Toni Steffens

Toni Steffens (she,her/they,them) studied contemporary dance and choreography in Cologne and Amsterdam. Between spectatorship and material, the artistic research often tends towards detecting possibilities to converse from within-between an environment. Sketched out at the intersection of installation and performance art, Toni’s recent works research ways of attending, that exceed the separate/binary idea of subjectivity and reflect on the concept of co-emergence. Notable helpful modalities for this practice are speculative empathy, (mis)communication, auto curiosity and experiencing and relating without denying difference.

Toni’s work has been supported and shown at Les Urbaines Festival, Come Together Festival, Veem House for Performance, 8 Athens, Flam Festival, Frascati, New Fears Berlin, Tanzhaus NRW, NB projects, Batard Festival and more. In late 2019, Toni co- initiated Unfamiliarities, a platform for non-funded, fragile works of all medias in need of audience. With Keerthi Basavarajaiah, they curated a 10 days event, on the larger understanding of the term 'Movement' at Veem House for Performance. As a performer and dramaturg Toni has worked with numerous artists.