Ruth Burmann
MA
Ruth Burmann has taught dance at the Mozarteum University Salzburg since 1999. As a dancer, choreographer and educator, she has collaborated with numerous international artists and led interdisciplinary artistic and educational projects throughout Europe, the United States and Taiwan.
Born in Salzburg in 1968, Ruth Burmann studied music and dance education with a focus on dance at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. Between 1993 and 1995, she continued her training at the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (SEAD), specialising in choreography, modern dance and dance pedagogy. She subsequently taught modern dance and tango argentino at the University Sports Institute, worked in Orff teacher training programmes in Austria and Taiwan, and held teaching positions at music secondary schools in Pongau and Upper Austria. Since 1999, she has been an adjunct lecturer in dance at the Mozarteum University and was also active at the Thomas Bernhard Institute from 1999 to 2008.
As a performer, Burmann danced with companies and artists including Susan Quinn, Robert Wechsler, Beda Percht, Hubert Lepka and Donna Jewell. Her choreographic work has been shaped by collaborations with internationally active dancers, choreographers and performance artists, among them Frey Faust, Bert Gstettner and Helmi Vent.
Her artistic and educational projects have taken her to the United States, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey, Germany, the Czech Republic and Taiwan. Throughout her career, she has collaborated closely with musicians, composers and visual artists in interdisciplinary projects combining dance, music and visual arts.