Curriculum Vitae

  • Constanze Schuster was born in Aschersleben in 1965
  • trained as milliner in Berlin
  • 1985 – 1989 costume-painter at Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar and trained as a costume-creator
  • lecturer for »experimental hat design« at the Art School in Dresden
  • 1990 – 1993 costume-painter at Hamburgische Staatsoper
  • lecturer for »experimental techniques« at the vocational college Hamburg
  • 1991 – 2009 lecturer at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) in »costume designing«
  • 1993 – 2001 costume-designer at Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg
  • 1999 – 2010 lecturer and project supporter in »costume development« at Theaterakademie Hamburg / »drama direction« program
  • 2001 founded the studio »Couleur & Co.«, initiating her independent work
  • costume-designs for Kampnagelfabrik Hamburg, Hamburgische Staatsoper (Opera stabile), Prinzregententheater München, Theater Basel, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, Theater der Stadt Heidelberg, the Semper Opera House Dresden (Kleine Szene) and Theater Lübeck
  • since 2011 lecturer in »costume design and aging« at ifs (internationale filmschule köln)