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30.01.1991 - danish, based between Copenhagen & Berlin
kat.staub@gmail.com
Instagram: @katstaub @porousnests @danceforplants
Languages: Danish, English & German

GROUPS/COLLECTIVES

Vesyv (2021→) / studio & atelier collective
Porous Nests (2020→) / performance project
dance for plants (2016→) / international research group

EDUCATION

BA at HZT by the University of Arts Berlin (2015-19) / Dance, Context, Choreography
DT Academy (2013-14) / dance and theatre programme, Copenhagen
Rødkilde Theatre School (2011-12) / theatre and performance programme, Møn
VoxViva (2009) / Roy Hart based voice programme, Helgenæs

OWN WORK/GROUP WORK (SELECTED)

Sick talking, ghost stalking (2024) / solo performance at Antwerp Queer Arts Festival (Antwerp)
At once we fall (2024) / work in progress presentation with Camille Jemelen at LEG Performance Marathon (Montreal)
Hermes (2021-ongoing) / drag performances at ‘Shamelezz’, ‘Halloqween’ by Draghouse CPH at VEGA, The Boat Theatre, ‘yaaas drag’ at Stakladen, ‘draglesque’ at Café Bartof, ‘Fierce Factor’ at Kisskiss gay club, ‘Kabareoké at Fortuna Wetten, Tristeza, ‘PepsiBostonBar’, Siblinx, Schwuz, Club Mermaid, Tristeza, Pangea Cabaret, Panda Platform at Kulturbrauerei, GiezasPokeHouse at Tipsy Bear, Autobahne, Morgan’s dsfbp, Lesbisk Fredag & Pretty Poison Cabaret (Berlin, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Malmö & Amsterdam)
An hour with (2023) / talk about the Porous Nests Project at the YC Festival by HAUT (Copenhagen)
a cast of pseudonyms (2023) / Performative installation project in procress. First iteration shared at the BIRCA Queer residency (Bornholm, Denmark)
Dance for plants performance (2022) / Performing with Shifa Doğuştan at the 'when things are alive' symposium at Hägerstensåsens Medborgarhus (Stockholm)
Hermes (2022) / performance at the boat theatre (Copenhagen)
Ecofemme Hauntings (2021) / work-in-progress showing at The Unfinished Fridays Performance Series at Lake Studio (Berlin)
Porous Nests (2021) / performance with the Porous Nests project with Snorre Elvin and Peter Scherrebeck at the online version of Det Frie Felts Festival (Copenhagen)
Porous Nests (2020) / performance and research with the Porous Nests project with Snorre Elvin and Peter Scherrebeck at ‘this house is not a home’ by K Hybrid at Lothringer 13 Halle (Munich) and at Lause residency for art and activism (Berlin)
Emotional check-in (2020) / performance with Karin Hald at C.off (Stockholm)
Evening for small scenes, singing and playing - the work after she left (2019) / performance with Rosemarie Eberl and Peter Scherrebeck at Uferstudios (Berlin)
The Wormhole Project (2018) / performance intervention with Mariana Vieira at (Re)union festival (Lisbon)
dettaler (2017) / solo performance at Danseatelier (Copenhagen)
Weheavy (2016) / performance with Simone Weber, Juan Felipe, Josephine Mühle, Hannah Kritten, Julia Keren and Judith Förster at Suddenly festival (Berlin)

PERFORMING FOR OTHERS (SELECTED)

Muscle panic (2021) / performance by Hazel Meyer presented at Copenhagen Contemprorary as part of the exhibition 'art of sports' (Copenhagen)
Lipsyync#9 (2021) / online drag show by Rubyyy Jones curated by Warehouse9 (Copenhagen)
Backleg (2019) / dance-installation by Camila Malenchini at LOAF festival (Berlin)
What they are instead of (2019) / performance by Angela Schubot and Jared Gradinger at Uferstudios (Berlin)
Graduation piece (2018) / performance by Mariana Vieira at Uferstudios (Berlin)
Healing competition (2018) / research piece by Timothée Faraus at Tempelhofer Feld (Berlin)
WET (1967-) (2017) / performance by Maria Scaroni at Sophiensaele (Berlin)
Sisters academy - The boarding school #6 (2017) / performance intervention by Sisters Hope at the free exhibition space (Copenhagen) - (visiting artist and teacher)
Cut out reality (2016) / performance by Miriam Kongstad at Uferstudios (Berlin)
The light that I feel (2014) / film-installation by Yang Fudong at SALT (Sandhornøy, Norway)

RESIDENCIES/OTHER (SELECTED)

Metabolizing human wrongs (2024) / gathering by Huga X Tibirica, participant (Brandenburg)
Studio 303 (2024) / residency with Camille Jemelen with the ‘at once we fall’ - project (Montrèal)
Birca Queer (2023) / artist in residency at Bækkelund International Recidency Center for Artists (Bornholm)
Shine on, Harvest moon (2022) / artist in residence at Ponderosa art center (Lunow-Stolzenhagen)
Havebienalen (2021) / residency with dance for plants as part of the exhibition Havebienalen (Copenhagen)
Lake Studio (2021) / artist in residence at Lake Studios Berlin (Berlin)
HAUT - In Process (2021) / artist in residence at HAUT and the North Atlantic Lighthouse (Thy)
Frontløberne (2020) residence and socio-cultural collaboration with cultural institution ‘Frontløberne’ (Aarhus)
Social Service Club (2020) / residency with Peter Scherrebeck (Stevns)
Lause Residency for Art & Activism (2020) / residency with the Porous Nests project (Berlin)
Connections (2017) / residency with dance for plants at PAF Performing Arts Platform (Aarhus)
A non-secular Anthropocene (2017) / conference held by AURA Aarhus University Research on the Anthropocene. Participating with dance for plants (Copenhagen)
Ponderosa Tanzland (2016) / dance festival with Zinzi Buchanan, Alicia Grant and Barbie Diewald (Stolzenhagen)
Performance Activism (2016) / performance experiment with Anika Barkan and Boaz Barkan at AFUK (Copenhagen)

TEACHING

Kunsthøjskolen i Holbæk (2019→ongoing) / teaching the seminar ‘Performance’ with Peter Scherrebeck (Holbæk)
Kunsthøjskolen i Holbæk (2023) / teaching the intro-project 'Mindevæv' with Peter Scherrebeck (Holbæk)
Tvær-GK (2022) / teaching the seminar ‘Krop/Objekt/Performance’ with Peter Scherrebeck (Esbjerg)
UKH Talenttræf (2022) / teaching the seminar ‘Krop/Objekt/Performance’ with Peter Scherrebeck (Aarhus)
Dansverkstæðið (2021) / workshop on dance for plants as part of the Plöntutíð Festival (Reykjavik)
GLOW Talenttræf (2021) / teaching the seminar ‘Krop/Objekt/Performance’ with Peter Scherrebeck (Holbæk)
SGK / BGK Århus (2021) / teaching the seminar ‘Krop/Objekt/Performance’ with Peter Scherrebeck (Aarhus)
Eriksminde Efterskole (2021) / talk and workshop on plants in artistic practise with Kai Merke (Hou)
Eriksminde Efterskole (2018) / teaching the workshop ‘Fungis Baby’ with Kai Merke (Hou)