Michael Loehr

Michael Loehr is a Berlin-based performer, choreographer and teacher. He has performed in works by Eun-Me Ahn, Shlomi Bitton, Ingun Bjørnsgaard, Lionel Hoche, Jo Strømgren, and Guy Weizman & Roni Haver. For the last 17 years he has been a close collaborator of Emanuel Gat.

He has staged works for Ballet National de Marseille, Candoco Dance Company, Cedar Lake Contemporay Ballet, Jin Xing Dance Theater, Scottish Dance Theatre, Statsballett Berlin, and Tanz Linz. He is regularly teaching for institutions like Carte Blanche, CCN Ballet de Lorraine, Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company, Folkwang University of the Arts, Nuova Officina della Danza, Sasha Waltz & Guests, and VA Wölfl’s Neuer Tanz.

In 2023, Michael became the first dancer to receive the Herbert von Karajan Prize for outstanding artistic achievement.