Vasna Aguilar is a Swiss-Mexican dance artist. She studied classical dance at the Hamburg Ballet School under John Neumeier, where she received the Migros Kulturprozent study award. After her graduation she went on to study contemporary dance at the Codarts University of the Arts in Rotterdam. She then worked with Tanz Luzerner Theater, Dance Company Osnabrück, and the Thomas Noone Dance Company in Barcelona.
In 2016, she moved to Berlin in order to work independently. She regularly performs at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and is active in the independent dance scene. Over the years, she has collaborated with choreographers and artists such as John Neumeier, Susanne Linke, Ersan Mondtag, Heidi Vierthaler, Kinsun Chan, André Mesquita, Rob Fordeyn, Georg Reischl, Mauro de Candia, Shang-Chi Sun, Olivier Py, Rie Yamada, Alina Rentsch, Ruben Reniers, Marie Gourdain, Maura Morales. She regularly collaborates with choreographer and visual artist Gustavo Gomes, with whom she undertakes artistic residencies at Hellerau – European Center for the Arts, Quartier am Hafen Cologne, and Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg.
In collaboration with the director and radio playwright Henri Hüster, she explores the interfaces between language and dance and has developed choreographies for Schauspiel Wuppertal (Richard III, Three Sisters, The Magic Mountain), Konzert Theater Bern (Crime and Punishment), Kampnagel Hamburg ( Ein weiteres Beispiel … ), Landestheater Linz (Lehman Brothers), the University for Music and Performing Arts Graz, Klabauter Theater Hamburg and at the independent theater space, Lichthof Theater Hamburg (Irre, Versuch über die Schwierigkeit Nein zu sagen, Theater der Nacht). Reiche Reiche Arme Arme, eine Suche an den Rändern, will premiere at the Lichthof Theater Hamburg on 25.01.2025.
In collaboration with theater director Felix Hafner, she has created choreographies for productions at Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck (Angels in America) and at Vereinigte Bühnen Bolzano (Metamorphosen*). In January 2025, she will join him as choreographer at Schauspiel Graz Slippery Slope, Almost a Musical by Yael Ronen and Shlomi Shaban. Premiere on 07.02.2025.
