Biography

Christoph Winkler was born in Torgau/East Germany, studied choreography at the prestigious School for Drama Ernst Busch and has been working as an independent choreographer in Berlin since 1998. He has received invitations to the German Dance Platform in 2002 and 2004, to Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis in Paris 2003 and ImPulsTanz Vienna in 2003 with an adaptation of the piece "Hinter den Linien” for the Dance Theater Ensemble Vienna. From 1999 until 2006, he was artist in residence at the Tanzfabrik Berlin e.V. In 2003, he was invited for a residency in Nancy (F). An excerpt of his piece "Homo Sacer” was invited by Angelin Preljocaj to the second edition of "Dance Celebration" in Lyon 2004, which was filmed and broadcast by Arte. "Das letzte Duett" with Bettina Thiel and Ingo Reulecke was produced in 2006 in collaboration with the Staatsballett Berlin. That following year, "Tales of the Funky" - a piece with young dancers about hip-hop, commerce and casting shows. premiered at the Sophiensaele in Berlin. BERLIN GOGOS - Agency for Contemporary GoGo Dancing was founded in 2007 and has since spawned various formats and presentations. In 2008, Winkler continued his work with young dancers in "Saal A” and began a new series of work with "Posed” that questions the fundamental framework of performance. In May 2009, he was commissioned to develop a piece for the Toronto Dance Theatre and in November 2009 his piece "A Taste of Ra” premiered at the Sophiensaele in Berlin. In 2010 he will travel to St Petersburg as part of the project IntraDance to work with the IOD Compagnie.