Luisa Fernanda Alfonso

Luisa Fernanda Alfonso is a dancer and choreographer from Bogotá, based in Berlin. She graduated from the Limón Professional Studies Programme in New York City, holds a B.A. in Dance from the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, and an M.A. in Solo/Dance/Authorship (SODA) from HZT Berlin. With a strong foundation in classical and modern dance, she approaches dance and performance as a carefully orchestrated, artificial theatrical apparatus. Her affinity for sound composition, loudspeakers, and voice recordings is intrinsically interwoven with her choreographic thinking and making.

Her work Masterpiece, in collaboration with her partner Peter Rubel, has been presented at various festivals, such as Les Urbaines, Parallèle, MIND EATER, thecarrierbag, Rakete at Tanzquartier Vienna, Domingo at La Casa Encendida, Tanztage at Sophiensaele, Almost Summer at BUDA, as well as in venues such as Kunstverein München, TEA Tenerife, and Teatro Juárez Guanajuato. Luisa’s concert-performance A humble concert by a decent woman was commissioned for the SIDEGIGS series at Neue Musik Zentrale. As a dancer, she has performed in works by Leila Hekmat, Sanna Helena Berger, Deva Schubert, Armin Hokmi, Emilie Gregersen, Xenia Koghilaki, Luísa Saraiva, juan felipe amaya gonzalez, among others.

Since 2016, Luisa has collaborated with Estefanía Álvarez Ramírez, developing short choreographic compositions defined by humorous capriciousness and an urgent desire to investigate their Latin-Americanness, their friendship, and their love for each other.