Katja Heitmann

German choreographer Katja Heitmann (Hamburg, 1987) graduated from the Fontys Dance Academy in Tilburg in 2012. It soon became clear that she had her own view of dance and theatre. A view that looks beyond the boundaries of the various disciplines to the influence of everyday technology on society. Heitmann wonders what 'movement' is and can become in our digitalised society.

Katja is fascinated by the human need to get a grip on 'reality'. Humans continuously create systems to control the world, but those systems often end up taking us over. Who (or what) moves whom? From this question, she continuously explores new themes, disciplines and theatre forms. It earned her the Prize of the Dutch Dance Days Maastricht 2016.

Katja Heitmann was supported by PLAN Brabant from 2013-2016. From 2014 - 2020, Katja worked in a multi-year partnership with DansBrabant. During this period, she made This is not a show, Selfiefy Myself and iNcorporeality (2014), For iTernity and iTernal Playground (2015), Siri Loves Me and Pandora's Dropbox (2017).

Since 2019, Katja has been building Motus Mori. She works from the idea that movement is threatened with extinction. Especially movements that are inefficient and do not serve a direct cause. Katja wants to create a place where we can analyse this endangered human locomotion, preserve it in a physical living archive and show these choreographic sculptures to the public. To this end, she is collaborating with art festivals and museums to create a series of choreographic sculptures. In galleries, museums, churches, theatres, she exhibits these performances on the spot. The results are impressive multi-day - multi-hour performance exhibitions.