1. Christina Comtesse - A Short Curriculum Vitae
After completing a B.Sc. in Chemistry at the
University of Exeter, Christina Comtesse studied at
the London School of Contemporary Dance, The
Place. After a short time working in London with 181
Dance and The Danceband as well as teaching at
Middlesex Polytechnic and The Place, she was
offered a contract with Theater Osnabrück Germany.
Afterwards, followed engagements in Bremer
Tanztheater, Berliner Volksbühne, dancing eleven
years with Johann Kresnik. She has worked as
guest trainer and assistant in the Komische Oper
Berlin and Linz in Austria and has choreographed for
the Volksbühne and Schaubühne in Berlin as well as
for Theater Konstanz, Krefeld/Mönchengladbach,
Graz in Austria and Luzern in Switzerland.
From 2004 to 2006 she was engaged as Ballet
Mistress and Rehearsal Director in Luzern and since
2006 as Rehearsal and Deputy Director in
Staatstheater Darmstadt under Mei Hong Lin. In
Darmstadt she has choreographed Immer Wieder
Weihnachten, Der Dritte Sinn, Jesus Christ Super
Star, 7 Tage as well as choreographing for many
plays and operas.
She has also been responsible for restaging Ulrike
Meinhof and Sylvia Plath from Johann Kresnik as
well as Bernarda Alba from Mei Hong Lin.
Her most recent productions in 2015 have been as
choreographer for "Lohengrin" for the Konzert
Theater Bern, Switzerland, “Die 120 Tage von
Sodom”, Volksbühne Berlin as choreographic
assistant to Johann Kresnik and Ismael Ivo,
“Spieluhr" Tanzcompagnie Giessen, as well as
guesting in Landestheater Linz, Austria.