Vera Djemelinskaia

About Vera:

Vera is an experienced trainer, jazz dancer and feminist storyteller who specializes in working with individuals without prior dance training. She choreographs for Fearleaders Vienna, her Feminist Dance Workshop project, and other participatory dance initiatives.

Through her policy and science communication work in Austria and Belgium, Vera developed an interest in artistic storytelling methods, particularly in dance theatre, which led her to further her training in the U.S., including at the Berkeley Ballet Theater in California and Steps on Broadway in New York City.

Currently a PhD candidate at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), Vera works within its music mediation research branch, focusing on how embodied participation is negotiated in socially engaged dance/music practice and performance.