After completing her studies in dramatic arts in London, Mirella Weingarten studied fine arts in Hamburg and Edinburgh; her teachers included Marina Abramović. In 1998 she received a masters degree in stage and costume design from the Slade School of Art in London. Since 1996 she has worked as a professional theatre designer and director as well as choreographer. She worked with her own dance company for two years, then began a continuous extensive collaboration with the Berlin Contemporary Opera, designing many of their productions. Within the last years her work as a director and designer has been seen in Opera Houses and Festivals throughout Europe, including the Berliner Festspiele, Linbury Theatre London, the Expo Zaragoza, Komische Oper Berlin, Salzburg, Holland Festival, the Venice Biennale and many others. Her choreographic and scenic works were presented at the Art Festival Weimar, KKL Lucerne, Zurich, Bregenz, the Leipzig Opera House, Hellerau, Vienna, the Davos Festival, Theater St. Gallen, Schwetzingen, and other Festivals. Her design for the production „Xenos“ with Akram Khan traveled worldwide. From 2011-2024 Mirella Weingarten was the artistic director of the Art and Music-Festival „Schlossmediale Werdenberg“ in Switzerland. schlossmediale