Artistic resume

Karine LaBel embodies traditional haitian culture. she is an acknowledged freelance artist, dance choreographer and dance teacher living in Vienna.

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Karine LaBel sees her artistic contribution in creative personal development through dance and ceremonies. LaBel has been a lecturer for traditional haitian dance at the University Sports Institute in Vienna since 2000, and has been teaching at ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival since 2004. 
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Educational background

2023: Certified accompanist for students with school difficulties and disabilities.

2020: Improvement in African dance and percussion at Tilyboo Cultural Training Center, Senegal. With certification from the Republic of Senegal.

2018: Research Project, 1 week led by Jennifer Lacey.

2017: Certified Zumba teacher.

2009/2010: 2 weeks seminar Teacher Teaching Teachers (TTT).

2007: Diploma of Instructor "Nike Rockstar Workout Dancehall".

1999: 5-weeks seminar in Haiti where she completed dance courses with Vivianne Gautier, the Grande Dame of Haitian dance.
1995: Studied African dance with Georges Momboy in Paris (known in Austria through the Wiener Tanzwochen).
1993: Initiation and deepen practice into traditional Haitian dance in Lakou Souvenance (the most important religious pilgrimage place in Haiti).
1991: Aritistic activities in Paris (France). Regulary dance teacher to children aged from 4-11 for the City of Paris until 1996-
1988: Baccalauréat, Haitian national secondary-school diploma (equivalent Matura/Abitur)
1970: Born in Les Cayes (Haiti).

 

she speaks créole, french, german and english

Artistic and professional activities

2023

 

ImPulTanz 2023
Workshop Afro-Haitian Dance

Teaching

Public Moves by ImPulsTanz 2023

MuseumsQuartier, Wien

Teaching

 

 

CANTO - Wiener Konzethaus

Neue Wiener Stimmen »Canto«
Song from Haiti: Gede Nibo

 

Saturdance 2023 - Tanz die Toleranz

Workshops Brunnenpassage Wien

2022

 

Saturdance 2022 - Tanz die Toleranz

Workshops Brunnenpassage Wien

 

Festival Afrik Urbanarts International
Abidjan, Elfenbeinküste

 

Lycée Français de Vienne

2 weeks academic year starting program

Teaching classes

Vienna - Austria

 

Performance "Die Kehrseite der Medaille"
Karine Label & Compagnie
NÖ KiSS
Herzogenburg - Austria

Dance workshop for kids and teens
Herzogenburg - Austria

 

Kultursommer Wien - Performance
Die Kehrseite der Medaille
Karine Label & Compagnie

 

Public Moves Vienna

Afro-hatian Dance
Teaching

 

IMPULSTANZ Festival Vienna
Afro-hatian Dance
Workshop
Teaching

 

Kultursommer Wien - Tanzperformance
Blut-Zucker: Eure Süße Unser Tod
Konzept & Choreografie: Sofie Douda

 

Lycée Français de Vienne

Performance - Studio Molière, Wien

 

"Genova nel mondo, il mondo a Genova" | Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy
Performance commissioned by the Consulate of the Republic of Haiti in Genoa.
Cultural event organized by the international Consular Corps of Genoa and Liguria with the Municipality of Genoa.

Genoa - Italy

 

One Billion Rising Vienna | Austria 2022
Under the patronage of Mrs. Mag.a Doris Schmidauer.

Brazilian Beat meets Haitian Dance
Maracati Nossa Luz & Karine LaBel

 

Teaching - Workshop at the Lycée Français de Vienne
"Programme école ouvert"

primary school level
middle School level

 

2021

 

Workshops in Rome (Italy)
Afro-Haitian dance with Karine LaBel and Alessio Renzopaoli.

 

"Saturdance Special" im Weltmuseum
Weltmuseum Wien am Heldenplatz


IMPULSTANZ
AFRO-HAITIAN DANCE & SONGS
Intensive Workshop
Teaching

IMPULSTANZ
AFRO-HAITIAN DANCE
Workshop
Teaching

 

"Wiener Kultursommer 2021“

Performance

 

Public Moves by IMPULSTANZ

Tanzworkshops - Teaching

 

2020

 

Saturdance 2020

Afro-Haitianischer Tanz, Wien

 

PUBLIC MOVES 2020 By ImpulsTanz
Opening event
Teaching

 

Workshop in Africa, "Back To The Roots" in Senegal
Instructor and Co-organizer
14 days Afro-Haitian dance at Kafoutine

 

Back to the Roots
Afro-haitianischer Tanz-Workshop mit live Music - USI Wien

 

2019

 

Afro-haitianischer Tanz-Workshop mit live Music
Universitätssportzentrum Wien

KUG - Kunstuniversität Graz
Institut 5 Musikpädagogik
Meet4Music - Afro-karibische Tänze
Karine LABEL & Lamin Camara


Guédé Ritual
Tanzen und singen auf Kreolisch
WUK

 

Back to the Roots Dancing & Singing

Workshop in Vienna

 

Teaching at ImPulsTanz 2019, Vienna, Austria
AFRO-HAITIAN DANCE
AFRO-HAITIAN DANCE & SONGS (intensive)

 

Public Moves by ImPulsTanz Festival Wien
Afro-Haitian Dance
Open-Air Workshop on the Jesuitenwiese, Vienna
 

Afro Tanz Worshop "Back to the Roots" Part II
Universitätssportzentrum, Vienna

 

Teaching at Saturdance, open workshop
Brunnenpassage, Vienna

 

Potsdamer Tanztage 2019, Potsdam, Germany
Teaching, 5 days Workshop

Afro-Haitian Dance with Livemusic

 

Brighton Festival 2019, United Kingdom
Performance "Distorted Constellations"
Opening

Brighton Festival 2019, United Kingdom
Teaching at Workshop Haitian Ritual Dance

 

KUG - Kunstuniversität Graz
Institut 5 Musikpädagogik
Meet4Music - Afro-karibische Tänze
Karine LABEL & Ahmed MBAYE

 

Workshop in Africa, "Back To The Roots" in Senegal
Instructor and Co-organizer
14 days Afro-Haitian dance near Dakar

 

2018

 

Weltmuseum Wien
offener Tanzkurs Haitianischer Tanz
im Rahmen des #TGIF Thank God it’s Friday!

 

 „LAVA“ Dance-show | Afro meets Flamencos

Karine Label (Afro-Dance), Andrea Narten (Flamenco-Dance), Rainer Maria Nero (Flamenco-Gitarre), Christian Stanger (Cajón), Ahmed MBaya (Percussion)

Theater ODEON, Vienna, Austria

 

Teacher at Research Workshop

Haitian Vodou dance as part of Afro Diasporic Ritual as Afrofuturist Technology

Bighton, United Kingdom

 

Teacher at ImPulsTanz Vienna Festival

5 Days open-Workshop | Afro-Haitian Dance with Live-Drums, Vienna, Austria

 

Teacher at ImPulsTanz Vienna Festival

PUBLIC MOVEMENT moving outside into the Anton-Benya-Park, Vienna, Austria

 

Teacher at Potsdamer Tanztage, 5 days Workshop

Afro-Haitian Dance with Livemusic, Potsdam, Germany

 

"Do"  Afro-Haitian Dance and  Musicperformance

Njamy Sitson & Karine LaBel

Atelier Theater, Vienna, Austria

 

Haitian Dance-Workshops, Stuttgart, Germany

 

Performance, Institut Français, Berlin, Germany

 

African singing, vocal polyphony from Central Africa

Njamy Sitson & Karine LaBel, Vienna, Austria

 

2017

 

Event of the Embassy of the Haitian Republic in Germany, Berlin, Germany
As part of the United Buddy Bears exhibition
Traditional Haitian dance with live drums
Claude Saturne, Paolo Cedras & Karine LaBel

 

Workshop Haitianischer Tanz für Erwachsene und Kinder, Berlin, Germany

Paulo Cedraz on drums & Karine LaBel

 

Teacher at ImpulsTanz, International Dance Festival, Vienna, Austria

Technical dance

Afro-Haitian Dance, Basistraining mit Live-Trommelmusik
 

Saturdance, Project "Tanz die Toleranz", Brunnenpassage, Vienna, Austria

 

International Festival for Contemporary Dance, Potsdamer Tanztage 2017, Germany (Potsdam/Berlin)

Workshop Afro-Haitianischer Tanz mit Live Musik
Workshop Afro-Haitianischer Tanz for young dancers

 

Afro Haitian Dance Performance by Karine la Bel, Charity Akuma & Ahmed Mbaye, Percussion

at "#intervent11 - PASSION - Leib und Leidenschaft, Kunst und Philosophie im Dialog"
Initiator Hr. Dr. Leo Hemetsberger, Philosoph
ARNULF RAINER MUSEUM, Baden bei Wien

 

 

2016

 

Tanz die Toleranz – Tanzworkshop "Afro- Haitianisch", Brunnenpassage, Vienna

 

ImpulsTanz, teaching at International Dance Festival, Vienna:

Afro-Haitian Dance in combination with live percussion
Ratatouille an Afro-Dance and come together cooking workshop

 

Saturdance, Project "Tanz die Toleranz", Brunnenpassage, Vienna

 

Interview

"Tanzen, kochen, reden, spüren", in Südwind-Magazin für Internationale Politik, Kultur und Entwicklung

Wieso das ImPulsTanz-Festival am besten ist, wenn man selbst im Rahmen von Workshops mitmacht, erfuhr Stefanie Braunisch von der Choreografin Karine LaBel.

 

Community Cooking and Dancing, at "youngCaritas" in the Brotfabrik Vienna

 

International Festival for Contemporary Dance, Tanztage 2016, Potsdam (Berlin), Germany

Adult Worshop and Kids Workshop

 

Youth workshops serie, WUK, Vienna, Austria

 

 

2015

 

Workshop Jugendklub
Afro-Caribbean Dance, Festspielhaus, Sankt Pölten, Austria
 
Event
Cleansing Ritual, WUK-Wien
Located in the Haitian tradition this dance invites to a personal release

Fundraising
co-organizing a charity flea market in favor of the austrian-haitian help-association „Hand in Hand mit Haiti”, at WUK-Wien

Intercultural Workshop on behalf AYBOBO-Association
Initiating intercultural communication through after-dance come together activity on cooking and round table discussion

Interview
„Heimat am Herd“, Kurier Zeitung am Samstag (austrian national issue, 5 th Jun 2015)
LaBel is talking with journalist Heidi Strobl about her intercultural come together cooking-workshops

Videodance choreography
Videoclip “One By One” by austrian Artist Coshiva
Creation and implementation choregraphy for the dance-crew

 

 

2014

 

TV-documentary about “afro-haitian-dance” on Austrian national TV-Channel ORF2 (3.5.2014)
The Journalists Silvana Meixner and Ajda Sticker report in there weekly national broadcast “Heimat fremde Heimat” about LaBel’s afro-haitian-dance concept

Lecturer in a project of Satu Kristiina Herrala
Sauna Community Amalienbad
www.satuherrala.com

Vodou goes East
Contemporary dance project together with Angela Vadori, ImPulsTanz, Wien

Intercultural Workshops together with Djoutala Seydi,
Initiating intercultural communication through come together activity on cooking

Haitian ritual dance performance
La sirène and Jemania together with Atissou Loko

Saturday Dance, Tanz die Toleranz
Caritas Wien

 

ImpulsTanz 2014

 

 

2013

 

Dance Workshop
Pilipili Zurich, Switzerland

www.pilipili.ch

Intercultural Workshops,
Initiating intercultural communication through come together on cooking

Saturdance, Tanz die Toleranz
Caritas Wien

 

Instructor at AKASSA Festival, Vienna

 

ImpulsTanz 2013

 

 

2012

 

Performance
In the conference closing: Chancen auf Lebenserfolg für die Jugend
House of European Union, Vienna

Fundraising performance
„Der Ruf der Corn Lanbi“ in favor of the austrian-haitian help-association „Hand in Hand mit Haiti”

Fundraising, Intercultural Performance
Soul art, Ost Klub, Vienna

Dance Workshop
Pilipili Zurich, Switzerland

www.pilipili.ch


Saturday Dance, Tanz die Toleranz
Caritas Wien

Haitian Ritual Dance

 

ImpulsTanz 2012

 

 

2011

 

Workshops & Performances
La Croisée des Cultures, Genf, Switzerland 

 

ImpulsTanz 2011

 

 

2010

Antagone dance theatre

Weltjournal documentary film (ORF)

Project Tanz die Toleranz in the Brunnen Passage

Topic Whater in the Zoom museum for children

Dance performance for the haitian community in Belgium

TTT jardin d'europe.

Contemporary Dance Education

Dance film production

Hip90 Fitness!TV


Haitian dance workshop for the haitian community

 

ImpulsTanz 2010

 

 

2009

Antagone dance theatre

Brunnen Passage, project at the Brunnenmarkt with the topic market

Festival d' ATELIER D'ETHNOMUSICOLOGIE IN SUISSE. Dance performance and workshop

SOAK Greece

ImpulsTanz 2009

TTT jardin d'europe. Contemporary Dance Education.
SOAK Greece.

 


2008

Haitian Dance Expression Workshop
at TRANSFORMATOR / protagon, Frankfurth/Main, Germany

15.02.2008 Bangkok, Thailand
Patravadi Theatre
World premiere: Namenlos - Anonymous

Haitian Dance Expression Workshop
at the Dance Department Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok

Antagone dance theatre

TV-Report on ORF the austrian national channel for the broadcast "Kreuz und quer"
DIE HEXENSCHULE a reportage from Martin Betz

Workshops in Brunnen Passage

Namenlos Anonymus - Performance in the theatre Jugendstiltheater

Festival d' ATELIER D'ETHNOMUSICOLOGIE IN SUISSE.

Dance performance and workshop
SOAK Greece

ImpulsTanz 2008

 

 

2007

 
Cross Continental Design Catwalk (CCDC) 2007 -> Jewellery & Fashion Design Performance with contemporary dance, Choreography: Liz King, A and Moeketsi Koena, RSA

Regulare practice at TanzQuartierWien in contemporary dance & improvisational dance technique

Teacher at ImPulsTanz07

 

 

2006

CHARAIGNÉE CARAÏBE:
12.07.2006 Graz, Bühnenwerkstatt
30.06.2006 Bad Aussee

Teacher at ImPulsTanz06

Teacher at Summer Academy Zante/Greece

 

 

2005

Teacher at ImPulsTanz05

Teacher at Summer Academy Zante/Greece

 

 

2004

Teacher at ImPulsTanz04

Teacher at Summer Academy Zante/Greece

 

 

2003

Teacher at Summer Academy Zante/Greece

 

 

2002

 

Birth of her Child and begin of  an educational focus in her life


Interview, for Deutschen Welle International “arts on air” -> find it at the Video section
( but off course it's still an audio file ;-) )

Karine danced her famous snake dance in the context of the  Hörgänge: Abado / Lang / Lepenik / Musil / Strobl
Lang/Lepenik
Laleloo / Live improvisation (première)
"Prolog: Fremd I Vertraut" in memory of Christian Loidl

 

 

2001

LaBel & Company: L'envers du décor / Die Kehrseite der Medaille/ The Other Side of the Coin, Studio Molière.
"L'envers du décor" is a project which was planned as a concluding event of the "Religious, expressive and ritual culture of the African diaspora" series of lectures by Prof. Dr. Manfred Kremser at the Institute of Ethnology, Social and Cultural Anthropology, in the framework of which Karine taught on the topic of "Shango/Ogoun/etc. ("Voodoo" in Brazil, Haiti and Cuba"). The idea of the piece is to express Haitian Voodoo rituals on the stage live in the form of dance.

LaBel & Company: L’envers du décor: Extract, Kunstwerkstatt Tulln

Workshop at the 11th Potsdamer Tanztagen
Traditional Haitian Dance
Potsdam Factory

Life Ball 2001: The very one thing we all have in common is to be different.
Opening und Fashion Show at the Rathausplatz.

Life Ball song by Doretta Carter,
LaBel & Company dance the Afro part (Choreography: LaBel)

L’envers du décor: Extract, WUK Theatre

Bühnenwerkstatt Graz: Dance workshop:

Afro-Haitian Dance I +II

20 Years WUK / LaBel & Company: L’envers du décor: Extract, Grosser Saal

 

 

2000

"Willkommen Österreich", ORF 2: Performance with school pupils on the theme of Voodoo dance.

Lifeball 2000: 2 performances in the framework of eYeM

15. Internationale Sommertanzwochen Wien: Assisted Salia Sanon

 

 

1999

5-week stay in Haiti where she completed dance courses with Vivianne Gautier, the grande dame of Haitian dance.

Film recording for a trailer of the "Peacemachine" project at the Eisbach Studios, Munich.

Appearance in "Willkommen Österreich", ORF.

Advertising film for the Deutsche Post.

Teaching at the University of Vienna Sports Institute.

16. Oberlaa, autumn congress of Austrian orthopaedists, solo performance -> Perfect Backs.

 

 

1998

Appearances as speaker with flautists of the Viennese Symphony Orchestra in Claude Debussy’s Les Chansons De Bilitis, in the Brahms Room of the musical institute.

"Die Fische fremder Träumer" movement theatre after an idea by Alexander Uhl, with the theatre group "Die Amsel" at the Klagenfurt Ensemble.

15. Wiener Sommertanzwochen: assisted George Momboye.

2nd performance of "Aybobo Halleluja" at the Szene Wien.

7. Internationale Bühnenwerkstatt Graz "Dreams Of The Pearl" by and with Chandiru Mawa-Straub

"Aba Lalu" for Amnesty International

Appearances in “Vera”, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF)

"Confetti Ti Vi", ORF: Fire dance with dance group "Die Amsel".

Stadthalle Wien: Christmas show, among other parts she performed a very well-received African dance solo to Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra No.7, KV 242 "Lodron".

 

 

1997

 

Solo dancer for the Phoenix Group in “Tribal Fire Dance”, London: "Tribal Fire Dance Show" at the CCA-Awards party, ORF-Studio Vienna, in April. Performances in Vienna, Linz, Graz and Innsbruck.

Winner of the 2nd Viennese Afro-Dance  Championship at the Afro Asiatic Institute, Vienna. Talks at the University of Vienna on the culture, dance and religion of Haiti at the Institute of Ethnology in May.

“Grossen Hallamasch”, Festival Of Cultures, 20-27th September 1997: A Haitian "Rara-Grapp Plezi" was rehearsed which she led as majorette. The jury of the Hallamasch awarded Karine Libecca the first prize for her work.

 

 

1996

 

Performance and dance animation at Hotel Interalpen in Telfs, Tyrol, Austria

 

Dance performance in the “Haitian Evening”: "Haiti meets Vienna" in Vienna on 16th March

 

Austrian national television (ORF) documentary on the Haitian Evening and interview

 

"Rencontre Entre Deux Monde" dance theatre for the "Fête De La Jeunesse" in Paris, France

 

TV documentary on French television for "Fête De La Jeunesse"

 

Contribution to TV documentary for the french 1st television channel TF1 national broadcast

Series "Tout Est Possible" on the topic of haitian dance