NEWS
A tribute to creativity and innovation
STORY WATER, a collaboration between Emanuel Gat Dance and Frankfurt’s renown Ensemble Modern, has just been shortlisted for the Fedora Van Cleef & Arpels Prize for Ballet 2018. Obviously this is very exciting news and I’d be thrilled if you help to support our production with your vote on fedora-platform.com! Fedora is a platform that is cofounded by the Creative Europe...Continue Reading
Sexy, yummy, wonderful!
Thank you for a totally awesome, exciting, inspiring, sweaty, sexy, adventurous, challenging, insane, fun, groovy, yummy, bold, wonderful 2017! I was absolutely lucky to perform and create with such a bunch of inspiring artists, and teach my classes and workshops for so many talented young dancers. I performed 36 shows in 7 countries, spent 9 weeks creating 6 new works...Continue Reading
Something Machine x STRUT
The end of the year is fast approaching and holiday season is almost here, but it’s never too late to share some good news: I am beyond excited to announce that SOMETHING MACHINE‘s project THE 2ND EXCESSIVE RUDENESS was chosen for STRUT Dance’s precious SEED residency program. STRUT is the National Choreographic Center of Western Australia. A huge thank you to the...Continue Reading
Quitame la piel de ayer
Crack Magazine just named his critically acclaimed self-titled album ARCA their Album of the Year 2017. It’s the perfect occasion to feature one of my biggest inspirations of this year: the musical and visual world of Arca. In addition to collaborating with Björk on her recent album UTOPIA, he released his gorgeous solo album ARCA in April, he recorded three...Continue Reading
S’il pleut, c’est qu’il va pleuvoir
Emanuel Gat’s latest creation TENWORKS (for Jean-Paul) premiered during the prestigious festival Montpellier Danse in June 2017. A revised and shortened version of this show will start touring from spring 2018 under the name WORKS. If you couldn’t make it to our premiere and you can’t take waiting until next year, have a look at the official video that Julia Gat...Continue Reading
DIS-TANZ-SOLO RESEARCH
Sports science as a tool for movement optimisation, injury prevention & performance enhancement in the work practice of contemporary dancers
ABOUT
PERFORMING
Michael Loehr is a contemporary dancer who has collaborated with a number of international choreographers and companies. His main focus for the past 15 years has been his collaboration with Emanuel Gat. Enjoying the challenge to adapt to different surroundings and to switch between styles, his way of moving is characterized by both an emphasis on clarity and the joy of embracing the awkward.CREATING
Michael Loehr has a big interest in autonomous choreographic structures and a focus on discovering rather than executing. His creative skills are channelled in his own choreographies, a variety of projects that he accompanies as choreographic assistant as well as in numerous collaborations as a performer in works that require a choreographic vision.TEACHING
Michael Loehr is teaching contemporary dance classes and workshops for professional dancers and beginners alike. Passionately believing in the potential of sharing knowledge and ideas, he considers teaching an essential part of his artistic practice.