Günther Grollitsch

He graduated in dance at the Hochschule der Künste Frankfurt am Main and at the Rotterdamse Dansaccademie. From 1989 to 1992 he studied at Erick Hawkins', David Howard's and Alvin Ailley's. Later, he was engaged by the Stadttheater Münster, Stadttheater Gießen and Amanda Miller's Pretty Ugly Dance Company. His first choreographies saw the light of the day while he was dancing at the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Israel. His work toured the USA, Sweden, Israel and Southern America, gaining critical acclaim around the world. He is an author of numerous choreographies, among them an installation in Gießen,"Nachtlichter" in Bremen, "Anlage K – Eine Nacht im Finanzamt" at Haus des Reichs in Bremen and "Tanz unterm Schwanz" for the festival Norddeutsches Tanztreffen – Tanzplan Bremen in Hannover. He has also created a number of choreographies for opera productions: "Jenufa" at Nationaltheater Mannheim (2008), "Gegen die Wand" at Theater Bremen and "Macbeth“ at Nationaltheater Mannheim Opera (2009). Since 2001 he has been involved in projects with handicapped artists. Within the project "tanzbar_bremen" he has created a number of choreographies, the latest of which, "hüben" was finished in 2009. Within the project KoresponDance Europe he was chosen as a performer for Paco Decina's duet "Waiting... Waiting For... The Night???". From 2010–2011 he was a member of the Tanztheater Bremen ensemble. He worked for SE.S.TA as a mentor at a creative residency in Bremen.