Artists
Lucia Baumgartner
Lucia Baumgartner was born in Thun and grew up in various Swiss cantons, Spanish regions and on the African continent. While studying to become a teacher, she discovered modern dance through Annemarie Parekh, and later attended the London Contemporary Dance School, graduating in 1998 with a Master of Art in Choreography. Since the end of 1999 Lucía has been artistic director of the inFlux dance company and her competency draws from different dance, theatre, musical and architectural influences.
Constantly being on the move since childhood became second-nature for Lucía. She now gives workshops, takes part in festivals and creates productions in Switzerland, Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Kosovo, South Africa, Mozambique and soon Venezuela. Her creations are a mixture of Mediterranean temperament and Swiss sobriety.
Lucia dreams in English, thinks in German and also speaks French and Spanish.
Lucia as a commissioned choreographer for dance and theatre projects
With children (ao UNO and DEZA projects)
With amateurs (Skulptur06)
With actors (ao Kosovo.Blood.Project with Markus Zohner in Prishtina
(Kosovo))
With musicians (ao Acacpickes goes Las Vegas)
Lucia as a dancer with unique movement language
«Sternstunde Religion» von SF1 als Maria Magdalena
Aguacero, a site specific production by Projecto Babel, commissioned by
city of Zaragoza (Spain)
Lucia as a dance teacher
Regular classes in Bern and Neuenburg
Workshops in Switzerland and abroad (Her knowledge has benefited synchronised
swimming coaches, theologians, teachers, inmates of a woman's prison, actors,
amateurs, children, people who are hearing impaired and social workers.)
Commissioned by Steps 2008 for teaching 'Mach mit'-classes in swiss schools
| 2003 | Prize winner of 'Atelier Cité International des Arts', Paris, awarded by the Canton of Bern |
| 2002 | Prize winner of 'Cultural Advancement' from the City of Thun Scholarship from On/Off Werkstatt Bern, workshop with David Zambrano |
| 2000 | finalist in the 4th International Solo-Dance-Theatre Competition, Stuttgart, with "Ich suche nach der Blauen Blume" |
| 1999 | Selected as one of seven participating choreographers in the SiWiC (Swiss International Workshop in Choreography) |
| 1998 | Graduate of the London Contemporary Dance School with a Master of Arts in Choreography |
| 1997/98 | Scholarship from the Links Fund (London), the Trust of LCDS (London), and the 'Stiftung zur Förderung der darbietenden Künste' (Zurich) |
