Assoz.Univ.Prof.in Annette
Lopez Leal

Education
1987 – 1989 Studied for a Diploma in Sports Education at the University of Tübingen.

1989 – 1992 Studied for a Diploma in Stage Dance at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (HMDK) in Frankfurt am Main, graduating with a BA in Stage Dance.

Professional career
1992–1998 Dancer with the S.O.A.P. Dance Theatre in Frankfurt am Main, touring internationally in Europe, Asia and America.

1998–2000 Guest contracts as a dancer and contemporary dance teacher with ‘Carte Blanche Danseteatre Bergen, Norway’ and the MS Schrittmacher dance company in Berlin.

2000–2005 Lecturer in contemporary dance at the HMDK in Frankfurt.
Projects with the ‘Biondidanza’ company and tours in Norway, Finland and Spain.
Assistant and head of training for the dance ensemble at the Staatstheater in Oldenburg.
Visiting lecturer at theatres in Osnabrück, Lucerne, St Gallen and Kassel.

2005–2008 Lecturer in contemporary dance and partnering at the Palucca University of Dance in Dresden.
Artistic productions as part of the LINIE 08 series organised by TanzNetz Dresden for the European Centre for the Arts Hellerau.
Visiting lecturer at the theatres in Osnabrück, Lucerne, St Gallen and Kassel.

2008–2026 Lecturer in contemporary dance, partnering, pedagogy and repertoire at the Anton Bruckner University (ABU) in Linz.
Visiting lecturer at the HMDK Frankfurt, theatres in Lucerne, Kassel and Linz.

2015 Full-time teaching position for contemporary dance at the ABU.
Habilitation in artistic-pedagogical education at the ABU entitled: “My body – My instrument”.

2017–2018 Funding for the artistic and dance-research project on Karin Waehner: “WEGEHEN – Eigensinnig in Zwischenräumen” by the German Federal Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes) Tanzfonds Erbe, with performances in Paris, Berlin and Dresden.
2018/19 Funding for the practical symposium “TANZ MACHT WAS!?” by ABU Linz in connection with the Karin Waehner project.

2021 Film funding from the Upper Austrian Provincial Government for “Lebendige Skulpturen” in cooperation with the ABU.

2024 Film funding from the Upper Austrian Provincial Government for the short film series “Lebendige Skulpturen” in cooperation with the ABU.
“DOMSPACE”, a 3D media and performance installation at “Deep Space/Ars Electronica Centre (AEC) Linz”. A collaborative project with the Academy of Sciences, St Mary’s Cathedral in Linz, Sparkasse and the AEC.

2018–2026 Chairperson of the AKG (Equity Committee) at the ABU, with continuing education in the areas of discrimination, gender and diversity.

2026–2027: b-grants funding awarded to the ABU for the artistic-scholarly research project: Pedagogical methodology for teaching contemporary dance using the black skirt as a teaching aid.

Since October 2026: Dean of Pedagogical and Artistic-Scholarly Studies at the ABU.