Nicole Berndt-Caccivio works as a dancer since the 80s in the independent scene, mainly with the Tanzfabrik Berlin as well as the ch-tanztheater Zurich. With her own company Ljada (Biel-Bienne CH) she won the first prize at the festival of the Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv in 1992 together with the company Ricochet. She is a guest lecturer for contemporary dance at MUK Vienna, Dance Department of the Hochschule für darstellende Künste in Frankfurt a.M., Impulstanz Vienna, among others. She is part of artistic, solo and performative collaborations like Kollektiv F Bern and SPHERE collective (spherecollectiveberlin.com). Since 2009 she is the artistic director of www.agecompany.at where she creates plays and performs with life experienced people, she also initiates "Golden Age Workshops".