Martina De Dominicis

Martina De Dominicis is a Vienna-based performer and choreographer. Her practice moves between self-initiated works and collaborative projects. She enjoys the dynamics of shared authorship and values process-oriented approaches. In her work, she explores the tension between the somatic and the formal – between what is felt and what can be communicated. She often works with dance scores that speculate on and attempt to embody the felt sense of other bodies. She is passionate about historical and conceptual ideas of the body, its representations, and the beliefs we attach to it. Her current research engages with in-between states of presence, using practices rooted in the sensory interplay of touch and sight. She treats performance as a porous space, where memory, historical echoes and a desire for intimacy can surface. Initially working as a neoclassical dancer across multiple European ensembles, she later collaborated, amongst others, with artists including Veza Maria Fernandez, Magdalena Forster, Michikazu Matsune, Reut Shemesh, CocoonDance, Karin Pauer, Katrin Hornek, Bruch, and Alexander Gottfarb. In 2022, Martina completed a Master’s degree in Movement Research at Anton Bruckner University, Linz.