[2] In her work, she utilizes the strict codes and concepts of contemporary dance in a shrewd and subtle way, with an expressive directness that tends toward cabaret and vaudeville.
In 2013, she launched BAUER HOUR (Eleanor Bauer/GoodMove, 2013), an episodic variété show that ran monthly at the Kaaistudios, toured regularly and is featured on Vimeo.
[7][8] In the spring of 2016, she premiered Meyoucycle , a concert performance in collaboration with composer / musician Chris Peck and the contemporary music ensemble Ictus.
As a performer Bauer has collaborated with the choreographers Trisha Brown, Boris Charmatz, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker/Rosas, Mette Ingvartsen, Xavier Le Roy en David Zambrano; the visual artists Matthew Barney en Emily Roysdon; the music ensemble Ictus and the electronic music duo The Knife.
The interviews formed an inspiration for events and publications by other project staff, were processed into online records containing a photo, bio, abstract, audio and cartographic drawings.
In 2008, she participated in 6M1L (6 Months 1 Location), a collective research residence initiated by Xavier Le Roy and Bojana Cvejic at CCNM Center Choréographique National Montpellier.
[24] Together with Chris Peck, she is also involved in heart the band/hear the bend, a performance collective including Beth Gill, Jon Moniaci and Chase Granoff, that has been active since 2004.
[25][26][27] She was also host of the release of the book Moving Together: Theorizing and Making Contemporary Dance by the Belgian cultural sociologist Rudi Laermans at the Kaaistudios in Brussels in 2015.