Black and white headshot of Joanna Rosenfeld by Beatrice Haverich

Who I am and where I come from

I am a German born British freelance Performer/ Butoh Practitioner/ Theatre Maker/ Director/ Film Maker/ Poet/ Artist/ Facilitator/ Mentor/ Lecturer, the founder and co-producer of the One Fell Swoop Project Micro Outdoor Shakespeare Festival, founder and producer of AboutFace Theatre Company, and founder and co-producer of the project .butoh//eXr, which brings together Butoh and new technologies. I am also a member of the Authentic Artist Collective and a Path Maker.

I have been writing prose and poetry since my teenage years, mainly for the stage. They say my work is raw and vulnerable. I focus on trauma, mental health, mothering, love, loneliness, longing, desire, sex, death, dying, grief and survival.  

I trained as a PathMaker in an 18 months intensive professional facilitation program with Dr Kath Burlinson and the Authentic Artist Collective, am a qualified Ayurvedic Yoga Massage and Reiki Practitioner, a facilitator of Aquera Voice Analysis, have a 22 years teaching and facilitating practice in primary, secondary and adult education, trained in acting at the Schülerclub at Schauspielhaus Frankfurt, have an MA in English/ Drama and American Studies (with honours) from the Goethe University Frankfurt/M., Germany, which I earned writing my thesis "Variations of the self - Identity in the poems of the Northern Irish poet Medbh McGuckian”, and a professional development degree in physical theatre from Hope Street Ltd. and John Moores University, Liverpool, both awarded while still living under the name Sabine Hauschild. Two of my poems are published in 'Night Bus to Speakers' Corner: Original Prose and Poetry from Brighton' (available on amazon) while you can find several others, as well as my theatre work and my music videos on my YouTube channel TheKitchenSinkArtist.

I have a great passion for film and am a self taught film maker and editor. I have been filming/ editing my multi media performance pieces since school, and bring these skills to my performance practice. From 2019-2021 I collaborated with the singer songwriter Dedi Madden and made four music videos with/for him, working very intimately, and fulfilling the roles of camera woman, director, script writer, dramaturg and editor. 

Among others I have worked with Paul Hunter (told by an idiot), Hailey Carmichael (theatre de complicité), All Greek To Me Theatre Company, Company Festival Shakespeare, Anslem Weber, Gavin Robertson, Dr Kath Burlinson, Cirque du Soleil, Ingrid Wendt, Ella Jaroszewicz, Michael Chase, David Glass, Yumino Seki, and Yuko Kawamoto.  

I am always interested in collaborations. If you fancy working with me, get in touch.