CV Constanza Macras - Key Performance

Constanza Macras
was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she studied dance and fashion design,
developing her own work and dancing with various groups. She continued her dance
studies in Amsterdam and New York. In 1995, Macras moved to Berlin, dancing for
various companies, and in 1997, she founded her own company TAMAGOTCHI Y2K.
Between 1998 and 2000, TAMAGOTCHI Y2K presented four pieces: Wild Switzerland
(1998), Face One (1999), In Between (2000) and Dolce Vita (2000), a site-specific live
music performance that combined artists from various disciplines. It was created as a
one-time event for each specific location.
From 2001 to 2002, Macras developed and presented the MIR: A Love Story trilogy
(Prologue, The Conquer and Endurance) in collaboration with Sophiensaele.
In 2002, she also curated the project PORNOsotros, where she performed together with
Lisi Estaras (Ballets C. de la B.) under the direction of different directors four short
pieces dealing with the subject of pornography. The project was a production of
Schaubuehne am Lehniner Platz and the Gran Theatre Groningen.
In 2003, CONSTANZA MACRAS | DORKYPARK was created. It all began with the
collaboration of Constanza Macras and dramaturge Carmen Mehnert. Shortly after a
production office was established which was put in charge of the company's productions,
funding and touring. The company now continuously worked with a steady group of
performers gathering actors and dancers who had previously worked with
TAMAGOTCHI Y2K such as Knut Berger, Rahel Savoldelli, Claus Erbskorn and Angela
Schubot. The company was also joined by Yeri Anarika Vargaz Sanchez, Maike Moeller,
Nabih Amaraoui, Hyoung Min Kim, Gail Sharrol Skrela, Ana Mondini, Ronni Maciel,
musicians Almut Lustig and Kristina Loesche-Loewensen and a number of occasional
guests.
The first production of the new founded company was the site specific version Back to
the Present. Back to the Present was integrated into a derelict early 20th century
department store the Kaufhaus Jandorf, in the middle of Berlin. Almost 6 hours long,
Back to the Present was presented to audiences throughout the house including two
bars and a tea salon.
The following productions where:
- Scratch Neukoelln (2003) integrating the company with ten pre-teen kids, primarily from
immigrated families living in Neukoelln, Berlin. Hebbel Am Ufer HAU 1.
- Back to the Present (2004) Schaubuehne am Lehniner Platz, Maison des Arts de
Creteil, Lille 2004 - European Cultural Capital, sophiensaele.
- Big in Bombay (2005) Berliner Festspiele ñ spielzeit europa , Schaub¸hne am Lehniner
Platz, Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Schauspielhaus Wien, sophiensaele
- No Wonder (2005) created in collaboration with Lisi Estaras. Hebbel Am Ufer, Le
Maillon Strasbourg.

- Sure, shall we talk about it? (2005) Milano Fashion Week, Hebbel am Ufer.
- I'm not the only one .part1 and .part2 (created in 2006, premiered in January 2007)
Volksbuehne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Le Maillon Strasbourg, Fondazione Musica per
Roma, Le DuoDijon, Schauspielhaus Wien
- Brickland (2007) Schaubuehne am Lehniner Platz, Theatre de La Place Liege, Le
Maillon Strasbourg, Kampnagel Hamburg, Teatro Comunale di Ferrara.
- Hell on Earth (2008) joining again the company and the Neukoelln adolescents.
Hebbel am Ufer, Kampnagel Hamburg.
- Oedipus Rex (2009) the creation of Constanza Macras first opera project, the Igor
Stravinsky Opera for 8 dancers. It premiered in November with the collaboration of the
Dresdner Kammerchor and Festspielhaus Hellerau. The Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota,
with whom Constanza Macras realized the project In Silence at the Kanagawa Art
Foundation of Yokohama in 2008, designed the stage.
- Megalopolis (2009) created and performed by 10 dancers and 3 musicians, deals with
the phenomenon of megacities as a paradigm for spaces in which people live without
knowing each other. In Megalopolis, which was produced with Schaubuehne Berlin and
coproduced with Hellerau and MESS Sarajevo, she created not a specific but a
metaphysical space where the boundlessness of a Megacity forces to perceive the city
as collage of countless biographical scraps.
-Offside Rules (2010) a co-production between the Goethe-Institut South Africa, the
Market Theatre and Constanza Macras | Dorky Park. In this special collaboration, three
performers from Constanza Macras’ company team up with dancers from Johannesburg
to reflect on the first African World Cup.
During this time Macras also created:
- Happiness (2003) for the ballet of the Saarlaendisches Staatstheater
- Pegarle a la Bolsa (2004) a commission from the Goethe Institut Cordoba (Argentina)
- Ein Sommernachtstraum (2006) together with Thomas Ostermeier, the Schaubuehne
ensemble and dancers from CONSTANZA MACRAS | DORKYPARK. Premiered at the
Hellenic Festival, Athens
- Paraiso sem Concolacao (2008) a commission work of the Goethe Institut Sao Paulo
with dancers from the company and a Brazilian cast premiered in Sao Paulo
The Choreographer and Director Constanza Macras, has also taught workshops and
master classes in Japan, the United States, India, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium,
Switzerland, the Hochschuele fur Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch and Hochschuele fuer
Muesik, Berlin.

CONSTANZA MACRAS | DORKYPARK has toured in Korea, Japan, India, Indonesia,
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the United States and to various European festivals and venues.
CONSTANZA MACRAS | DORKYPARKs whole oeuvre was presented in the festival
Les Grandes Traversees, in Bordeaux in November 2006.
CONSTANZA MACRAS | DORKYPARK is a company that integrates dancers, actors
and musicians with performers that range from 4 years old to 72, combining text, live
music, dance and video.
The company and its productions are supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds, the Mayor of
Berlin Senatskanzlei Cultural Affairs and the German Federal Cultural Foundation.
The company works regularly with Berlin venues such as Hebbel am Ufer, Schaubuehne
am Lehniner Platz and Volksbuehne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin as well as with
co-producers like Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Le Maillon Strasbourg, Fondazione
Musica Per Roma, Theatre de la Place Liege among others.