ABOUT

Paula Rosolen studied dance at the University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt and earned a master’s degree in choreography and Performance from the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies at Justus-Liebig University in Giessen.

Paula Rosolen is an Aerowaves Artist #Twenty26. In her choreographic work, she develops a distinct movement language for each piece, giving rise to autonomous aesthetic worlds shaped by precise visual and sonic choices. Her works are connected through a practice grounded in sustained research and an ongoing interest in the body as a site of tension between the organic and the mechanical, the individual and the collective. Movement functions as a poetic space, allowing for multiple readings, informed by pop culture, mass media, and historical events that recur across time and are reframed within contemporary discourse.

Her works—including Aerobics! A Ballet in 3 Acts (2015), FLAGS (2020), 16BIT (2022), Beat by Bits (2022) and NOICE/NOISE (2025) —have been presented internationally in theaters, museums, galleries, and public spaces, at venues and festivals such as Paris l’été, Théâtre de la Ville Paris, deSingel, Theaterfestival Basel, Festival Tokyo, Tanzplattform Deutschland, Mousonturm, Tanzhaus NRW, HELLERAU, schwere reiter, Museum Angewandte Kunst, and the Sofia Arsenal – Museum of Contemporary Art.

She has been guest director at the Cologne Opera and created Orbis for Giessen Tanzt at Stadttheater Giessen.

Rosolen received the First Prize at Danse Élargie (Théâtre de la Ville de Paris) and has been awarded numerous international residencies, including Villa Kamogawa in Kyoto and the Saison Foundation Tokyo. She is currently a fellow of the Hessian Cultural Foundation at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, where she continues to develop her Crash Test series.

She has served on juries for international competitions and scholarships and has worked as a mentor for a range of institutions, as well as teaching workshops and masterclasses in the United States, Japan, Argentina, Germany, and France.

Alongside her artistic practice, she completed an Executive MBA and the Women’s Leadership Academy at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, with a focus on exploring new production models, strengthening sustainable working practices, and deepening her management expertise.