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Helena Botto (PT/DE/UK) is a performer and choreographer working in Berlin and London. She is a PhD candidate (start January 2019) at Drama, Theatre and Performance Department at University of Roehampton, in London to which she holds a fellowship from Fundação da Ciência e Tecnologia, from Portugal. In 2015 she received her MA in Solo/Dance/Authorship (Distinction) from the Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz Berlin (HZT) / Universität der Kunst Berlin (UDK).
Her background is in physical theatre: methodology of physical actions, Jerzy Grotowski's art as vehicle. From 1997 – 2005, she performed and co-directed projects in Acto (PT) within this framework. In addition, she studied with Andre Riot Sarcey (clown technic), as well as Meredith Monk (voice). In 2006, she started work as an independent artist developing her own performance work. Her recent works have been shown in Berlin (Uferstudios; Hau 2 - 100º), Portugal and Sofia (Antistatic Festival). She was awarded with Young Directors Scholarship/Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (2008), Tanzstipendium/Berlin Senate (2015) and TANZallianz Scholarship/CC Heidelberg (2016), Karl Hofer Gesellschatf (2017), Goethe Institut (2017). |
She led workshops in Portugal and abroad (support of Instituto Camões 2008/09) and taught Movement Composition at Filmschauspielschule Berlin (2011-2018).
As a performer, she collaborated with Filipe Pereira, Alexandra Pirici, Christian Falsnaes and Iva Sveshtarova (also as a dramaturgical consultant). |
