Artist bio:
Beck Heiberg is a choreographer and performer with a BA in Theatre and Performance Studies from Copenhagen University. He is furthermore educated at Hotstepper in Copenhagen, Denmark and Juste Debout School in Paris, France. Between 2014 and 2019 he lived and worked In New York City.
Beck is investigating queer- and transpolitical aesthetics as both an explicit and implicit part of his praxis. He works in a broad field of theatre and performance, but his own original work derives from building concepts up around movement and is often related to personal experiences.
Beck is a member of Dance Cooperative – a platform and workspace for intersectional feminist and artistic choreographic practices in Copenhagen. He is part of the performance duo Cocktail – in collaboration with Sigrid Stigsdatter.
His recent work includes, Digging a Glittery Grave – a collaboration with Charlie Laban Trier, PRIDE – a performance by Falk Richter and the youth theatre play Jeg er Silas, which was awarded with an Reumert.
Credits includes: The Royal Theatre (CPH), FLICfest (NYC), INSITU (NYC), Folketeatret (Copenhagen), Warehouse 9 (CPH).
Beck has received stipends from both Dansk Artist Forbund, Dansk Skuespillerforbund and the Danish Arts Foundation in support of his artistic practice.