Niels Robitzky

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Niels "Storm" Robitzky (born July 31, 1969 ) is a German choreographer , hip-hop dancer and a recognized expert in hip-hop techniques like B-boying , locking and popping in Europe. He won several dance competitions and became world champion in breakdance in 1992 .

biography

He started dancing as a 14-year-old self-taught in Eutin. After graduating from school, Robitzky decided to start a career as a dancer. Through contacts with hip-hop dancers in the 1980s and traveling through Europe and North America, he further developed his dance style. In 1984 the group Unique Rockers and Tour for Bravo Breakdanceensation 84 was founded. In 1992 he was a member of the New York dance company Ghettoriginal and one year later in 1993 he advanced to VIVA moderator for the hip-hop show Freestyle for two years . In 1997 he founded the company Storm and jazzy Project . Today "Storm" lives with his family in Berlin and is present with his productions in theaters and at hip-hop events worldwide.

Surname

Niels "Storm" Robitzky got his nickname in New York after he outlined another dancer on the dance floor like a whirlwind after lightly touching it. The New York dancers had trouble remembering and pronouncing his real name anyway, so he was called "the Stormguy" from then on.

successes

  • 1987 World record in the Helicopter / Guinness Book of Records
  • 1991 winner of the international "Battle of the year" with his group Battle Squad
  • 1992 world champion in breakdance / IDO
  • 1992 again winner of the international "Battle of the year" with his group Battle Squad
  • 1998 Winner of the international "Freestyle Session" with the flying Tortillas group in San Diego / USA

Choreographies

  • 2000 opening show choreography for Expo 2000 Exposeyoself
  • 2001 Choreography Solo for two
  • 2001 Choreography Ta Limpo with Discipulos do ritmo / Brazil
  • 2003 choreography The art of urban dance
  • 2006 Choreography Geometronomics with Discipulos do Ritmo / Brazil
  • 2006 Choreography Virtuelevation
  • 2006 Choreographer of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony
  • 2009 Choreography Storm in a classical context
  • 2011 choreography 28 years in 28 minutes

literature

Niels Robitzky wrote a book about his life and breakdancing in Germany:

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Robitzky, Niels
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Storm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German choreographer and hip-hop dancer
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1969