2018 | Member of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
1992 - 2022 | Artistic Director Faster-Than-Light-Dance-Company, Berlin, Recipient of the 2011 and 2017 award of the German Council For Sustainable Development |
1994 - 2019 | Freelance choreographer at ATRIUM, Berlin. Various bilingual workshops und dance projects with participants from (e.g.) China, Namibia, Poland, Belarus, Czechia or France |
1998 - 2020 | Freelance community dance teacher at public schools in Berlin, Germany and abroad |
1999 | Winner of the Cultural Award Reinickendorf/Berlin for various youth culture projects |
2000 - 2005 | Assistant to director, choreographer and co-writer at Spielwerkstatt, Berlin |
2001 - 2002 | Royal Opera House Covent Garden/Linbury Theatre, Cochrane Theatre. Commissioned work for Rambert School, London |
2002 - 2019 | Berliner Philharmoniker, choreographer and/or assistant for various projects with up to 200 dancers. Documentary feature „Rhythm is it!“ |
2002 - 2018 | Rehearsal Director for Royston Maldoom, Opening Vienna Festival, Carnegie Hall New York, Cologne Opera, China, New Zealand |
2004 | Assistant to director, Opera Neukölln, Berlin |
2005 - 2007 | Member of the Founding Advisory Council „TanzZeit“ for the integration of dance into the daily school curriculum, Berlin |
2006 | Winner of an special award „Migration-Integration“ at 2. Regional Competition Berlin „Jugend tanzt!“ for the choreography „Sonne“ |
2006 - 2008 | Choreographies for “Jedermann”-Theatre-Festival at Berlin Cathedral, Director: Brigitte Grothum |
2007 | Rehearsal Director and Choreographer for Carnegie Hall New York, 90 young dancers |
2008 | Bregenz Festival, Austria, Choreographies for the crossculture week |
2008 - 2009 | Dance-project „inMotion“ with 100 primary school students, 100 grammar school students and Aachen Symphony Orchestra. Winner of an award at „Kinder zum Olymp!“ 2009, hosted by Kulturstiftung der Länder |
2009 - 2010 | Choreographies for Harare International Festival of the Arts, Zimbabwe. In collaboration with Goethe Zentrum and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Harare |
2010 | International Music Festival “Klassike Dage”, Holstebro, Denmark. Dance-project with 100 teenagers and Århus Symphony Orchestra |
2012 - 2013 | Lecturer for Community Dance Instructors |
2013 | Dance Project for 140 participants with mixed abilities, focus on inclusion, Christopherus Organisation, Laufenmuehle, Germany |
2017 | Germany's Civil Society Alliance for Climate Protection, choreography with 100 students, performance in front of the German Parliament |
2019 | Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Ulaanbaatar and Arts Council of Mongolia, choreography for 30 teenagers celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Air Lift, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |