Career
In a survey of critics, the German magazine "ballett international / tanz aktuell" named him "most promising young choreographer" in 2001. From 2004 to 2007, he was director of the Bern Ballet. He worked as a freelance choreographer until 2014 when he took over as ballet director of the Saarländisches Staatstheater.
He has created work for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the Cullberg Ballet, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater II, Iceland Dance Company, the Semperoper Ballett Dresden, ballettmainz, the Stadttheater Nürnberg, the Stadttheater Saint Gallen, Information Technology Dansa, GöteborgsOperan Danskompani, Bodytraffic, aalto ballet essen, Ballet Junior Geneva, Royal Swedish Ballet, Introdans, among others
He has worked as a set designer for Didy Veldman and has assisted January Verzweyveld, Benoit Dujardin in opera and theatre productions.