Prof. Jens Weber was born in Berlin, where he completed his dance studies at the Berlin State Ballet School. After graduating, he joined the ballet company of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Weber has been engaged by numerous international ballet companies, including the Zurich Ballet, the Queensland Ballet (Australia), Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, the Víctor Ullate Ballet-Comunidad de Madrid and Morphoses (New York City). Subsequently, he studied acting in New York City, Los Angeles and Berlin. Furthermore, he worked as a rehearsal director and assistant at the Augsburg State Theatre and the Plauen-Zwickau Theatre. In September 2021, Jens Weber was appointed professor of classical dance at the Folkwang University of the Arts.
