Florentina Holzinger

Florentina Holzinger studied choreography at the School for New Dance Development (SNDO) in Amsterdam. Her solo diploma-show “Silk” received the Prix Jardin d’Europe at the ImPulsTanz-festival. Together with Vincent Riebeek, she developed the trilogy “Kein Applaus für Scheiße, Spirit und Wellness” (2011–2015). Her solo piece “Recovery” is a critical analysis of traumatic stage experiences and the representation of female physicality. In her more recent works, Holzinger dissects the narratives of classical ballet. In “Apollon” (2017), a new interpretation of Balanchine’s “Apollon Musagète”, and “TANZ” (2019), based on “La Sylphide”, she reflects on tradition and gender images. “TANZ” was presented at Theatertreffen and received the award for “Best Directing” of the Viennese Theatre-Prize NESTROY. In 2020, she created “Etude for an Emergency”, a stunt-opera for female opera singers and stunt performers; in 2021, “A Divine Comedy” was developed for Ruhrtriennale. The artist Beatrice “Trixie” Cordua received the German Theatre Prize DER FAUST for her performance in this piece. For “Ophelia’s Got Talent” (2022), developed at Berlin’s Volksbühne, Holzinger was invited to Theatertreffen and received several awards, including the German Theatre Prize DER FAUST for the best dance production. In 2024, she created her first opera project “SANCTA”, a co-production of Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater, Staatsoper Stuttgart and Wiener Festwochen and others. With this piece, she was invited to Theatertreffen.

In the same year, Holzinger played her first main role in a film, “MOND” (directed by Kurdwin Ayub), which won the special prize of the jury at the Locarno Film Festival. She will represent Austria at the 61st Art Biennale in Venice in 2026.