Visiting Professors

For a list of our recent and current visiting professors please refer to our staff page.

SS 12
Matija Solce - Puppeteer
Martin Nachbar, Jeroen Peeters - Choreography, Dramaturgy
Achim Wollscheid - Media Art

WS 11/12
Claudia Bosse - Director
Tino Sehgal - Artist
Georg Seeßlen, Markus Metz - Authors

SS 11
V.A. Wölfl - Choreography

WS 10/11
Tian Mansha - Sichuan-Opera
Xavier Le Roy, Mårten Spångberg - Choreografy
Arthur Köstler, Signa Sørensen - Performance

SS 10
Stephanie Thiersch - Choreografy
Rabih Mroué - Performance

WS 09/10
Matthias Langhoff - Director
Vivianne De Muynck - Actress

SS 09
Prof. Dr. Antônio Araújo - Director, Theatre Science, São Paulo (Brasil)
Thomas Lehmen - Choreography, Dancer, Berlin

WS 08/09
Chris Kondek - Video Art, Director, Berlin
Mathilde Monnier - Choreography, Montpellier

SS 08
Daniel Wetzel - Director - Berlin
Laurent Chetouane - Director - Berlin

WS 07/08
Thomas Dreißigacker - Stage Design- Cologne
Tom Plischke / Kattrin Deufert - Choreography/Performance - Hamburg

SS 07
Prof. Samuel Weber - Philosophy - Paris/Chicago
Prof. Gerald Siegmund - Dance Studies - Bern/Frankfurt
Minako Seki - Butoh Choreography - Tokyo/Berlin

WS 06/07
Felix Kubin - Composer - Hamburg
Hubert Machnik - Composer - Frankfurt
Lee Brewer - Director - New York

SS 06
Richard Foreman - Director - New York
Sophie Haviland - Director (Film) - New York
Joachim Schlömer - Choreography - Basel

WS 05/06
Surangama Dasgupta - classical indian dance (Kathak)- Kalkutta
Prof. Ulrike Grossarth - Arts - Dresden

SS 05
Bojana Kunst - Theatre Studies- Lubljana
André Wilms - Actor, Director - Paris
Rabih Mroué - Journalism, Theatre - Beirut

WS 04/05
Simon Werle - Author, Translator - München

SS 04
Connie Beckley - Performance - New York / USA

WS 03/04
Prof. Nikolaus Hirsch - Architect, AA London - Frankfurt/Main
Xavier Le Roy - Choreography, Director - Paris, Berlin

SS 03
Eduard Erne - Director (Documentary)- Frankfurt/Main
Prof. Josette Feral - Theatre Studies - Montreal / Canada

WS 02/03
Renate Klett - Dramaturg, Critic, Foreign Correspondant - Berlin
René Pollesch - Author, Director - Berlin

SS 02
Dr. Reinhold Grether - Internet Studies- Universität Konstanz
Marc von Henning - Author, Director - London

WS 01/02
Thomas Dreißigacker - Stage Design- Köln
Georg Seeßlen - Filmtheory - Bad Wörrigshofen

SS 01
Jérôme Bel - Theatre, Choreography - Paris
Viviane de Muynck - Actress - Belgien

WS 00/01
Prof. Marina Abramovic - Arts and Body Art- Amsterdam
Prof. Velimir Abramovic - Theatre Studies - Amsterdam
Michael Laub - Theatre, Director - Amsterdam

SS 00
Prof. Diedrich Diederichsen - (Pop-)Cultural Studies, Autor - Berlin
Martin Spangberg - Dramaturgy, Perfomance - Stockholm

WS 99/00
Prof. Renate Ackermann - Director (Opera) - Karlsruhe
Prof. Jean Jourdheuil - Director, Author, Dramaturg - Paris

SS 99
Prof. Samuel Weber - Philosophy - Paris, Los Angeles
VA Wölfl - Choreography, Arts - Düsseldorf

WS 98/99
Eduard Erne - Actor, Director (Documentary) - Frankfurt
John Jesurun - Director, Author - New York

SS 98
Bobby Baker - Performance - London
Connie Beckley - Performance - New York

WS 97/98
Angie Hiesl - Performance - Cologne
Dr. Barbara Mundel - Director, Dramaturg

SS 97
Prof. Richard Schechner - Prof. of performance studies - New York University
Dr. Gisela von Wysocki - Essayist, Dramatist - Frankfurt

WS 96/97
Dr. Andreas Ammer - Author, Director, Journalist (TV) - Munich
Reinhild Hoffmann - Choreography - Bochum

SS 96
Hans Peter Kuhn - Composer, Installation Art - Berlin
Prof. Govindan Kutty - Classical Indian Dance, Dance Studies - Kalkutta

WS 95/96
Cary Rick - Dance, Choreography

SS 95
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet - Directors (Film)- Rom

WS 94/95
Heiner Goebbels - Composer, Director - Frankfurt

SS 94
Dr. Ritsaert ten Cate - Director, Theater Manager - Mickery Theater Amsterdam

WS 93/94
Jean-Claude Berutti - Director - Brüssel
Nikolaus Wolcz - Choreography - Berlin

SS 93
Prof. Patrice Pavis - Theater Studies - Paris

WS 92/93
Michael Deutsch - Director, Author - Paris
Prof. Patrice Pavis - Theater Studies - Paris

SS 92
Prof. Herbert Blau - Comparative Literature, American Studies - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Prof. Richard Schechner - Director, Performance Theory - New York

WS 91/92
Prof.Christian Ofenbauer - Composer - Vienna

SS 91
Dr. Susanne Schlicher - Dancetheatre - Bremen

WS 90/91
Eugenio Barba - Theateranthropologist, Director, Odin Theater - Oslo
Molly Davies - Film - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

SS 90
Prof. Dr. James Brandon - Asian Theatre - University Honolulu, Hawai
Prof. Carl Weber - Professor for Dramatic Arts - Stanford University

WS 89/90
Henryk Baranowski - Alternatives Transformtheater - Polen
Robert Wilson - Theater, Director, Artist- New York

SS 89
Scaba Antal - Room and Space - Hungary
Prof. Leonard Katz - Theaterwissenschaftler Studies - Yale University

WS 88/89
Dr. Manfred Beilharz - Artistic Director - Staatstheater Kassel
Wladimir Herman - Director, Teacher - Kopenhagen

SS 88
Prof. Michael Kirby - Performance Theory - New York University
Peter Löscher - Director - Cologne

WS 87/88
John Jesurun - Director, Author - New York
John Willett - Translator (Brecht), Theater Studies - London

SS 87
Prof. Dr. Metin And - Dramatic Arts - University Ankara

WS 86/87
Klaus Zehelein - Dramaturg (Opera), Artistic Director - Opera Frankfurt, Stuttgart

SS 86
Reinald Heissler-Remy - Artstic Director- Gießener Stadttheater
Ewa Kuryluk - Performance - Princeton University

WS 85/86
Prof. Patrice Pavis - Theater Studies - Paris
Prof. R. C. Raack - Historian - California University

1982 - 1985
Heiner Müller - Author - Berlin
Robert Wilson - Theater - New York
George Tabori - Author, Director - Vienna
Adolf Dreesen - Director
Emma Lew Thomas - Dancer, Dance Studies - Los Angeles