Dance & Choreography

About Dance Choreography Research

“But it wouldn’t be cyclical ‘happiness’ if everything didn’t go to the beginning at the end. An extremely powerful piece [...] that gets to the heart of its message.”
— about 'Cyclic Bliss' by Michael Denzer, Salto BZ

CHOREOGRAPHY

AGENDA

REVIEWS

“With a strong dance technique, Kostner shows impressive dance portraits about suffering or surpassing a crisis. The four solos remind us of the four seasons of the corona pandemic. And Under the skin does indeed crawl under your skin.”
— about 'Under the skin' by Anita Twaalfhoven, Theaterkrant

ABOUT

Anastasia Kostner is a dancer, choreographer and certified Rolfer originally from Italy, now based in Amsterdam. She has an international performance background, having worked with choreographers and companies such as Martina Marini, Arch 8, 2617KUNST, Vereinigte Bühnen Bozen, Mathilde Rosier, Roberto Castello, Les Gents D’Uterpan, Gabriella Maiorino and Thierry De Mey.

Since 2010 she is part of the dance/theatre company Tanzschmiede/Fucinadanza. In 2018 and 2021 she choreographed in the frame of the company creating ‘Strive’ and ‘Under the skin’. She also worked as a choreographer for Between Two Hands at Over Het Ij Festival, Fabrik Azzurro, Sanne Clifford & CO and as a community dance artist for Sandra Kramerova in the Nieuwe Makers Regeling.

Her own works have been performed in festivals such as Transart (IT), Bolzano Danza (IT), La Bequée (FR), Mittelfest (IT), Bloomsbury (UK), Aterteater (IT), Dance Camera West (USA), Alps Move (IT) and her first creation received the Italian Anticorpi XL award for young emerging dance artists.

Next to her artistic endeavours, she thought at HfMDK in Frankfurt, KNUA in Korea, Musikhochschule Basel and several music institutes in Italy, the British School of Amsterdam, the Community Dance Academy, Podiatrist Postgraduate education KIP and several Yoga and Empirical Research centres (SCO) in the Netherlands, Switzerland and England. At the moment, she is part of the teaching team at CREA in Amsterdam and a guest choreographer at ARTEZ in Arnhem.

  • Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Dance / Performance at IDA in Linz (AT)

  • Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Dance / Movement Essentials at IDA in Linz (AT)

  • Postgraduate in Dance In Community at Laban in London (UK)

  • Master of Arts in Contemporary Dance Education (MACODE) at HfMDK in Frankfurt am Main (DE)

  • Certified Rolfer from the British Academy of Rolfing (UK)