Editta Braun
Editta Braun (born 25 May 1958) is an Austrian choreographer, stage dancer, dance pedagogue as well as founder and director of the Salzburg dance company Editta Braun Company. She is known as a pioneer of contemporary dance in Austria and chairwoman of tanz_house, the association of freelance choreographers based in Salzburg. Early life Braun was born in Vöcklabruck in the Upper Austrian Salzkammergut. As a child, she learned classical ballet and piano and trained intensively in gymnastics; she was Upper Austrian state champion in 1974. From 1976 to 1982, she studied sports science and German language and literature at the University of Salzburg. When she encountered the work ''1980'' of Pina Bausch at a performance in Vienna in 1982 she became interested in contemporary dance. In 1983, she began her dance training in Paris and New York. She was also influenced by acting lessons in method acting with Walter Lott and by a dance project with Wim Vandekeybus initiated by SZENE Sa ...
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