Felix Berner (he/him)

Felix Berner completed his dance training at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen and graduated with the Josef and Else Classen Foundation dance prize. As a dancer, he has worked with numerous international choreographers such as Pina Bausch, Ann van den Broek, Sharon Eyal, Tero Saarinen, Club Guy & Roni, Jan Pusch and many others.

His work as a choreographer has taken him to the Residenztheater in Munich, Staatstheater Oldenburg, Staatstheater Mainz, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Staatstheater Darmstadt and the Theater der Jungen Welt in Leipzig, among others. His work with professional dancers and experts of daily life has received numerous awards and invitations to various festivals. In addition to teaching at various universities, he gives advanced training courses on dance education throughout Germany, is a jury member for the Berliner Festspiele’s ‘Tanztreffen der Jugend’ and was on the management team for the Tanzkongress 2022.