KENJI TAKAGI

Kenji is from Berlin, Germany, and trained at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. He was a permanent ensemble member of Tanztheater Wuppertal from 2001 to 2008, the latter year being when he received the German Theatre Prize for Outstanding Performance in Dance for his solo in Pina Bausch’s Bamboo Blues.

From 2008 to 2018, he became a guest artist for the company, as both a dancer and rehearsal director. His work as a rehearsal director includes the restaging of The Rite of Spring at the Paris Opera, the English National Ballet, Ballet Flanders, and Staatsballett Berlin.

Additionally, in 2016 he contributed to the “transmission” project of Pina Bausch’s work, “For the children of yesterday, today and tomorrow,” in collaboration with the Bavarian State Ballet.

Recently, he has performed in various improvisation shows and interdisciplinary stage projects in Germany.