Maria Colusi is an Argentinian dancer, choreographer and teacher living in Berlin.
She has been a member of the contemporary ballet Teatro General San Martin, the Tangokinesis Company and, since 2003, the Sasha Waltz Guests Company. At the same time, she develops her own choreographic work in collaboration with composers, visual artists and musicians to transport her audience into a unique sensual landscape of dance, music and stage design. ‘Wind up’ 2023,’Displaced / Angekommen’ 2022, ‘When Painting becames Attitude’ 2021, ‘Sink’ 2019, ‘Querandi’ 2018, ‘Tone undertow’ 2015; ‘Topo’ 2014;’Witness’ 2013.
As a choreographer, she has collaborated with various directors and visual artists: Ola Mafaalanni, Berliner Ensemble, Kazuki Nakahara, Japan and Dominik Lejman, Poland, Alejandro Tantanian, Kunsten Festival des Arts Brussels, Luciano Suardi, Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart and Ola Mafaalanni, Berliner Ensemble.
Her works have been performed at Radial System, ZAK-Zitadelle, Dock11, Ufer Studios, Berliner Ensemble, Theater kapelle, Schloss Solitude, Centro Artistico it Grattaclelo, Kunst Festival des Arts and Teatro Argentino de la Plata, among others.
She teaches improvisation and composition workshops in Germany and abroad for companies, dance centres and universities, including: Berlin University of the Arts, HZT- BA Dance Programme, Argentina University of the Arts, UNA, Bauhaus University Weimar, Institut del Teatre ITI / Spain, Marameo, Tanzhalle Berlin, Tanzfabrik Schule, Dock11, PRODA, Norway, Laborgras, Radialsystem, Sasha Waltz guests company, Staatsballett, Berlin, Cdsh Hamburg /Germany, Associazione Europea Danza /Italy, Maslool dance school /Israel, Tanzschule mk /South Korea and Labcamp- Goethe Institut / Sri Lanka.
Her artistic work has been funded by Inicial 1/ 2 2022- 2021 of the Academy of Arts, Dis-tanz-solo 2021-2023 of the Dachverband Tanz Stipendien, Takecare- Darstellendekünst 2021, Stipendien SonderProgramm 2020, Einstiegsförderung 2017 of the Berlin Senate Administration, and Fundacion Antorchas, Argentina.
