Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum Tanz

Nik Haffner became guest professor at the HZT Berlin in 2008 and in 2012 was appointed Artistic Director of the Centre. As a freelance dance artist, Nik Haffner has created numerous stage, film and installation projects, frequently in cooperation with other artists, such as Christina Ciupke and Thomas McManus. He studied at the University for Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt am Main, as well as at the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. Between 1994 and 2000 he danced with William Forsythe’s Ballet Frankfurt. At that time, he also worked on the development and publication of the Forsythe CD-Rom Improvisation Technologies. From 2011 until 2013 he was advisor for the Motion Bank online score of Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fragion.
Nik facilitates the roundtable On artistic third cycle programs and co-moderates – together with Vera Sander – the roundtable Feedback and Reflection in Institutional Contexts as part of the symposium (re)thinking modes of artistic learning.