Univ. – Prof. Dipl. Rhyth. Angelika Hauser-Dellefant

Univ. – Prof. Dipl. Rhyth. Angelika Hauser-Dellefant (Retired 1.10.2022) studied music and movement/rhythmics in Hannover, Germany and movement-theatre in Paris, France with Jacques Lecoq, Philippe Gaulier and Monique Pagneux. She has also achieved a diploma of French Language and a diploma of Franklin-Method on the professional level.

She gave lessons in „music and movement/rhythmics“ to children, teens, adults as well as piano lessons to handicapped children.

Since 1983 she is teaching in the field of "music and movement/rhythmics" at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria. She has also taught at the Bruckner-University of Music and Performing Arts in Linz, Austria working mainly with dance-students: „music and movement/rhythmics for dancers“ and “theatre for dancers” from 1992 to 2004.

Between 2002 and 2022 she headed the Institute for Music and Movement Education and Music Therapy at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, reformed in 2017 as the Institute for Music and Movement Education/Rhythmics and Music Physiology. In autumn 2022 she was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit by the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Furthermore she is working as a musician, dancer, choreographer, performer and trainer in art productions for universities, theatres and other institutions.

She held international workshops and lectures for congresses as well as symposia and has worked at different institutions in Europe, South America, North America and South Africa.

She published various papers in different expert journals and books.