CHOREOGRAPHER + PERFORMER //
EVENING LENGTH PERFORMANCE / STAGE PRODUCTIONS / SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES / DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY / MUSIC VIDEOS / MOVEMENT DIRECTION / DANCE FILMS
2023
Absolute Purity Music Video
Choreographer
SLATE X Michael Shi. Choreography and Movement Direction by Anneliese Charek
2022
CHOREOGRAPHY REEL 2022 / A collection of choreography created and directed by Anneliese Charek.
‘The Dark’ at Shanghai International Dance Center Grand Theater / Choreographer and Director Anneliese Charek, Music by Frankfurt Helmet and Florian Rudin, Lighting Design by Celia Chen
Photo collaboration with Karen Pang for ‘The Dark’
Dance for Camera film ‘Say We’ 2022 by Director Mattieu Belin , Music by Lindy Lin, Global concept by Frances Lin, Choreography by Anneliese Charek
Advert for Toshiba // Toshiba X Mattieu Belin X Anneliese Charek
‘The Dark’ performance at Shanghai International Dance Center’s Grand Theater
2021
Fashion Film for ROUTE 6 Directed by Yang Yang, choreographer Anneliese Charek
Movement Director and Performer // Photographphy of Natali Deftereous
through darkness: the feminine holds me
Artist: Natali Deftereos
Movement Director/Choreographer: Anneliese Charek
Performer: Anneliese Charek
Performer: Qi Cao
Performer: Ramatoulaye Coulibaly
Wardrobe Design: James Zhang
Commissioned by: Paper, Stone, Scissors for the upcoming Now & Them 10 Exhibition
Choreographer, art direction, performers // Photography of Karen Pang
A photographic interpretation of the stage production 'Why?' by choreographer Anneliese Charek
Photographer : Karen Pang
Choreographer + Art Director : Anneliese Charek
2020
‘Why?’ at Shanghai International Dance Center Theater, December 4 + 5 2020
Choreography by Anneliese Charek / Dancers: Maria Gudenko, Aviv Asulin, Xiao Yu, Pian Pian Li Zhao Guang and Anneliese Charek / Soundscore Frankfurt Helmet / Lighting Nan Nan Gu /
‘Why?’ is an ongoing and ever-evolving project. Set to the personal stories of dancers, each production seeks to answer the question of ‘Why do you dance?’.
Excerpts of Documentary dance performance ‘Why?’ at the Power Station of Art, November 25, 2020
Dance Film ‘Say We’ / accepted to the United Nations platform for artist’s responses to Covid-19 // Produced by Frances Lin / Choreography by Anneliese Charek / Director of Photography Ryan Xin / Music by Lindy Lin / Agency : Accenture INteractive
DANCE FOR CAMERA FILM ‘WHY?’ / PREMIERE ON NOV.25, 2020 AT SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL DANCE CENTER GRAND THEATER
Directed by Alice Yixin and Anneliese Charek , Music by Frankfurt Helmet, Art Direction by Lance Hsu, Camera : Hongfei and Alice Yixin, Editor : Alice Yixin, Choreography : Anneliese Charek
PREMIERE OF ‘WHY?’ AT SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL DANCE CENTER / DECEMBER 4 AND 5
// more information and tickets available here //
Excerpts of ‘Why?’adapted for the outdoor stage at Sugar House, Guilin
‘Draw a Line’ produced by IN THE FLESH at ALL club Shanghai. Choreography by Anneliese Charek / Dancers : Xiao Yu and Anneliese Charek / Soundscore by Offskii
gallery photos by Matjaz Tancic / Sophia Liu
2019
Movement Lab with Alessia Gatta and Anneliese Charek
CHOREOGRAPHER //
‘Draw a line’ site specific performance commissioned by Vanke architecture group in Fuzhou, China Soundscore by Anneliese Charek
‘Why?’ at Pudong New Theater
Photography project with Patrik Giardino
Residency in Alatri, Italy. With MATRICE school and RITMI SOTTERRANEI //
WORKSHOP //
intermediate and advanced workshops instructed by Anneliese Charek at MATRICE school.
Workshop for professional dancers, Rome, Italy
CHOREOGRAPHER + PERFORMER //
‘Why?’ performed at Spazio Diamenti Rome, Italy.
2018
CHOREOGRAPHER + PERFORMER //
‘Why?’ at International Factory Theater Festival, Laiwu
CHOREOGRAPHER + PERFORMER //
‘Why?’at 1933 Micro Theater
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE /
Six dancers from different backgrounds are asked a simple questions ‘Why do you dance?’. Their responses reveal the personal stories of people who choose to follow an unconventional life path.
‘Why?’ is a documentary performance focusing on the niche community of contemporary dancers in Shanghai. The performance is centered on a seemingly simple question ‘Why do you dance?’. This question is not meant to begin a conversation on the love of dance, but more to illuminate the reasons why people have chosen this profession. An art form that links differing cultures through the adopted culture of dance. An audio/visual examination of the lives of six performers from varying backgrounds. We often observe dancers on stage enjoying their storytelling, yet we seldom hear them tell their story.
Why fight to join a profession that doesn't want you? Why break your own bones in the process? Why continue when you are 'too old', 'not good enough', 'don't have the right body'?
Set to a score of personal audio interviews, in a live documentary performance, six performers attempt to answer these questions and share their personal stories of how they got to this point.
We hope these questions encourage the audience to reflect on their own life choices and the path they have chosen.
Sound Artist : Mackey Landy
Stage Manager : Lynn Zhang
PERFORMER //
DANCE FILM, ANIMA BY MATTIEU BELIN
CHOREOGRAPHER //
‘THE CIRCUS'
A roaming performance inhabits the Festival of Design at Design Republic for one evening. Three performers make the festival their theater, responding to the space and it’s stories, paying homage to eras in design. This site-specific piece uses costumes design by architect / designer Nasim Sehat. Her wearable structures limit and embellish the performers, pushing them to move in a new way. Choreographer Anneliese Charek uses the dancer’s modified form to explore the potential of their movement, embracing the minutiae in movement of the body. In a piece which infiltrates the space, allowing visitors to view the small performances from their chosen perspective. The choreography pays homage to the Bauhaus’s Oskar Schlemmer and his approach to dance and his idea of the human body as ‘ a new artistic medium’.
On Oskar Schlemmer from ‘Visions of a new World’
‘He saw Ballet and pantomime as free from the historical baggage of theater and opera and thus able to present his ideas of choreographed geometry, man(woman) as dancer, transformed by costume, moving in space.’
COSTUME DESIGNER : Nasim Sehat
CHOREOGRAPHER + SOUND DESIGNER : Anneliese Charek
2017
CHOREOGRAPHER + PERFORMER //
HANGZHOU'S 1ST INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL
CHOREOGRAPHER //
'THE ACT OF LISTENING' / MINSHENG 21, EXHIBITION: LISTENING TO TRANSPARENCY / 2017
CHOREOGRAPHER + PERFORMER : COLLABORATION WITH SCULPTOR FLORA VACHEZ (FRANCE)
'SHANGHAI FLOW' / BASEMENT 6 COLLECTIVE / 2017
2016
Performer // MOCA Shanghai X Aly Rose, solo by Anneliese Charek
DOCUMENTARY / DANCE FOR CAMERA FILM
‘The Politics of Space: Creating intangible theater space in Shanghai'
’DIRECTOR/VIDEOGRAPHER/EDITOR: Anneliese Charek
Shanghai is an immensely populated city with a disproportionate amount of theater space. What does exits is not easily accessible for independent local artists, especially those working more ‘experimentally’ with performance. This fact has lead many of these kinds of artists to present their work in alternative spaces, for example: art galleries and museums, public outdoor space and private residences. When the element of a traditional theater is taken out of performance, artists need to adapt their creation process and aesthetic choices. I believe that these restrictions are actually shaping the work of these artists in a profound way.
Includes interviews with: Petra Johnson (Germany), Nunu Kong (China), Bruce Ding (China) and features a guerilla performance by SLATE contemporary dance company.
CHOREOGRAPHER + PERFORMER /
'WANDER IN ANGER' / VIRGINIE KNIGHT / MINSHENG ART MUSEUM, EXHIBITION: STAGING ALTERITY / 2016
PERFORMER + COLLABORATIVE CHOREOGRAHY/
HUANG FANGLING / ROCKBUND ART MUSEUM RESIDENCY, EXHIBITION : FELIX GONZALEZ TORRES / 2016
'TIME RITE' / HUANG FANGLING / MCAM / 2016
ALY ROSE X MOCA / MOCA SHANGHAI / 2016
CHOREOGRAPHER + PERFORMER /
TEDX WOMEN / SUZHOU
CHOREOGRAPHER + PERFORMER /
SHANGHAI PROJECT : OPENING CEREMONY / HIMALAYAS ART MUSEUM / 2016
'THE MOON AND SIXPENCE' / FILM BY YUAN KERU / 2016
'AS ONE' / RESIDENCY AND CHOREOGRAPHY FOR SUZHOU DANCE COMPANY / MINSHENG ART MUSEUM AND 1933 BUILDING / 2015
DOUBLE BILL PERFORMANCE: NAHASH AND SLATE / M50, VISION ART CENTER / 2015
'AS IF TRYING TO CATCH SMOKE' / JUE FESTIVAL / 2015
2014
'IN RESPONSE TO: "A SWIMMING POOL THAT CAN STILL HEAR THE OCEAN"' WITH VISION MAGAZINE'S TAGGING ART PROJECT/KTGA WINTER FAIR/DECEMBER 2014
'WHAT IS SEEN'/MINSHENG ART MUSEUM/DECEMBER 2014
'THREE MOVEMENTS' WITH BYOB SHANGHAI/1933 BUILDING/NOVEMBER 2014
