Margret Sara Guðjónsdóttir
Variations on closer

Margrét Sara Gudjónsdóttir studied at the dance department of the Art Academies in Arnhem and Amsterdam, and graduated in 2002. Margrét Sara co-founded the performance production company Panic Productions in Iceland in 2004 along side Sveinbjörg Þórhallsdóttir. Since then she has created three performances and two performance installations for gallery spaces, in addition to two collaborative works with invited artists under the name of Panic Productions. She lives and works in Berlin. Margret Sara has worked as a performer and collaborated with amongst others: Gisele Viènne and Dennis Cooper, Erna Ómarsdóttir and Jóhann Jóhannsson, Constanza Macras/Dorky Park, Esther Salamon, Jan Fabre, Jared Gradinger, Anne Tismer and Rahel Salvoldelli/Gutes Tun.

Laura Siegmund graduated her performance-studies at the artcollege in Arnhem in the Netherlands. She went to Berlin to work at the “Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz” to dance in the pieces “NoBody” and “17/25-4” from Sasha Waltz. Parallel to this she began to work as a freelancer for different choreographers, among others for Lina Lindheimer in the piece “Solo- Standing on the shoulders of gigants” in Hamburg, Sebastian Prantl, Vienna and for Mikel Aristegui, Berlin. Since 2001 until today she is collaborateing with the direktor kostume- and stagedesigner Mirella Weingarten in several productions. The last one, “Die Verwandlung” after F. Kafka, was realiesed in the “Konzerthaus Berlin”. Beside her engagements Laura Siegmund is producing her own work as a dancer and choreographer in different kollektives. The recent works are among others “Schattenspiel” from Torsten Papenheim together with the “Garagenoperkollektiv Berlin”.

Johanna Chemnitz studied Modern and Contemporary Dance at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Danceacademy Arnhem (NL) 2000-2004. Since 2004 she is based in Berlin and worked with Jens van Daele, Eszter Gàl, Sasha Waltz & Guests, Trisha Brown in the scope of Documenta12, AlexB, Mans Erlandson, Half Machine Copenhagen, Cie Salon Sauvage, Maren Witte and Nir De Volff/TOTAL BRUTAL. She regularly is a part of different collaborations and performances based on improvisation techniques and teaches yoga and dance. She creates her own works mostly together with other dancers and choreographers as well as visual artists, the last project was the piece ”DISHEVELLED” with Sonja Pregrad and Neven Krajacic which opened the Tanztage Berlin Festival in 2010.

Angela Schubot is a dancer and choreographer who studied, lives and works in Berlin. Ten years ago she founded, together with Martin Clausen, the Two Fish performance company. They have shown their work on a regual basis at the HAU and Sophiensaille theater in Berlin as well as being funded by the city artfunds of Berlin. Angela has worked as a dancer with amongst others; Contanza Macras/Dorky Park, Jared gradinger and more Berlin based dance groups.

Peter Rehberg is an author and Performer of electronic audio works based in Vienna, Austria. Rehberg has given live performances both solo and collaborative throughout Europe, North & South America, Japan and Australia. He is one of the ?rst batch of artists that turned to mobile computing devices for presentation of live audio performances in mid-1990’s. Peter operates the Editions Mego (www.editionsmego.com) label since 2006, and was co-director of the original Mego label since 1995. Peter has composed music for choreographic works by: Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods: Highway, Chris Haring , Gisèle Vienne(DACM) & Etienne Bideau-Rey, Margret Sara Gudjonsdottir/Panic Productions.
Peter has collaborated as a musician live and in the studio with, amongst others; Jim O’Rourke and Christian Fennesz (as Fenn O’Berg), Stephen O’Malley (as KTL), Z’EV, Russell Haswell, Florian Hecker, Marcus Schmickler, Jade, SUNNO))), as well as being a member of MIMEO.

Concept/direction/choreography: Margrét Sara Gudjónsdóttir. Performers/choreography: Laura Siegmund, Johanna Chemnitz, Angela Schubot. Sound: Peter Rehberg. Co-production: RAS kulturhus Sandnes, Norway, MDT Stockholm Sweden, Les Grandes Traversees festival Bordeaux France, residency support: WP Zimmer in Antwerpen, Sommer.bar –Tanz im august in Berlin, Barneys Crossing in Cologne. Special thanks to: Anja Röttgerkamp, Sonia Franken, Eike Siegmund, Andrea Lutz/Ashtanga Studio Berlin, Jared and Angela productions.