About me
I am currently in the last year of my PhD in Theatre at the University of Bristol, exploring ways into contemporary ideas of staging revue extravaganzas and spectacle. My strength are in generating ideas, shaping processes of creative production, implementing events and show dramaturgy, fiddling with creative production, working with bodies and technology, and eventually wanting to go towards show direction and creative direction for live entertainment and theatre that has more to offer than a cheap thrill.
As a Berlin boy, I am all for bursting creativity, roughness, beauty in the weird, techno and technology, dance and dramaturgy, forward-thinking, letting the past be the past and thinking ahead of what could be. I have worked in arts environments, but have worked on commercial projects, attempting to shape beliefs and production methods from within. I live and love liminality, working on the brink of art and commerce, liberal creation and social impact; experience, change, and entertainment.
Ask me if you want to know how to keep the audience's attention for more than two hours. - Patience has been invented my dispassionate bores, I am all for thrill, excitement, beauty, sustainability, and brains.
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Projects
- Keinschneechaos“Keinschneechaos” is the revival of the 2013 original production of the same show and was again performed by 200 kids (100 kids in each cast) between the age of 7 and 17. The kids, taking on roles as soloists, singers, and dancers, are trained at the Friedrichstadt-Palast and perform the show about 40 times around the holiday season. The Friedrichstadt-Palast is a revue theatre in the heart of the city of Berlin. Today, it produces some of the largest ensuite-shows in the Western world with mor
- WINTERTRÄUMEWinterträume - So heiß war kalt noch nie. Seasonal Revue. Director: Winfried Schneider. Assitant Director: Corinna Druve. Premiered 8 November 2009. Venue: Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin. - Assisting the director in production-related concerns during the final rehearsal period. - Revising the performance text and script. - Assisting in the show’s blocking and devising consequential creative solutions. - Compiling daily call sheets and engaging in administrative work. Fotos: Stefan Gustavus
- ARCHITECTURAL MAPPING VIDEO FOR AUDEMARS PIGUETProduct Launch. A new product was unveiled to selected media representatives with the help of a large-scale projecting mapping. The large-scale architectural video mapping was designed and implemented by flora&faunavisions. Mediatised concret walls made up the stage in the former power plant Kraftwerk in Berlin-Mitte and fascilitated the launch of Audemars Piguet’s new timepiece that was presented by Michael Schumacher. Featuring mechanic and design details the watch was brought to live through spell-binding animations of technical drawings, winding wheels and hands – all underlined by dramatic sound effects and a cinemaesque sound design. The 2xHD projection (realised through a 4xHD sandwich projection for extra brightness) was supported by a custom light concept carefully underlining key moments during the video’s dramaturgy. - Assisted the Creative Director Leigh Sachwitz in coordinating the creative processes behind the collaborative devising of the dramaturgical structure and designing the story board for the architectural mapping video. - Working closely together with choreographers, motion designers, art directors and a sound designer in devising a 60-minute performance for a highly mediatised stage environment. - Supporting the Creative Director and the Creative Producers in administrative tasks. Agency: flora&faunavisions GmbH Lead Agency: Hardenberg Concept Client: Audemars Piguet Video & Images: flora&faunavisions / Hardenberg Concept / Audemars Piguet
- Yma - Zu schön, um wahr zu seinYma - Zu schön, um wahr zu sein | Yma - Too Beautiful to be true. Director: Jürgen Nass & Roland Welke. Premiered 2 September 2010. Venue: Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin. Fotos: Stefan Gustavus / Ralph Lahrmann / Friedrichstadt-Palast Video: Benny Stumpf / Friedrichstadt-Palast / Circus of Now
- OM-D: PHOTOGRAPHY PLAYGROUND 2014The interactive exhibition at the Opernwerkstätten Berlin-Mitte covers 7.000 sqm and is exploring room, space, illusion and perspective, showcasing the works of 9 internationally reknowned artists in site-specific room installations. Visitors are invited to explore the spaces through the eye of the newest model of the OM-D digital camera. The approach was visual, graphic, sculptural, scenographic and also performance related. Artists: Philip Beesley (Canada) Leandro Erlich (Argentina) AlexandLiane (UK) Maser (Irland) Anna Burns & Thomas Brown (UK) Transforma (GER) Dean Chamberlain (USA) Antivj (UK & EU) Clemens Behr (GER) - Collaboratively devised the space concept for the exhibition and assisted in the creative production, incl. tech- and set-building, media and event production. - Worked closely together with the artists of the exhibition by supporting them realise their visions in collaboration with local service providers and set/tech companies. Carried out creative quality control. - Copywriting the art work descriptions and texts accompanying the exhibition on-site and in the press. - Assisted the Head of Production in facilitating the tight schedule of the production period prior to the opening. - Overseeing the preproduction and on-site production of particular installations. - Supporting the Creative Director in administrative tasks. Fotos: © Olympus Exhibition Curation: flora&faunavisions GmbH Head Agency: vitamin e
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Work history
Creative Producer Assistant Director
- Freelance
Creative Producer Assistant Director
- Freelance
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Skills
- Fashion
- Theatre
- Art Direction
- Dance
- Circus
- Creative Direction and Development
- Creative Production
- Theatre Director
- Show Director
- Theatre Performance
- Show Production
- Theatre and Dance
- Theatre History
- Revue
- State Technology
Education
PHD in Direction for Theatre Dance
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PhD in Direction for Theatre & Dance
Direction, Performance as Research, Scenography, Dance Studies, Performance Conception and Realisati
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Performance Research
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