Sven Niemeyer studied musicalperformance in Hamburg and dance at Iwanson International Munich, Germany. During and after his education he performed in many different Musical- and Danceproductions for stage, film and TV (Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Footloose, TV-Shows for RTL and Pro7, 'Solo'-a shortfilm w/members of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch-, and many more). He played diff. Roles in diff. Productions of West Side Story, 203/2004 with Broadway Director Francesca Zambello (Artistic Director Washington National Opera) and London's West End Musical Director No1 David Charles Abell. Sven absolved also classes with the Northwest Pacific Ballett Seattle, at the EDGE-Pac and with the L.A. Dance Force Los Angeles and in New York, London, Zurich or Stockholm. Due to his experience he became one of Germany's top teacher for Jazz Dance in all kind of styles, got the reputation as technique specialist and is a welcome guest teacher in many professional schools like Stage School Hamburg, Iwanson International Munich or Dance Academy Fribourg (Freiburger Akademie für Tanz). As a well known expert he gets also invited to be a judge for many different dance- or musicalcompetitions cross Europe and is teaching workshops in Austria, Switzerland, Croatia or Spain. As choreographer he worked at the Hamburg State Opera, Waldau Theater Bremen or his own cross-over-company 'salvation: DANCE!' . Sven also organize Germany-Workshops for international guest-teacher for the 'salvation:DANCE!' label. 2011 he was invited to teach master classes for professional dancers and choreographers in Russia and do a choreography for a flash mob at the train station in Chelyabinsk in the frame of the International Summer Laboratory of Contemporary Dance at the South Ural State University of Culture and Arts. Besides his theater-engagements he also tought Modern/Contemporary at 'The Circle Rotterdam' Netherlands. In fall/ winter 2011 Sven was also invited to teach Jazz at the famous Studio Harmonic in Paris, France, and for masterclasses and to judge at the Dance Fest Novi Sad/Serbia and Prague Dance Open/Czech Republik. For 2012 he got invitations to teach, besides his engagement as ACTION in West Side Story, at the Amsterdam Dance Center, again at the International Summer Lab Russia and also for the first time in Kazakhstan. He also choreographed again a very successfull Flash Mob at the Rodnik Mall in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Sven choreographed his first Muscial Production 'HIGH FIDELITY' at the Altonaer Theater Hamburg / Germany in Summer 2012, follwed by 'LA CAGE AUX FOLLES' and 'RENT' in 2013. In 2014 Sven got 5 Star reviews for his first dance theater piece 'CONVERSATION WITH DEAD PEOPLE' at the Hamburger Sprechwerk. Because of that, he got the offer to choreograph a piece based on Vivaldis '4 Seasons' at the Philharmonie Luxembourg, followed by 'The Sorcerer's Aprentice'. Sven is teaching and working with all kind of people who enjoy dance. No matter which age or what level, from children to professionals, he gives all his knowledge about "dancing and to be on stage" to his students. So far he tought Masterclasses in country's like Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Croatia, Serbia, Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, United States and of course Germany.

Contact

  • niemeyer.sven@gmx.de