My work includes set and costume design for modern and classical ballet productions worldwide. I studied opera direction at Hamburger Hochschule für Musik und Theater and created in 2006, in the age of 26, my first piece as a set and costume designer for Staatsballett Berlin. The same year I directed my first opera production Carmen by George Bizet for Ensemble Escritura Hamburg. In 2020 I brought new life to my work as a director with The Count of Luxemburg by Franz Lehár for the Estonian National Opera.
In the past 14 years I have collaborated with modern choreographers Fabio Adorisio, Alejandro Cerrudo, Edward Clug, Marco Goecke, Jack Lister, Trey McIntyre, Leo Mujic, Kevin O’Day, Eno Peci, Tim Plegge and Jeroen Verbruggen.
In the classical repertoire I created the designs for Onegin and Romeo and Juliet by John Cranko, Lady of the Camellias by Derek Deane, Don Quixote by Alexey Fadeechev and a version by Nina Ananishvili, Romeo and Juliet by Ben van Cauwenbergh, Swan Lake by Thomas Edur and a version by Eno Peci & Sabrina Sadowska.
I have collaborated worldwide with ballet companies such as Ballet de Opéra National de Paris, Stuttgarter Ballett, Staatsballett Berlin, National Ballet of China, Hong Kong Ballet, Universal Ballet Seoul, San Francisco Ballet, Houston Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet Seattle, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Ballet X Philadelphia, Hungarian National Ballet, Polish National Ballet, Estonian National Ballet, Novosibirsk State Ballet, Slovenian National Ballet, Croatian National Ballet, Hessisches Staatsballett Wiesbaden, Ballett Mannheim, Aalto Ballett Theater and the Royal Ballet of Flanders.
My work has been presented by major venues such as Opéra National Garnier Paris, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatstheater Stuttgart, San Francisco War Memorial Opera, Wortham Theater Houston, Harris Theater Chicago, Sadlers Wells, National Center of the Performing Arts Beijing, Hong Kong Culture Center, Seoul Arts Center, LG Art Center Seoul, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Aalto Theater Essen, Musiktheater im Revier, Hungarian National Opera, Polish National Opera, Estonian National Opera, Novosibirsk State Opera, Croatian National Theater and the Royal Opera House Antwerp & Ghent.
Carmen by George Bizet
Ensemble Escritura Hamburg
The Count of Luxemburg by Franz Lehár
Estonian National Opera
Don Quixote by Nina Ananiashvili
Hong Kong Ballet
Romeo & Juliet by John Cranko
Staatsballett Berlin
Onegin by John Cranko
National Ballet of China
Universal Ballet Seoul
Royal Ballet of Flanders
Hungarian National Ballet
Estonian National Ballet
Aalto Ballett Theater
Romeo & Juliet by Ben v. Cauwenbergh
Aalto Ballett Theater
Lady of the Camellias by Derek Deane
Croatian National Ballet
Swan Lake by Thomas Edur
Estonian National Ballet
Don Quixote by Alexey Faadechev
Polish National Ballet
Royal Ballet of Flanders
Swan Lake by Eno Peci/Sabrina Sadowska
Ballett Chemnitz
Calma Aparente by Fabio Adorisio
Stuttgarter Ballett
One Thousand Pieces by Alejandro Cerrudo
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Pacific Northwest Ballet Seattle
Now and Than by Alejandro Cerrudo
Hessisches Staatsballett Wiesbaden
sssss... by Edward Clug
Stuttgarter Ballett
Hessisches Staatsballett Wiesbaden
Novosibirsk State Ballet
Pocket Concerto by Edward Clug
Stuttgarter Ballett
No Men's Land by Edward Clug
Stuttgarter Ballett
Shades of us by Edward Clug
Staatsballett Augsburg
Almost Blue by Marco Goecke
Stuttgarter Ballett
Dogs Sleep by Marco Goecke
Ballet de Opéra National de Paris
A Brief Nostalgia by Jack Lister
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Shadows behind us by Trey McIntyre
Queensland Ballet
The Big Hunger by Trey McIntyre
San Francisco Ballet
Pretty Things by Trey McIntyre
Houston Ballet
Out of 99 by Leo Mujic
Staatsballett Berlin
Idi Vidi by Leo Mujic
Croatian National Ballet
She is missing by Leo Mujic
Slovenian National Ballet
Tisina mog suma by Leo Mujic
Croatian National Ballet
Traumgekrönt by Leo Mujic
Staatsballett Augsburg
Orpheus by Leo Mujic
Staatsballett Augsburg
Ascending Glide by Riccardo de Nigris
Staatsballett Augsburg
Time Curves by Kevin O'Day
Ballet X Philadelphia
Kammerspiel by Kevin O'Day
Ballett Mannheim
I'm with the Band by Kevin O'Day
Ballett Mannheim
2 Gents by Kevin O'Day
Ballett Mannheim
Alpha Omega by Kevin O'Day
Ballett Mannheim
Divertimento 4 Mozart by Kevin O'Day
Staatsballett Augsburg
The little Match Girl by Kevin O'Day
Ballett im Revier
Es war einmal by Kevin O'Day
Staatsballett Würzburg
Tabula Rasa by Tim Plegge
Hessisches Staatsballett Wiesbaden
The Great Trust by Jeroen Verbruggen
Hessisches Staatsballett Wiesbaden
Mozart Requiem by Sergej Vaneav
Ballett Bremerhaven