Klaudia Franziska Wittmann

Klaudia Wittmann is a dancer, choreographer, researcher, and co-director of KWAM Collective, a group of international interdisciplinary artists. Her academic and creative work explores questions of bodies, gender and sociality.

Formerly, Klaudia had been a rhythmic gymnast as part of the German national team for 5 years. She then moved to the UK to train in dance (London Studio Centre, UAL) and physical theatre (JV2), and later in dance movement psychotherapy (Goldsmiths, University of London) and psychoanalysis. She has performed for a number of national and international choreographers and performance artists.

In recent years, Klaudia expanded her creative practice as part of KWAM Collective, with funding support by a number of UK art organisations including East London Dance, ECHO, The Place, Abderrahim Crickmay Charitable Settlement, Royal Philharmonic Society's Drummond Lockyer Fund for Dance and Turning Scheme. KWAM Collective's recent work includes short film SOMA (2023) and Kit (2023).

In 2024, Klaudia started working on a number of artistic projects including theatres of hysteria (a collaboration with composer Chloe Knibbs), and 2:30 (a collaboration with sculptor Lara Ristosa-Roberts).

Klaudia Wittmann's M4C AHRC-funded practice PhD 'Imperfection of the Perfect Body: an interdisciplinary exploration of gendered oppression in female gymnastics through choreographic practice' investigates the recent global abuse scandals in women's gymnastics, and develops new choreographic methods to shed light on the underlying structure as well as embodied experiences of the sport. Klaudia's theoretical framework draws on feminist and queer theory as well as psychoanalysis.