Doris Uhlich studied Pedagogics for contemporary dance at the Conservatory of Vienna, between 2002 and 2009 she performed with theatercombinat and started to create her own projects in 2006. Her awards include: Best emerging choreographer in the yearbook of Balletttanz 2008, Dancer of the year in the magazine tanz in 2011 and 2015, Outstanding artist award in the performing arts category of the Austrian Ministry of Arts and Culture in 2013. In 2017 she won the prestigious Nestroy award in the category special prize for the piece Ravemachine.
Her projects include a. o. und (premiered at dietheater Künstlerhaus 2007), SPITZE (brut / Vienna 2008), mehr als genug (Les Subsistances / Lyon 2009), Rising Swan (brut / Vienna 2010), Uhlich (Wiener Festwochen, Vienna 2011), Come Back (steirischer herbst, Graz 2012), more than naked (ImPulsTanz 2013), Universal Dancer (brut / Vienna 2014), Boom Bodies (Tanzquartier Vienna 2016), Ravemachine (brut, WUK performing arts / Vienna 2016) and Habitat (Donaufestival Krems 2017), Seismic Session (ImPulsTanz and Secession Vienna 2017), Every Body Electric (Tanzquartier Vienna 2018).
Scholarships and Residencies include, a.o.: Les Subsistances / Lyon, ImPulsTanz / Vienna, Tanzquartier Vienna, k3 / Tanzplan Hamburg and the Austrian Cultural Forum / NYC. 2011/2012 she was Artist in Residence at the Festspielhaus St. Pölten, 2012/13, 2015 and 2017 she was the mentor in the mentorship programme by the Austrian Ministry of Culture and Arts. In 2017 she was the mentor of the danceWEB scholarship programme in the frame of ImPulsTanz.
She taught at a.o. Tanzwerkstatt Vienna, ImPulsTanz, Tanzquartier Vienna, Konservatorium Privatuniversität Vienna, k3 / Tanzplan Hamburg, Tanzhaus Zurich, Internationale Schillertage at the National Theatre Mannheim, Arts Academy Halle, Theatre Academy Helsinki, Beijing Fringe Festival / China, Movement Research / NYC, Love-In / Toronto, Studio 303 / Montreal, Oita University / Japan, HZT / Berlin. Since autumn 2015 she is lecturer at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna.
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