design, scenography, costume design, digital animation, workshop facilitation
belinda ackermann was born in malawi, lived in mauritius, and moved to the u.k. when she was nine. she trained as a designer at central st martins, and won an arts council bursary to work at west yorkshire playhouse as a theatre designer.
she has worked extensively all over the U.K. in theatre and dance, and all over the world in corporate events.
belinda has recently trained as an animator, developing a broad range of digital techniques.
her work is distinguished by a passion for the imaginative use of colour, she takes pleasure in fusing all design elements into a coherent whole and in crafting a space within which a story can unfold with beauty, truth and simplicity.
her commissions include:
dance
- “rumours visions” for richard alston dance company at aldeburgh festival
- “beneath the skin” by jonathan lunn for london contemporary dance
- “romance with footnotes” for shobana jeyasingh
- “the event” at three mills island for circus space
- “crazy spirit” for phoenix dance/rjc dance peacock theatre and tour
corporate events/parties
- “wimbledon winners dinner” intercontinental hotel, hyde park
- “zurich incentive conference” mauritius
- “more” philips 4 day team-building event, shanghai
- “ford mondeo” launch, paris motor show
- “shift-circus” nissan, highclere castle
theatre
- “a midsummer night’s dream” for derby playhouse
- “hijra” for west yorkshire playhouse
- “the resistible rise of arturo ui” for derby playhouse
- “aeroplane man” for jonzi d at the festival hall and tour
- “love bites” by anthony minghella for derby playhouse
teaching contracts
corporate team building workshops with: eon, rightmove and most recently pfizer.
central st.martins; 4 years as tutor on theatre design degree course and 6 years as foundation course leader
digital animation
just completed a 6 month freelance contract with duckeye