CHRISTOPH WINKLER has created more than 78 dance pieces as a freelance artist since 1998 and is considered one of the most versatile choreographers in Germany. In 2014 Das Wahre Gesicht won the FAUST Prize of the German Stage Association in the category Best Choreography. In 2016 Aloalii Tapu was awarded as Best Dancer for the Christoph Winkler production Urban Sou Café. 2020 Christoph Winkler was awarded a George Tabori Award. His work covers a wide range of formats and ranges from very personal to political issues. Since 2009 he has been realizing works at the Sophiensæle, including the dance fund Erbe-Projekt Abendliche Tänze (2014) and Golden Stars on blue - a sonic Tableau (2015). In 2016 he curated the Witch Dance Project in collaboration with the Sophiensælen. The same year he showed Five Studies On Post-Colonialism (2016) and most recently the project Speak Boldly - The Julius Eastman Dance Project (2018). christoph-winkler.info
