Biography

Meritxell Campos Olivé is a film director, contemporary dance choreographer, and performer. Her artistic method lies at the intersection of these disciplines, taking improvisation as a central instrument for storytelling and exploration of human nature. The interaction of people with each other and with space is the main leitmotif of her works, where spontaneity and naturalness of movements serve as a starting point for choreographic content and forms. She brings her works into public spaces to create an authentic living environment: streets and squares, barbershops and supermarkets, administrative buildings, and museums, thus becoming dance research laboratories and stages.

Meritxell Campos Olivé's early artistic practice is rooted in choreography and performance. She directed the dance theater pieces Speculum (2010), Vertigo (2011), and Animal Erectus (2013). In 2012, she created the community dance theater project Human Loops, which has been shown for several years in Germany (Rotes Rathaus Berlin, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden), Spain (Ancient Hospital, Sant Feliu de Guíxols), and Italy (Roma Action Poetry Festival). In 2015, she started focussing on video and film projects and realized the film 7 One Shots, a series of improvised one-take videos interpreting the music of Dieter Meier. Her first feature film, Santa Inocencia, premiered in 2018, investigates the spirit of the absurd, the neurosis and fears of everyday life, its constant projections into the past or the future, and the inability to experience the present. In 2023, she directed her latest experimental dance feature film, Surfing Einstein.

She held a teaching position at the Tanzfabrik Berlin, Seneca Intensiv Berlin, and other institutions, where she specialized in Contemporary Dance, Improvisation, Dance Theatre, and Choreography.
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