Thomas Lehmen

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Thomas Lehmen (* 1963 in Oberhausen ) is a German choreographer and dancer.

Life

From 1986 to 1990 he studied at the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam . He then lived in Berlin until July 2010. Here he developed numerous solos, group pieces and projects: u. a. "No distance", "mono subjects", "writing", "It's better to ...", "Lehmen learns". Thomas Lehmen has lived in Dinslaken since 2011 and produced the pieces "Scrap yard" and "Please ...". His work is performed worldwide.

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The approaches, which often contain linguistic elements, have conceptual methods and forms of representation. In the dance component he works u. a. with interrelations of the dancers and dance-like dialogues. He taught at universities e.g. B. in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Reykjavík, Jakarta, Gießen, Arizona State University and gives workshops on an international level. In his teaching activities he works, among other things, with the above topics of his, as well as with choreographic systems that aim at an individual artistic design within social contexts.

Pieces

  • 1995 Brainsand (Potsdam factory)
  • 1997 EXTENDED VERSION (Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin)
  • 1998 friendly fire (Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin)
No Fear (Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin)
  • 1999 Construction site, keep the entrance free (commission of the Goethe Institute, Tallinn)
without distance , solo (Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin)
  • 2001 mono subjects , trio (TanzWerkstatt, Berlin)
  • clever (commission of Dance Northwest and the University of Lancaster)
One Two One (International Dance Festival Berlin)
  • 2002 piece of writing , score "Dialogues", with artists on-site (Rio de Janeiro)
  • 2003 Coffee cake people work (first working phase of "STATIONS") (Berlin)
STATIONS - Station 1, Berlin (TanzWerkstatt / Podewil, Berlin)
Operation (video lecture) (HAU, Berlin)
  • 2004 Ali (video lecture) (HAU, Berlin)
FUNCTIONS (Zagreb, Kuusiku, Sofia, Berlin)
It's better to ... (IMDT, Dublin)
  • 2005 Laughing-Crying (Laban, London)
  • 2006 Lehmen learns (dance platform 2006, Stuttgart)
In All Languages (Hebbel am Ufer)
Invitation (House of Art, Munich)
  • 2007 Heromatik (Hebbel am Ufer)
  • 2008 Club of Heroes (Teresina, Theatro Municipal Joao Paulo II)
  • 2010 scrap yard ( PACT Zollverein , Essen, co-production PACT Zollverein, South Bank Center, London)
  • 2012 Please ... (Zodiak Helsinki, co-production Pact Zollverein)

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personal data
SURNAME Lehmen, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German choreographer and dancer
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberhausen