Beata Bauder

Beata Bauder is a faculty member at the Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna (MUK), specifically within the Faculty of Performing Arts. She specializes in contemporary dance, dance pedagogy, and related fields. Since 2012, she has served as deputy head of the MUK program and played a pivotal role in the transformation of the Vienna Conservatory into a private university. She became Chair of the Senate in 2018 after joining the Senate in 2014. Her administrative contributions include leading working groups for institutional development.

Her career began with studies in modern dance pedagogy at the Vienna Conservatory, graduating with a diploma. She has extensive experience as a dancer, choreographic assistant, and educator, including roles at 'tanztheater homunculus' and 'das studio. Center for Modern Expressive Dance.' Her teaching focuses on contemporary dance, acrobatics, improvisation, and body development theory.

Bauder is a member of the Austrian Professional Association for Dance Pedagogy and actively participates in the Standing Conference of Dance Pedagogy Austria to enhance national and international dance education networks. She advocates for structured dance pedagogy and interdisciplinary collaboration.