Susanne Kirnbauer-Bundy (*1942) is an Austrian dancer and choreographer who started her career at the age of eight at the Vienna State Opera’s ballet school. In 1956, she was accepted to the Vienna State Opera Ballet, where she advanced to solo dancer in 1967 and to principal solo dancer in 1972. She danced main parts in both the classical and the modern repertoire. Following the end of her career as an active dancer, she ran the Volksoper Wien’s ballet department from 1986 to 1996, where she choreographed full-length ballet productions and also supervised choreographies in several operettas. She then worked in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, for the Salzburg Festival and the Seefestspiele Mörbisch. In 2022, she received the Province of Vienna’s Gold Badge of Merit. Her artistic collaboration with Doris Uhlich goes back to their productions SPITZE (2008) and Come Back (2012). www.susanne-kirnbauer.at