Born in Munich and a graduate of the Munich Ballet-Academy with honours. Winner of a sponsorship award from the City of Munich and the Free State of Bavaria.
Patrick Teschner danced as a first soloist with the Bayerisches Staatsballett in choreographies by John Cranko, William Forsythe, Jacopo Godani, Jiřà Kylián, Ohad Naharin, John Neumeier and Hans van Manen, among others.
As a freelance training director, he has worked with the Stuttgart Ballet, the Forsythe Company, the Ballet de l’Opera de Lyon, the Compania Nacional de Danza, the Niedersächsisches Staatsballett and the Staatsballett Berlin.
In 2007 he joined the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz as training director and assistant. Here he was responsible as an assistant for choreographies by William Forsythe, Christian Spuck and Marco Goecke, among others. Since 2012, he has worked with Edward Clug, Marco Goecke, Jo Stromgren, Christopher Roman, Lucas Timulac, Jeroen Verbruggen, Andonis Foniadakis and Eyal Dadon. Patrick Teschner was responsible for the re-staging of William Forsythe’s ONE FLAT THING REPRODUCED and Marco Goecke’s LA STRADA.
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