Susanne Bentley

Susanne Bentley (NZ/BE) is a contemporary dancer, teacher, choreographer & coach, working with others and on her own projects in New Zealand and Europe since 1996. In 2000 she was a DanceWEB scholar at ImPulsTanz (Vienna). Since then she has performed with companies such as Superamas, Cie. Fabienne Berger, Les Ballets C de la B, Maria Clara Villa Lobos, Poni, Bal Moderne.

From 2002-9 she made music and performances with electronic musician Peter Van Hoesen as Bent Object. She also founded SoloConversations Dance Collective, performing improvised pieces from 2007-17. She continues to make solo work, and to improvise performances with other artists. Since 2020 she has also been leading socio-artistic projects like KODA Erasmus + project (Keep on Dancing).

Susanne teaches contemporary dance and performance improvisation to all ages and levels of experience eg. Ultima Vez, Rosas, P.A.R.T.S., ImPulsTanz (Vienna). Since 2021 she has also been teaching and collaborating in artistic projects for dancers with Parkinson’s, with Fit Your Mind asbl (BE) & DaPoPa (FR).

More info on her website: susannebentley.com