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Stephanie Schober studied Medicine at the Humboldt University in Berlin. She then graduated with a BA (Hons) in Dance Theatre from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London and qualified as a Pilates teacher with the Pilates Foundation at The Place.
She founded Stephanie Schober & Dance Company in 2002 and became a resident choreographer at the Southbank Centre. Since then she has created numerous interdisciplinary performance pieces for her dance company, which have toured to national dance platforms including the Royal Opera House, Dance Umbrella, Chisenhale Dance Space, The Place, Purcell Room, Greenwich Dance and Laban Theatre in London, and across the UK to nottdance in Nottingham, Deda in Derby, DanceEast in Ipswich, Leap Festival in Liverpool, the greenroom in Manchester, Axis in Stoke and the British Dance Edition. Her works have been presented abroad in Belgium, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia and Sweden.
Stephanie Schober was a recipient of the Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award and her projects have regularly been supported by the Arts Council England.
Since 2000 Stephanie has worked as a dance artist in a wide range of contexts involving children, young people, older dancers and specific community groups. She led various cross-art projects for children and families including at DanceEast in Ipswich, at the William Morris Gallery and The Showroom in London. Current work includes dance workshops for MicroRainbow's group of LGBTQI+ refugees and asylum seekers with residencies at The Showroom, Walthamstow Wetlands, The Tate Modern and Toynbee Studios.
Stephanie facilitates vocational training and professional development. She taught professional workshops at Greenwich Dance and Independent Dance in London, and was a mentor for young artists as part of the Dance Beyond Borders project at DanceKiosk in Hamburg. In association with DanceEast she has initiated LOCUS, a regular studio session for professional dance and performance artists to share practices. She has been invited to teach workshops or create new work as a visiting artist at various education institutions including the University of Northampton, Winchester University, London Metropolitan University, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, London Contemporary Dance School, Shanghai Theatre Academy and VSMU Bratislava.
She has completed the PGCHE with the University of East Anglia and the University of Essex and is an HEA fellow. She currently is the Head of Undergraduate Programmes and the Programme Leader of the BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, where she also teaches across the undergraduate and postgraduate dance programmes. Her emphasis is on exploring choreographic and performance practices, creating work with students as well as curating guest lectures and workshop by visiting artists.
She has written and has been the course leader on the BA (Hons) Dance programme which has been delivered in partnership between DanceEast and the University of Suffolk since September 2018. The work-based degree course is focused on applied dance practices within community, education and health contexts.
Photo above by Norbert Dutranoy. Catch by Stephanie Schober. Dancers pictured: Katsura Isobe & Stephanie Schober
She founded Stephanie Schober & Dance Company in 2002 and became a resident choreographer at the Southbank Centre. Since then she has created numerous interdisciplinary performance pieces for her dance company, which have toured to national dance platforms including the Royal Opera House, Dance Umbrella, Chisenhale Dance Space, The Place, Purcell Room, Greenwich Dance and Laban Theatre in London, and across the UK to nottdance in Nottingham, Deda in Derby, DanceEast in Ipswich, Leap Festival in Liverpool, the greenroom in Manchester, Axis in Stoke and the British Dance Edition. Her works have been presented abroad in Belgium, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia and Sweden.
Stephanie Schober was a recipient of the Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award and her projects have regularly been supported by the Arts Council England.
Since 2000 Stephanie has worked as a dance artist in a wide range of contexts involving children, young people, older dancers and specific community groups. She led various cross-art projects for children and families including at DanceEast in Ipswich, at the William Morris Gallery and The Showroom in London. Current work includes dance workshops for MicroRainbow's group of LGBTQI+ refugees and asylum seekers with residencies at The Showroom, Walthamstow Wetlands, The Tate Modern and Toynbee Studios.
Stephanie facilitates vocational training and professional development. She taught professional workshops at Greenwich Dance and Independent Dance in London, and was a mentor for young artists as part of the Dance Beyond Borders project at DanceKiosk in Hamburg. In association with DanceEast she has initiated LOCUS, a regular studio session for professional dance and performance artists to share practices. She has been invited to teach workshops or create new work as a visiting artist at various education institutions including the University of Northampton, Winchester University, London Metropolitan University, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, London Contemporary Dance School, Shanghai Theatre Academy and VSMU Bratislava.
She has completed the PGCHE with the University of East Anglia and the University of Essex and is an HEA fellow. She currently is the Head of Undergraduate Programmes and the Programme Leader of the BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, where she also teaches across the undergraduate and postgraduate dance programmes. Her emphasis is on exploring choreographic and performance practices, creating work with students as well as curating guest lectures and workshop by visiting artists.
She has written and has been the course leader on the BA (Hons) Dance programme which has been delivered in partnership between DanceEast and the University of Suffolk since September 2018. The work-based degree course is focused on applied dance practices within community, education and health contexts.
Photo above by Norbert Dutranoy. Catch by Stephanie Schober. Dancers pictured: Katsura Isobe & Stephanie Schober
