Maresa von Stockert came to the UK in 1999 to set up her own dance theatre company in London. Since then she has received wide recognition for her work and has won numerous awards including a 2005 Time Out Live Award for Outstanding Choreography, the prestigious Jerwood Choreography Award in 2002 and a 2001 Bonnie Bird Choreography Award.

Maresa was also shortlisted for the 2005 Critics’ Circle National Dance Award in Contemporary Choreography (other nominees Akram Khan & Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Russel Maliphant).

Associate Artist at The Place, London from 2002 – 2004, von Stockert has been Associate Artist at DanceEast from 2005-8 and Artist in Residence at the the Southbank, London, from 2006 - 2008. She is currently Associate Artist at DanceDigital.

Over the past ten years Maresa von Stockert has produced a significant body of work for the stage both for Tilted Productions as well as commissions for internationally acclaimed companies such as Phoenix Dance. She is also known for her site-specific work, such as Grim(m) Desires for Wapping Power Station which enjoyed a four week sell-out run in London.

Maresa von Stockert received a Masters of Fine Arts Degree from Sarah Lawrence College, New York, USA, where she was a scholarship student in 1995/96. Originally from Germany, Maresa took her undergraduate studies at LABAN, London.

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