maria colusi is a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and mentor based in berlin. she was born in argentina and obtained her qualifications from the taller de danza contemporanea del teatro gral. colusi undertook studies in dance and choreography in france and at the american dance festival in the usa. she has been a member of the sasha waltz and guests company and the ballet contemporáneo teatro gral. san martin, and tangokinesis company. she has developed her own interdisciplinary practice, engaging in collaborative work with composers, visual artists, and musicians. her work has been performed at a number of venues, including radialsystem, berliner ensemble, dock11, delphi theater, schloss solitude (germany), teatro argentino de la plata (argentina), and kunst festival des arts (belgium). additionally, she has taught improvisation and composition workshops locally and internationally for various companies, and dance centers such as hzt-ba dance programme, bauhaus university, weimar, university of arts in argentina, proda, norway, institut del teatre iti spain, marameo, tanzfabrik, b12 summer festival, germany, among others. she was awarded grants from various institutions, including inicial 1/2- akademie der kunst, dis-tanz-solo, dachverband tanz stipendien, takecare- darstellende künste, stipendien sonderprogramm, einstiegförderung, and wiederaufnahmeförderung / berlin senate administration in germany.