was born in Hanau and began training in pantomime, juggling and clowning before discovering contemporary dance. Beginning as a hobby, he followed his passion at the age of 27 with his first full-time training in contemporary dance at Moving Arts, Cologne. He then trained in physical theater at the Ecole Philippe Gauliere, London (2001/2) and entered the third year of the Scottish School of Contemporary Dance in Dundee (SSCD) (2003/4).
He has performed at the Resolution Festival, London, with Kirstie Simson at Chisenhale Dance Space, London, Sussex Theater, attic dance, Plymouth.
Back in Germany, he worked for many years for the dance theater company “kunas modernus” in Braunschweig (2005-8), at the “TanzBremen-Festival” (2001-15) for many years with outdoor dance pieces. At the “viertelfest” and “la strada”, Bremen, “actiontheater festival” /NOW in Berlin (2014-19), in Hildesheim, Warsaw, Poznan Festival, Tel Aviv, at the “Eurosalem Festival”, Jerusalem, a German-Spanish cooperation “Sala d espera” with Trinidad Martinez/ Ingo Reulecke with performances at the Altonale and in Spain, at the “Spotlight Festival” Bremen 2015, choreographing for the city of Delmenhorst, at school dance projects/ tanzwerk Bremen/Verden (2001-now).
He became a yoga and Pilates teacher, trained in action theater, in-touch massage therapist and clinic clown (TuT Hannover). In 2019 he joined “StelzenArt Bremen” with stilt performances.
In his classes he combines applied anatomy (movement evolution, BMC, Axis Syllabus, Kampfaffe) with contact improvisation/partnering.
In addition to teaching and performing, he organizes the Bremen Jam Festival, the nordtanz Festival and Potsdam Jam (fabrik potsdam). He has been part of the “lafdk Bremen” and the “Tanzinitiative Bremen” from the very beginning and strives to support the situation for freelance contemporary dancers in Bremen.
He is a founding member of ProdÁrt and has appeared in plays such as “GreisDrei” and “Handysucht”.
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