Curriculum vitae
Susanne Bentley
Career Profile
Grants, Residencies & Scholarships
Education & Qualifications
Teaching Experience
2012
Bal Moderne – Mois de la Danse, Marche;
2011
White Walls & Electricity #3 – led by Sten Rudstrom, Tanzfabrik (Berlin). Improvisor.
SoloConversations - @ Compil D’Avril/Charleroi Danses, Brussels; Inside Out Festival ULB, Brussels; D Festival, Théâtre Marni, Brussels. Improvisor.
Bal Moderne – Inside Out Festival ULB, Brussels; Swedish National Day – Husqvarna. Deltebre Danza, Spain; Parc Josaphat, Parc Woluwe, Bxls Bain/Bad, Brussels; Watch This Space festival (National Theatre) London, Regio Bal Maastricht, Netherlands. Dancer/Teacher
2010
Pink Ribbon Conga (Bal Moderne) – choreography Susanne Bentley, Sophie Beyne & Fillip Bilsen @ Place St Catherine, Brussels. Choreographer/dancer/teacher.
Matter of Act – Lenio Kaklea, Summer Intensive @ Les Ballets C de la B. Performer.
WTF – independent artists festival, Beursschouwburg, Brussels. Improvisor.
Solo Conversations - @ opening Bains Connective, Ten Weyngaert, Brussels; Festival Studios en Scene, Espace Mutin, Brussels; S.H.O.W. presents Beursschouwburg, Traversées festival @ Théâtre de la Balsamine, Brussels; Summer Studios, Brussels; JetHerfst festival, Brussels. Improvisor.
Bal Moderne – Dans in Limburg 2010 CC Hasselt; Ekeren, Cultuurcentrum ‘t Vondel, Halle; De Velinx, Tongeren;Evere; Nijvel; La Belgique Danse pour l’Europe, Brugge; Gaucheretplein, Parc Cinquantinaire, Place St Denis, Parc 21 julliet, Parc Duden, Brussels; Lisbon, Portugal; Mons; Grimbergen; Mechelen. Dancer/Teacher
2009
Solo Conversations - @ Charleroi Danses Biennale 09, Brussels; BrxlBravo festival in Metrowerken/Travo metro- St Gilles metro stations, Brussels & 2Dance4Hours- Brigittines, Brussels; Museum Night Fever – Musée du Parc Cinquantenaire, Brussels; ULB INSIDE_OUT Festival – ULB university, Brussels; Volders en Fête- street festival, Brussels; Blaudruk 1.1 festival, Antwerp. Improvisor
Bal Moderne - @ December Dance, Bruges; BrxlBravo Festival – Kaaitheater, Bal Moderne marathon, Forest/Vorst, Brussels; CK* Muziekcentrum Track, Kortrijk; Brussels Parliament Open House Day; Zeecaravan, Oostende; Fête de l’Environnement, Brussels; XL Flagey Summer Festival, Brussels; Lille Piano(s) Festival, Lille. Dancer/Teacher
2008
Sweetness and fear among friends and strangers (public showing) – Antonija Livingstone & Heather Kravas @ Beursschouwburg, Brussels. Performer
Solo Conversations – Solo Conversations @ Novamove & Studios en Scene, Brussels. Improvisor
Below 20 – Bent Object (work in progress) @ Netwerk, Kaaitheaterstudios, Pianofabriek, Stuk, Vooruit. Choreographer/ Performer.
Big 3 – Superamas @ Kaaitheater, Performer.
Bal Moderne – @ Place Flagey opening festival, Bruxelles Les Bains, Edinburgh International Festival. Dancer/Teacher
Park 58 – Solo Conversations Improv Collective @ Parking 58, Brussels. Improvisor
2007
Super - Maria Clara Villa Lobos @ Theatre de le Place,Liege; Vooruit, Gent. Dancer/Singer
Winning… - Bent Object, @ Buda Kunstencentrum Fresh Festival, Kortrijk & @ Festival Balsa Marni XI, Brussels . Dancer/Singer
In human format – Bent Object @ Elektra Festival, Montreal. Singer
Untitled – interactive improvisation performance @ Novamove, Brussels. Improvisor
2006
In human format – Bent Object dvd release concert, @ Chapelle de Boondael, Brussels. Singer.
Big 3 – Superamas, voiceover
Visions of Art – Ludo Camberlin, voiceover
Bent Object – @ Victorian Circus II, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam. Singer.
Super Project – Maria Clara Villa Lobos, Tongeren. Dancer/Singer.
2005
Super Project - Maria Clara Villa Lobos @ Nona, Mechelen. Dancer/Singer.
Bent Object – @ Nadine, Brussels. Choreographer/Performer.
Bent Object - @ Transhumance, Sperlonga, Italy. Singer.
Belgïe Danst – Bal Moderne, 175 years of Belgium. Dancer/ Teacher
Bent Object – in MicroFOtones 1.0 @ Foam/Foton HQ, Brussels. Singer/Dancer.
Bent Object – @ Kulturbunker Müllheim, Cologne. Singer/Dancer.
9×9 – Christine de Smedt/ Les Ballets C de la B @ Kaaitheater, Brussels. Dancer.
Bombing Brussels for Beauty – No New Enemies @ Mr Ego, Brussels. Performer
2004
Roasted Addiction - solo @ Lunchbox Café, Beursschouwburg, Brussels. Choreographer/performer. *Also @ Pianofabriek & Espace Catastrophe, Brussels.
Object & Susanne Bentley live – in Fotones 12.0 @ Beursschouwburg, Brussels. Singer.
Opening of Lunchbox Café – @ Beursschouwburg, Brussels. Performer.
Eros c’est la vie – Pierre Rubio/Atom VZW, in Dans@tack Festival, Kortrijk.
Worteldreef 3 – Cie. Cacao Bleu (Belgium), touring Flanders. Dancer/Actor.
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the club scene but were afraid to ask- Davis Freeman (Random Scream) @ Beursschouwburg, Brussels. Dancer
Poni - Poni @ Nadine, Brussels. Performer.
2003
Téléphone émoi- dance theatre solo, collaboration with installation artist Marine Dubios, part of EMMA- une exposition pluridisciplinaire @ Brasserie Atlas, Brussels.
Condensed Living- @ Nadine, Brussels. Director/ Improviser.
Free Fall- Cie. Two in One (Austria/Hungary), Vienna/Horn. Dancer.
2002
Someone Else’s Weirdo- in Festival C’est Du Jamais Vu, Brussels. Choreographer /Performer.
Body Sound Check – Heine Avdal & Foton Records @ BSBbis, Brussels. Improviser.
2001
The Sky over My House- NIAP productions, Geneva. Solo Improviser.
Natal- Cie. Fabienne Berger, Lausanne. Dancer
Transistor- in PARTS Summer Studios, Brussels. Director/Performer
Cercle -Assaut d’un Poisson Co., Brussels
2000
U3(film)- Cy.ancal Dance Co., Vienna. Short dance film. Dancer
Five Girls called Doris- CURVE Dance Collective, Charlotte 90 & ~not., Auckland & Hamilton .Project Director, Choreographer/Dancer.
Someone Else’s weirdo- solo in Red Shift, Quantum Flux Dance Co./Graduate Dance Co. Wellington Fringe Festival, Wellington
*Also performed in Red Shift- Auckland & Waiheke Island. Choreographer /Dancer
1999
Outer Limits – Touch Compass Dance Trust (Mixed Ability Dance co.), Taranaki Arts Festival; Wellington Fringe Festival; Palmerston North. Dancer.
Five Girls Called Doris- CURVE Dance Collective, Charlotte 90 & ~not, Auckland. Dancer, Project Director & Choreographer.
Lord of the Rings (film)- Weta Productions, Dir. Peter Jackson,Wellington. Actor, stiltwalker
Xena- Warrior Princess (tv)- Pacific Renaissance Pictures & Shona McCullagh, Auckland, Dancer, actor
D-Tour: an urban dance accident- CURVE Dance Collective, Auckland. Dancer & Project Director.
(1996-98 ask for details)
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Grants, Residencies & Scholarships
2011Residency @ Bains Connectives, Art-T, La Raffinerie, Grand Studio, Chien Perdu (Brussels) – with SoloConversations for “Une Piece” & ongoing work
2010 Residency @ La Raffinerie (Brussels), Summer Studios (Brussels), Art-T Studio – with SoloConversations for “Une Piece” & ongoing work
Residency @ Bain Connectives (Brussels) – continuing “Unknown Unknowns”
2009 Danscentrum Jette, Charleroi Danses & Summer Studios Residencies (Brussels) – for improvisation research group Solo Conversations; Buda Kunstencentrum (Kortrijk) residency – continuation of “Below 20″
2008 Residency @ Kaaitheaterstudios, Pianofabriek (Brussels); Netwerk (Aalst); Stuk (Leuven); Vooruit (Gent) – to create “Below 20″ with Bent Object
Summer Studios Residency (Brussels) – for improvisation research group Solo Conversations
2007/8 VGC Trajet Subsidie – grant for Bent Object to research “Below 20″
2006/7 Residency @ Buda Kunstencentrum (Kortrijk) – to develop evening-length dance theatre performance “Winning…” with Bent Object – premiere March 2007
2005 Residency @ Nadine (Brussels) – to develop technology and dance aspect of Bent Object .
2003 Residency @ Nadine (Brussels) – to create “Condensed Living”.
2002 PARTS Summer Studios Residency (Brussels) – to rework “Someone Else’s Weirdo”
2001 PARTS Summer Studios Residency (Brussels) – to workshop “Transistor”, a performance improvisation project.
2000 DanceWEB Scholarship (Vienna)
Creative New Zealand Professional Development grant – towards participation in the DanceWEB scholarship programme, Vienna 2000.
(1996-98 ask for details)
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Workshop/class topics 1996-2011:
Action Theater - Ruth Zaporah, Sten Rudstrom
Storyboarding - Jeremy Wade
Dramaturgy– Marianne van de Kerkhoven & Kris Verdonck
Performance Improvisation in voice & movement – Kirstie Simson, Andrew Morrish, Christian Burns, Chrysa Parkinson, Al Wunder, Julyen Hamilton, David Lakein
Performing Performance – Philippe Reira/ Superamas, Antonija Livingstone & Heather Kravas
Contact Improvisation – Nancy Stark Smith, Andrew Harwood & Chris Aiken, Kurt Koegel, Martin Keogh, Catherine Chappell
Rhythm et voix - André Minvielle, Kefas, Aagje Dom
Contemporary dance- Jordi Cortez Molina, David Zambrano, Frey Faust, Martin Kilvady, Roxanne Huilmand, Anton Lachky, Emio Greco, Louise Lecavalier, Douglas Wright, Michael Paramenter, Shona McCullough, Cruz Mata, Arco Renz , Rasmus Olme, Ivan Wolfe…
Lighting and dance collaboration - Russell Maliphant & Michael Hulls
2000 DanceWEB – Impulstanz (Vienna) – scholarship programme.
1994 – 1995 Diploma of Contemporary Dance – UNITEC School of Performing and Screen Arts, Auckland, NZ.
1991 – 1993 Bachelor of Arts – Waikato University, NZ. Double major in English & German. Film & Maori as supporting subjects.
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2012 Tanzquartier, Vienna; Tanzfabrik, Berlin; Pianofabriek, Brussels;
2011 Company Ultima Vez, Brussels; Hors Cité/Dabatheatr workshops, Rabat; Tanzquartier, Vienna; Pianofabriek, Art-T, La Raffinerie (Charleroi Danses), Summer Studios (PARTS), Espace Catastrophe, Brussels; Wisper, Leuven; Dock11, Berlin; K3, Hamburg; Wisper, Gent.
2010 Tanzquartier, Vienna; PARTS, Pianofabriek, Studio Hybrid, Studio Art-T, Espace Catastrophe, Brussels; Bal Moderne; UNITEC School of Performing & Screen Arts, IndependANCE, Otago University, Waikato University, Footnote Dance Company, New Zealand; SEAD, Salzburg; Wisper, Leuven.
2009 Danscentrum Jette, Studio Hybrid, Espace Catastrophe & Pianofabriek, Brussels; Dans.art, Hasselt; Wisper, Gent & Leuven
2008 Dock 11 & Tanzfabrik, Berlin; Studio Hybrid, Espace Catastrophe, Pianofabriek & Cellule 133a, Brussels; Wisper/Dans.art, Gent; Edinburgh International Festival; Danswerkhuys, Antwerp
2007 Espace Catastrophe & Studio Hybrid, Brussels; ACT Danse, Liege; Wisper, Gent; Dans.art, Leuven & Kortrijk; Danswerkhuys & CC Berchem, Antwerp.
2006 Company Ultima Vez, Brussels; Dansstudio Arabesque & Danswerkhuys , Antwerp; Espace Catastrophe, Danscentrum Jette, Studio Hybrid, Brussels; Dans.Art, Leuven
2005 Company Ultima Vez, Brussels; Dansstudio Arabesque, Antwerp; Espace Catastrophe,Brussels; Waikato University, Hamilton NZ
2004 Dansstudio Arabesque, Antwerp; Waikato University, Hamilton NZ
2003 Dansstudio Arabesque, Laster Studios, Brussels; Danscentrum Jette, Brussels
2002 Dansstudio Arabesque, Danscentrum Jette, Laster Studios; Douglas Wright Dance Co., Wellington,NZ; Touch Compass Dance Trust, Auckland NZ
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