Yvonne Brandstetter is a Vienna-based physical performer, dancer and actress. Since September 2021 she has been a member of das.bernhard.ensemble, at OFF Theater in Vienna, an ensemble reflecting the cultural diversity of Viennese and Austrian populations. The performers operate at the interface of improvised spoken and physical theater in their collective development of pieces. https://bernhard-ensemble.at/

To date, Yvonne has participated in nine productions with the ensemble and is currently rehearsing for their upcoming piece FLEDER.STRAUSS, in collaboration with Serapions Ensemble at Odeon Theater, premiering on November 25, 2025. https://www.odeon-theater.at/fleder-strauss/

Born in Vienna in 1993, Yvonne began her artistic journey after graduating from high school with a focus on sports and biomechanics. She toured internationally as a fire dancer and acrobat with the Viennese circus-performance group Phoenix in countries such as Mexico and Turkey. 

Driven by her passion for movement and continuous skill development, Yvonne trained at FLIC - Scuola di circo in Turin, Italy (2016-2017), performing afterwards at the International Circus & Performing Arts Festival Mirabilia. She then completed a physical theatre education at the Atelier for Physical Theatre in Berlin (2018-2019), followed by a year-long Contemporary Dance Program in Vienna and then attending the Vienna Acting School (2020-2023).

In 2024, Yvonne joined the performance collective euforia & herbst, which explores themes of work, idleness, consumption, the promise of happiness, achievement, and failure. https://www.kulturvision-aktuell.de/jedermann-wald4tler-hoftheater-puerbach-2024/

She featured in their production of Jedermann at Wald4tler Hoftheater (premiered July 2024, resumed August 2025) and performed in the immersive- improvised piece Freibier at the Progress Festival, organized by Subetasch, an association for anti-commercial art & subcultures, in September 2025. https://subetasch.org/progress/

📷 Walter Mussil

Alongside her artistic training, Yvonne holds several diplomas in health and fitness, including certifications as a Health Fitness & Personal Trainer (Flexyfit Fitness Academy, 2013), Apparatus Gymnastics & Sports Acrobatics Instructor (Austrian Gymnastic Association, 2017) and Children‘s Health Trainer (WIFI Vienna, 2020). She has worked extensively as a fitness, children’s and health trainer in various associations and clubs, contributing to projects such as Healthy Movement for Children by ASKÖ WAT Vienna.

Since June 2025, Yvonne has collaborated with Icelandic/Danish sound artist Runar Magnusson. https://runarmagnusson.com/ 

Together, they explore multimedia performance and installations, delving into the complexities of the human mind through a process-oriented approach with bodywork therapist Hille Beseler.  https://hillebeseler.at/

Their ongoing projects address neurodiversity under the working title The Hell‘s Valley.

Yvonne is also a prolific writer of poetry, short stories and experimental texts. She characterizes her creative process as Poetic Emesis - a spontaneous, reflexive response to overwhelming moments, when space and time seems to collapse, or simply a remedy for insomnia or boredom. Her writing continually flows into her performative work.