Program Books/Kim Kohlmann

Kim Kohlmann

Assistant to the Choreographer

Kim Kohlmann is a London-based artist. She was born in Amsterdam and raised in Honduras, France, and the Netherlands. After graduating from Codarts in Rotterdam—a period that included a semester at SUNY Purchase—she joined Dansgroep Amsterdam and continued her career with Noord Nederlandse Dans before joining the Hofesh Shechter Company, where she danced for seven years. Kohlmann has performed and created works with international choreographers including Shechter, Emanuel Gat, Stephen Shropshire, Itzik Galili, Krisztina de Châtel, Roy Assaf, and Andrea Miller. She collaborated on the creation of a duet that toured England and was presented by In Good Company. Kohlmann became a freelance dancer in 2019 and regularly works as an assistant and creating pieces alongside Hofesh Shechter, while occasionally teaching professional dancers and performing with companies in various projects. Most recently, she was both a performer and rehearsal director in Oedipus at the Old Vic (London).