Teaching etc.

Thomas Lehmen works since 20 years in diverse formats with amateurs and professionals: workshops between 2 hours and several weeks, lectures, seminars, site specific workshops, lectureships, semester design.  Usually informal presentations but also ready for stage works result.


Education, Places of Work, Scholarships, Commissions, Countries, Contributions about T.L:

Academic work (selected):

Professor Arizona State University, Dance Department

Guest Professor Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft/Applied Theater Studies

Guest Professor Universität der Künste Berlin, Hochschulübergreifendes Zentrum

Guest Professor University of Hamburg, Performance Studies

Guest Professor Iceland University of the Arts, Contemporary Dance

Lectureships Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for  Theatre Studies

Long-term cooperation through several weeks of workshops at S.N.D.O Amsterdam, BA

Co-design of the Amsterdam Master of Choreography, AMCH, and seminars there

Numerous individual seminars, teaching assignments and workshops in the above and other universities in Germany and worldwide.

Non-academic teaching (selected):

Development and implementation of the choreographic dialogues at the PACT Zollverein and the Nottdance Festival.

Numerous workshops and projects in festivals, theatres, dance houses and private studios in Germany and worldwide.

Long-term artistic activity in Theater/Institutions (selected):

Theater am Halleschen Ufer, Berlin

Fabrik Potsdam, Potsdam

Podewill, Berlin

Van Kraahl Theater/Kanuti Gildi Saal, Tallinn, Estland

Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin

PACT Zollverein, Essen

Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

Participations and long-term artistic cooperation with festivals (selected):

Tanzplattform Deutschland

Springdance, Utrecht

Nottdance Festival, Nottingham

Uzes Dance Festival

Panorama, Rio de Janeiro

Scholarships and artistic work stays (selected):

Goethe Institut Kyoto, Villa Kamogawa, Japan

Freie Universität Berlin, Fellowship Interweaving Cultures

Resident Podewill Berlin

Goethe Institut Seoul, Korea

Commission work (selected):

Research of contemporary and traditional dance in Indonesia on behalf of the Goethe Institute

Work experience in the following countries:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldavia, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine,  Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan


Essential contributions about Thomas Lehmen can be found in the book publications at:

Dr. Franz Anton Cramer, Dr. Susane Foellmer, Dr. Pirkko Husemann, Prof. Dr. Gerald Siegmund



© Thomas Lehmen 2018