Curiculum Vitae
Angie Rottensteiner
1986 born in Graz, Austria
actress, director, violinist and singer
lives in Turin (IT) and Vienna (AUT)
Angie Rottensteiner is working as a freelance artist in the field of performance, music and direction. To date, she has founded two performing arts collectives: ROSIDANT Collective 2009 in Vienna and BILOURA Intercultural Arts Collective 2013 in Italy, with whom she has created around twenty performances and artistic projects over the past 10 years and has traveled the world. Her artistic work deals with social marginalization, diversity, interculturality and the possibility of art to overcome social, cultural and mental barriers. In collaboration with other artists and collectives, she is searching for new forms of artistic expression and innovative methods in contemporary art.
theatre, dance, performance, film and
music
EDUCATION
October 2012 degree of theatre and film science at the Universität Wien (AUT)
Thesis about the Viennese Performance artist Barbara Kraus
2011 - 2014 Study of Kirsten Linklater voice training with Eva Königer (AUT)
2007 - 2008 Drama school with Manfred Otto in Berlin (DL)
1996 - 2005 Study of violin at the Conservatory in Graz under Prof. Helfried Fister (A)
MASTER
CLASSES physical theatre, dance, voice and acting from 2010 - 2019
Dario Fo and Franca Rame (IT), Thomas Richard (Worcenter of Jerzy Grotowski), Tage Larsen (Odin Teatret), Sergej Ostrenko (RU), Marcel Pérès (FR), Barbara Kraus (AUT), Frey Faust (US), Sergei Kovalevich (RU), Leszek Madzik (PL), Babhananda Barbayan (IN), Jean-François Favreau (FR), An Gey Pin (SGP), Rodrigo Carinhana (BR), Anke Gerber (GER), Marigia Maggipinto (IT) u.a.
AWARDS - GRANTS
2018 "Special Mention Award for a Performance by International Artist" at Bangkok Theatre Festival in Thailand for the creation and performance of the piece AMARSIAMORSI with BILOURA Collective
2017 Winner of the state grant "StartStipendium" for Performing Arts awarded by the Austrian Ministry of Arts and
Culture for the project 5 VOICES FOR 1
2011 Winner of "Jungwildpreis 2011" with ROSIDANT Collective for the piece "Traum(a) in Rosa"
SHORT FILMS - TV
TV Series
"Walking on Sunshine" ORF Serie 2019, Season II
Short films as actress
"Monster Musen Meister" 2008, "Heidi Reloaded"
2010, "Neuschnee" 2013, "La Statua"
2017
Short films as director
"Old Rose" 2011, "Neuschnee" 2013, "Scenes
from Afar" 2017
ARTISTIC PROJECTS IN YEARS
2020 - 2019
02/2020 As dramaturgy and performer in Wer Will Kann Gehen by Barbara Kraus. Premier on 22nd February at Tanzquartier Wien, Vienna
12/2019 Final presentation of BILOURA's workshop ODI and concert-performance NO PANIKAS at Teatro Giaccosa in Ivrea in collaboration with Mary Poppins and ACMOS
11/2019 Performance NOCCIOLE DEL PIEMONTE at +Spazio4, Turin and Teatro del Lavoro, Pinerolo
08-10/2019 Performative interventions with BILOURA Collective for CinemaAmbienteValchiusella, SlowFood Lugniacco and Amazonia Onlus in Val di Chy, Italy
05-07/2019 Concerts as violinist and singer with the band Brigata Balon and the singer songwriter Davide Cruccas in Turin and Savigliano, Italy. CD production "Ballate fra terra e cielo" with Davide Cruccas.
06/2019 Together with BILOURA Collective winner of HANGAR POINT 8. A tutoring project of 6 month offered by the Region of Piemonte and Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo
05/2019 Concert-performance with NO PANIKAS in collaboration with BILOURA Collective and I PATOM Theatre at Atelier Giorgi, Turin
03-04/2019 As performer in AMARSIAMORSI and NOCCIOLE DEL PIEMONTE at Teatro Ridotto, Bologna and at Teatro Baracca, Turin
2018 - 2017
11/2018 “Special Mention Award for a Performance by International Artist“ at Bangkok Theatre Festival with the performance AMARSIAMORSI
08/2018 Presentation first material of Soundinstallation ECHOS at Volkskundemuseum Wien
within the annual celebration of LEFÖ Wien
07/2018 Organisation and participation at the European Residency CLASTIC in Italy financed by University College London (UK) inviting 5 European Performance groups to meet
BILOURA Collective’s working space in Val di Chy
4/2018 Premiere of AMARSIAMORSI at PoverArte Festival in Bologna
02/2018 Creative workshop and performance ODI in the refugee camp Port de la Chapelle “Le Bule” in Paris invited by Good Chance Theatre London (UK)
01/2018 – 06/2018 Creative workshop “Unheard Voices” with former victims of trafficking in Vienna in collaboration with the NGOs LEFÖ Wien and FOOTPRINT
10/2017 Performative Interventions at the "Congress Education and Gender" inside the project “Tuttinsieme” by the municipality of Turin
10/2017 Invited to International Artistic Exchange with Finestre sul Giovane Teatro in Terramo, Italy
08/2017 Presentation work-in-progress AMARSIAMORSI at KribisKrabis Festival Trentino, Italy
07/2017 Shooting of the music video "Scenes from Afar" in collaboration with Federico Bessone and BILOURA Collective for the music band DalVivo Trio
05/2017 Winner of the Scholarship “StartStipendium” for Performing Arts awarded by the Austrian Ministry of Arts and Culture for the project 5 VOICES FOR 1
03/2017 Invitation International Artistic Exchange “Finestre sul Giovane Tratro IX” at Teatro Ridotto in Bologna, Italy
2016 - 2015
07/2016 As actress and musician in the theatre piece "TALISMANI" presented at the International Festival "Teatro a Corte" conduced by Teatro Piemonte Europa in Turin, Italy.
The piece was performed in the summer residence of the famous poet Guido Gozzano in Agliè
01-03/2016 Tour in Brazil with the performance “SPIRO” and "SERENATA" as actress and musician of the company BILOURA Intercultural Arts Collective. Performances at the Institute Oswald de Andrade in São Paulo and in Matao, Parati and Taiacupeba (BR)
08-10/2015 Tour in northern Italy as actress and musician of the play “SPIRO” with the company BILOURA Intercultural Arts Collective
06/2015 as performer and author of the play "Una Fiaba Nucleare" at EarThink Festival in Turin, Italy
04/2015 as performer and musician in the children theatre play "Bombetta" together with the artist Davide Toscano (IT) at Scuola Holden in Turin, Italy
01-03/2015 as actress and director of the performance "MEMENTO" of BILOURA Intercultural Arts Collective. Appearances in northern Italy, among others Galleria d’Arte Amantes, Funkiglia, Teatro Cavallerizza Reale, ZAC! Ivrea, Castello di Moncrivello
2014 - 2013
11/2014 as actress for the performance "Paths" for the exibition "Path Yerebatan" by Sandro Martini at the Castello del Valentino in Turin, Italy
10/2014 as actress for the company C.A.S.T. of director Claudio Montagna in Italy
04-07/2014 Winner of the 4-month Residency of the company L’Epi d'Or in France. As actress and musician in the play "From Darkness to Light" directed by Fabrice Nicot (FR). Performing at Avignon Festival 2014, Pontigny Festival of Sacred Arts and in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris
11-12/2013 Residency in Gran Canarias (SP) with the group BILOURA Intercultural Arts Collective.
As actress and musician in the performance “The Sound of Memory” performed in
Soppa de Azul, el Gallinero café teatro and Biblioteca Insular in Las Palmas
04-10/2013 works as actress, musician and director of the plays “Liberi Da” and “Nocciole del Piemonte” both touring in northern Italy as well as the Street Show “Madame MeDuse" which toured through Switzerland, France and Italy
04/2013 Founding member of the Intercultural Arts Collective BILOURA in northern Italy.
The members of the collective are from Brazil, Italy, France, Greece, Spain and Austria
03/2013 as director and performer in the dance video “Neuschnee” in Tirol (AUT)
2012 - 2010
2012 - 2010 Founding member of the Performance Collective ROSIDANT in Vienna in January 2010. Numerous performance- and film projects as a director, actress and performer until 2012.
Winner of the Jungwild Prize 2011 with the play “Traum(a) in Rosa” as well as the competition
“Töchter und Söhne” at Theater Drachengasse 2012
Actress and creator of the Dance Theatre Performance "Traum(a) in Rosa“ from 2010 to 2012.
Among others performing at Schäxpir Festival Linz, Szene Bunte Wähne Festival, Spleen Graz
Festival, Dschungel Wien, ARGE Salzburg, Theater Drachengasse,
Austrian Parlament Vienna
2011 Director and actress in the Performance Installation “Dream On” at KosmosTheater Wien conduced by ROSIDANT
2011 CD production “Lomaresque” and “Wohnzimmerimpressionen” 2012 with the queer folk-pop band Folie à Trois as violinist and singer
2010 Actress in the dance video “Heidi Reloaded” and in 2011 director of the dance video “Old Rose” shown at Crossing Europe Linz 2011 and InShadow Festival Lissabon 2011
10/2010 Actress in the performance project ”Büro für Abschiebeangelegenheiten“ with
Gods Entertainment at Schmiede
Hallein in Salzburg (AUT)
2009 and bevor
10/2009 Performance project "Körper/Landschaft“ with Lisa Hinterreithner in Salzburg (AUT)
04/2009 Founding member of the queer folk-pop band Folie à Trois in Vienna.
As singer and violinist of the band until 2013. Concerts among others at
Fluc Wien, Arena Beisl, Badeschiff Wien, Unplugged Wien, 7-Stern, Cinema Paradiso
St.Pölten
2008 Actress of the short movie “Monster Musen Meister” in Vienna.
Project as part of the study of Theatre- Film- and Media science in collaboration with Christine Gaigg
2007 - 2008 Director assistent of Stephan Thiel and Anja Gronau at the Theater unterm Dach in Berlin, Germany
2006 - 2007 Member of the theatre collective Spieltrieb in Vienna
2002 - 2004 as actress in several theatre projects lead by UniTGraz and member of the theatre group ZerGrazten in Graz
Several orchestra, ensemble and solo concerts from 1990 to 2013 and study of violin at the Conservatory in Graz under Prof. Helfried Fister (A) from 1996 to 2005
Solo violin concert at Salon Erfurt in Graz (A) in 2004
Concerts among many others with the E.T.A. Hoffmann Kammerorchester at the Berliner Philharmonie (DL) in 2007 and with the Akademische Symphonie Orchester in Konzerthaus Wien (A) 2011