Belinda Winkelmann is a choreographer, performer and artistic researcher. She studied dance, improvisation and performance at bewegungs-art Freiburg as well as social sciences (M.A.) at University of Fribourg. Born in Switzerland, she lives and works in Germany.
Her artistic practice is shaped by the guiding principle “Dance is transformation.” She understands dance as a process of change – in the body, in perception and in the relationships: with ourselves, with others and with the world. At the core of her work lies an engagement with transformation and interconnection within a living ecosystem. Her works unfold in states of transition and open experiential spaces in which relation and change are tangible. Dance becomes a space in which transformation takes place and interconnection can be experienced sensorially.
Her work develops through collaborative, non-hierarchical artistic processes. She approaches choreography as a collective practice – a field in which different perspectives, bodies and experiences meet and transform one another.
In this context, her works emerge through long-term collaborations and intercultural constellations, including her collaboration with Raúl Martínez (CR/SLV), where diverse cultural and geographical perspectives meet and evolve into a shared artistic process, as well as in the duo
twOne Company with Ewelina Kotwa. She is co-founder of the association com.dance e.V., which initiates artistic projects at the intersection of contemporary dance and social engagement.
For Belinda Winkelmann, art is embodied knowledge rooted in collective and originally sacred forms of human expression. Her movement language seeks forms for what cannot be translated into language – reduced, poetic and contemplative. Her aesthetic focuses on presence, perception and relation.
Belinda Winkelmann is a member of the advisory board of Tanznetz Freiburg and is engaged in strengthening and connecting the independent dance scene.