“InDignity” is the result of an unprecedented attempt of collaboration between a European and a Syrian dancer. Benedikt and Khaddour, who felt time was ripe to embark on a journey in search for the meaning of dignity in a contemporary context, strive to convey what words cannot express through their bodies.
Speakers
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Gloria BENEDIKT
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Dancer, Choreographer; Associate for Science and Art, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg |
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Dancer, Choreographer; Associate for Science and Art, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg
| 1997-2001 | Qualification as Professional Dancer, Vienna State Opera, Vienna
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| 2001-2002 | Scholarship Recipient, National Certificate in Professional Dance - Classical Ballet, English National Ballet School, London
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| 2002-2013 | Ballet Dancer with José Mateo Ballet Theatre (Cambridge, United States), Dance Cyprus (Nicosia, Cyprus), Ballet Cymru, (Wales, United Kingdom), Ballet Theatre Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany), Meininger Ballett (Meiningen, Germany)
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| 2008-2013 | Bachelors of Liberal Arts in Extension, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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| since 2014 | Artistic & scientific collaborations include: Austrian Cultural Forum, Budapest & Beijing; UN SDSN, Carnegie Hall New York; Cinedans Festival, Amsterdam; European Commissions Joint Research Center, Ispra; European Forum Alpbach, House of the European Union, Vienna; Kennedy Center Washington, D.C.
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| since 2015 | Associate for Science and Art, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg |
Dancer and Choreographer, Damascus
| 2003 | began dancing (Break Dance) in the streeets of Homs, Syria
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| 2008 | joined Sima Dance Company in Damascus
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| 2012 | joined Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts Dance Department
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| 2013 | Dance Film "Point Zero"; For Me (Solo Dance Theater) performed at Korzo Theater during Dancing on the Edge Festival Den Haag, Netherlands
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| 2014 | Founder, Vitamin Dance Project in Damascus, Syria
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| 2015 | latest work based on Patrick Sueskind's novel "The Pigeon", Damascus Opera House |
PULS 4 Head of Info, ProSieben Sat.1 PULS 4, Vienna
| | Studium Politikwissenschaft und Geschichte in Wien, Granada, Guatemala
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| 1995-1996 | Menschenrechtsbeobachterin in Guatemala
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| 1998-2002 | Pressesprecherin und Globalization Officer beim WWF Österreich
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| seit 2003 | Journalistin und Autorin mit den Schwerpunkten Globalisierung, Menschenrechte, Migration
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| seit 2003 | Politikredakteurin beim Wirtschaftsmagazin Format
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| 2006-2008 | Recherchen, Beratung und Aufnahmeleitungen für den Dokumentarfilm "Let's Make Money" von Erwin Wagenhofer
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| 2007-2012 | Moderation, Club 2, ORF
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| 2010-2012 | Stellvertretende Chefredakteurin, News
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| seit 2012 | Moderatorin, Pro und Contra - Der AustriaNews Talk, PULS 4
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| seit 2013 | Informationsdirektorin, Prosieben Sat1 PULS4
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| 2013-2014 | Moderatorin, "Die letzten Zeugen" von Doron Rabinovici und Matthias Hartmann, Burgtheater Wien |
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