Stephan Brinkmann
Professor of Contemporary Dance at the Folkwang University of the Arts Essen. Dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and dance scholar. Studied dance at the Folkwang University, theatre, film and television studies, German studies and sociology at the University of Cologne and additional studies in dance pedagogy at the Folkwang University. Dancer at the Folkwang Dance Studio and the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. Own choreographies and international teaching activities for contemporary dance. Doctorate in movement studies at the University of Hamburg. Topic: Forms of memory in dance. Publication: Remembering movement. Forms of memory in dance (2013). Head of the Institute for Contemporary Dance at Folkwang University of the Arts since 2018.
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