Bio

Anna Rose is a Berlin-based dance artist, singer, and Inspire by Fighting Monkey® instructor, hailing from the Shawangunk mountains of New York.  She received her early dance training in a variety of classical, folk, and percussive dance forms; from flamenco to ballet, the Dabke to West African Kuku, hip-hop to classical modern, and Appalachian clog dancing.  In 2016, Rose earned her BFA in dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts (NYC).  She has performed and taught extensively at festivals and venues across the USA, and has worked with a variety of choreographers in New York and Europe, including Vita Osojnik, Luke Murphy, Maxine Doyle, Judith Sánchez Ruíz, Netta Yerushalmy, Chris Jäger, Gregory Dolbashian, Jeanne Bresciani (IDII), Elizabeth Coker, Kay Cummings, Berit Ahlgren, and Kyle Mullins Moving Arts.

Since 2019, Rose’s performance and choreographic work has expanded into cinema, where she has worked on a variety of Films and TV series such as ‘Babylon Berlin’, ‘TÁR’, ‘The Hunger Games’, and ‘Brave New World’.

Rose's own independent work is interdisciplinary in nature, fusing dance, theatre, music and film.  Her films, works for the stage, and site-specific creations have been presented at festivals and venues in New York, Italy, Germany, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, France, Sweden, and the UK.

Beginning with her journey into Fighting Monkey Practice in 2016, Rose has been gradually expanding her movement practice into Martial Arts, training in a variety of striking and grappling disciplines. Over the last 4 years, she has been intensively focused on Muay Thai, the Art of 8 Limbs, spending time in Thailand to train and fight.

Anna’s current movement and artistic research is focused on the connection of fighting and dancing, exploring the overlap between principles of combat and collaboration. She is interested in communication through and between bodies, the necessity of nonsense, and silence. Her movement and teaching practices are rooted in rhythm, instinct, chaos, laughter, and a hunger for discovery. 

**Full CV available upon request