(Ch) Geländer.Höher gestellter. ‚Breathless‘, kuratiert von Adam Budak, Markthalle Wien Mitte, Vienna, Austria
(Ch) I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD TIME – chanson de geste, Tanznacht, TQW Halle G, Museumsquartier, Vienna, Austria

2008   

(Ch) karl karner gestorben am…, St. Andrä Kirche,Graz, Austria
(Ch) Travel Delights, Festival Regionale Steiermark, Feldbach, Austria
(Ch) karl karner gestorben am…, brut, image Festival, Vienna, Austria
(Ch) karl karner gestorben am…‘, szene Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

2007   

(Ch) Körperlichkeit und Virtuosität, Dietheater, image Festival, Vienna, Austria

2006   

(Ch) Travel Delights, WUK, Vienna, Austria
(Ch) karl karner gestorben am… ‚X - Change‘  Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna, Austria
(Ch) Sekunden zur Auswahl, WUK, Vienna, Austria

2005   

(Ch) der öffentliche Körper: ‚Körperlichkeit und Virtuosität’ Impulstanzwochen, Wien/Terrains Fertiles:Bukarest, Romania; Vienna, Austria; Paris, France
(Ch) der öffentliche Körper: ,zelten’, Bezirksfestwochen,Vienna, Austria
(Ch) der öffentliche Körper: ,laufen’ ,fischen’ ,frühstücken’, Galerientage, Graz, Austria
(Ch) Sekunden zur Auswahl, ARGE,Salzburg, Austria

2004  

(Ch) Sekunden zur Auswahl, Duncan Centre, Prag, Czech Republic

Museum collection, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

2012       alan greenspangrünspan (video and installation), museum collection Landesmuseum Joanneum
2012       black sea calling, Baku, Azerbaijan
2009       Düsseldorf, Germany
2008       Carte Blanche Tanzquartier, Tallin, Estonia
2005       Terrains Fertiles – Bukarest, Romania,  Vienna, Austria, Paris, France
2004       Duncan Centre, Prag
2003       Lissabon, Portugal

PUBLICATIONS

2012       Karl Karner, Linda Samaraweerová ,Greenkasten´ Kerberverlag
2009       Karl Karner, Linda Samaraweerová, ‚I Think We Have a Good Time‘

 

 

*(Ch) Choreography  and Performance (untill 2017 made in collaboration with Karl Karner )
**(D) Performer/ dancer in someone elses work
***(GA) Group exhibition in collaboration with Karl Karner / (EA) Solo Exhibition (Karner - Samaraweerová)