Nik Haffner is dancer, choreographer and since 2012 the artistic director of HZT Berlin. Many of his choreographic works have been developed in collaboration with other artists (a.o. with Christina Ciupke and Mart Kangro). Nik Haffner joined William Forsythe – Ballet Frankfurt from 1994 until 2000 as a dancer. In these years he also co-developed the media-publication “Improvisation Technologies” at ZKM, Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe. With choreographer Jonathan Burrows und composer Matteo Fargion he collaborated on their 2013 online score ‚Seven Duets’ as part of the web-publication series Motionbank.org.
Thanks to funding secured from the Einstein Foundation, the Choreography, Dance and Disability Arts department was established at the HZT in 2023.