Karola Lüttringhaus                                                                                                                                        

PSYCHOLOGICAL SPACE. KINSHIP. TRANSFORMATION. BREATH.

​PROCESS & PHILOSOPHY
Merging American experiences with her European roots, Karola Lüttringhaus creates interdisciplinary expressions in choreography, scene design, visual art, lighting, sound, and film.

Her dance theatre work is marked by a distinct visceral and kinetic voice that traces the changeable electricity of thought and sensation that underlies human interaction and interpersonal relationships.

​Her process is characterized by a simultaneously analytical and intuitive approach;  manifesting itself as complex nestings of parallel 'stories' that bear witness to the complexity of the situations explored.

For her, art is an intellectual exercise as well as a journey toward consciousness as art manifest, excavating the components of socially accepted norms, and igniting conversation about points of friction, to put them in conversation with embodied and non-cognitive ways of knowing and communication. 

Through the creative process Karola seeks to de- and reconstruct embodied, visual, political, and philosophical renderings, to gain insight and to fine-tune perceptiveness and appreciation for life and all those who share it, human and non-human.  
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SHORT BIO
Karola Lüttringhaus was born and grew up in Berlin, Germany. They received a BFA in Choreography and Modern Dance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and an MA in Scenic Design and Scenography from the Technische Universität Berlin. Karola earned an MA in Performance Studies from the University of California at Davis, where they are currently a PhD Candidate, researching meaning-making in movement. Karola has been in Wilmington since 2009, offering numerous performances with Alban Elved Dance Company and the SARUS Festival for Site-specific & Experimental Art.

​She is a recipient of the 'North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship in Choreography' ('06) and a 'Verein Deutscher Ingenieure - Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scene Design' ('14). 

Lüttringhaus currently leads a semi nomadic life, splitting her time between the US and Berlin, Germany, and Mexico, while working wherever opportunities take her.
She is a freelance designer, choreographer and educator at theatres and universities across Europe and the US.

​Since 1999 she has been the artistic and executive director of ALBAN ELVED DANCE COMPANY and founded a number of regular events including the SARUS FESTIVAL for Site-specific & Experimental Art which was produced for 7 years until the covid pandemic. 

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​MOVEMENT RESEARCH
Lüttringhaus' research in movement focuses on studying the interplay of the human body's sensory and articular emanations, based on a rich exchange with the Axis Syllabus International Research Community, and their investigations into biomechanical, anatomical, and physical principles as relevant to the moving body, which she then puts in conversation with more etheral philosophies such as animism, kinship and 
wu wei (effortless action).

TEACHING
​Karola offers  classes and workshops internationally, focusing on movement meditation, creativity/choreography, and movement technique classes that are based on anatomical and biomechanical observations of joint function and soft tissue inter-relatedness.  

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> PhD Candidate (ABD) in the Performance Studies program at University of California Davis, USA

> MA Performance Studies (University of California Davis, CA, USA, '19)

> MA Scene Design/Exhibition Design (Technische Universität Berlin,  Germany)

> BFA Dance/Choreography (Univ. of NC School of the Arts, USA)

> Candidate in the certification program of the Axis Syllabus International  Research Meshwork

Member of PSI Performance Studies International

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born in Berlin, Germany.

Since '94

freelance designer, choreographer and educator across Europe: Landesbuehnen Sachsen, T-Werk Potsdam, MoBe Berlin, Dock 11, Prague Quadrennial, Juggling Convention UK, Ballhaus Naunynstrasse Berlin, Tanzfabrik, Hau Berlin, and numerous others.

Since '94

artistic & executive director of Alban Elved Dance Company

Since '97




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freelance designer, choreographer, artist in residence,  and educator across the US: UN Las Vegas, American Dance Festival, Int. Aerial Dance Festival, Snowy Range Dance Festival, Bricolage Arts Festival, SARUS Festival for Site-specific & Experimental Art, various New York Festivals, Auburn University, Salem College, Wake Forest University, University of Southern Mississippi, Coker College, East Carolina University, UNC Wilmington, Salem College, the H-Street Playhouse, and many more.

'13-'17

faculty at Salem College, USA, (Movement Science, Interdisciplinary Approaches)

'09-'19

Licensed Massage Therapist NC #8931, CA #76349

'16-'19

NCBTMB approved provider (#1006) for continuing education: 'BII - The Body's Intrinsic Intelligence', 'Dynamic Bodywork'
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'14

faculty at College of Wilmington (kinesiology)

Since '17 

• TCS 159 Media Subcultures (Techno-cultural Studies) with professor Kris Fallon (TA)
• FMS 127 Film Theory (Film and Media Studies) with professor Kris Fallon (TA)
• COM011/GER011 Travel in History (Communication/German) with prof. Zhang (reader)
• DES175 (Design) Functional Apparel Design with prof. Gonçu-Berk (TA)
• AAS/DRA 155A Afro Brazilian Dance & Culture with Jamie Davidson (reader)
  
• DRA 024 Visual Aspects of Dramatic Art (Theatre & Dance) with Professor Morgan (reader)
  
• ​DRA 116 Design On Screen: The Art of Costume Design (Lead TA)
  
• TCS155 Intro to Documentary FilIm (Technocultural Studies) with Prof. Drew (TA)
  
• ​DAN220 Body's Intrinsic Intelligence (Salem College, faculty)
  
• DRA40A Intro to Modern Dance, Dra40B Intermediate Modern Dance, DRA 43A Contact Improvisation, (UC Davis, Instructor)
  
• DRA14 Intro to Contemporary Dance (UC Davis, Instructor)
  
• DES 001 Intro to Design  (UC Davis,TA)
  
• DES175 Functional Apparel Design (UC Davis, TA)
  
• DES115 Typography  (UC Davis, TA
  
• DRA180 Technical Theater (UC Davis, Instructor)
  
• TA in Woodshoop, set-building (UC Davis, TA)

• Theatre rigger and carpenter
• Carpenter for TV sets, Freelance Staging
• ​PhD Candidate in Performance Studies at UC Davis, estimated graduation date 2024, "Conditions for the Creation of a New Choreography"

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