Folkwang Universität der Künste, Essen

Stephan Brinkmann is Professor for Contemporary Dance at the Folkwang University of the Arts Essen. He is a dancer, choreographer, teacher and author. He studied dance at the Folkwang University, theatre-, film- and mediascience, German language and sociology at the University of Cologne and Dance Pedagogy in Essen. He danced for the Folkwang Tanzstudio and the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. In Addition, he created numerous choreographies and taught contemporary dance worldwide. He holds a PhD in movement science from the University of Hamburg. Topic: types of memory in dance. (Publication: “Bewegung erinnern. Gedächtnisformen im Tanz” (2013)).
In the 5th Biennale Tanzausbildung he facilitates the roundtable How do universities incorporate Alumni into its educational practices?