Career/Teaching career
2024
Head (Interim) of Master Dance Teacher programme at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden
since 2022
Dance teacher at the Opera Ballet School at Chemnitz Opera House
since 08/2017
Group Leader, Coordination Study Management/MADT Dance Teacher at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden
2016-2017
Disponent - artistic office at the Theater & Philharmonie Thüringen
03-07/2015
Research project - Dance in schools/ZLB-TU Chemnitz
2014-2015
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute of Applied Movement Sciences/TU
Chemnitz
2014-2015
Choreographer, Youth Dance Project "Moderne"/KulturLeben Chemnitz e. V., Annenschule Chemnitz
11/2014
Guest lecturer/Technical University Chemnitz/"Dance & Creativity"
2014
Guest teacher at the Ballettschule Theater Basel
From 2012-2014 classes at the Palucca
University of Dance Dresden as part of the master's degree course of the Palucca University of Dance Dresden
2011-2012
Ballett classes as part of the Bachelor degree programme at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts
2008
Choreography assistant Youth Dance Project „Carmina Burana“ (Mecklenburg State Theater Schwerin)
Publications / digital
Rissmann, M. (2015). "... And that's me".
Personality processes in context of dance movement and pedagogical movement techniques. pedocs. German Institute for International Research
Professional Experience – Dance
Engagements
08/2002 – 06/2006
Soloist/Chemnitz Theater/Torsten Händler/Germany
01/2000 – 07/2002
Soloist/Zurich Opera House/Heinz Spoerli/Switzerland
07/1998 – 12/1999
Zurich Opera/Heinz Spoerli/Switzerland
Contracts with the Zurich Opera and the Berlin State Opera - Unter den Linden
from 07/1994
Soloist/ Berlin State Opera - Unter den Linden, Zurich Opera, Chemnitz Theater
07/1991 – 06/2000
Berlin State Opera - Unter den Linden /Egon Bischoff, Michaél Denard, Prof. Martin Puttke, Georg Quander/Germany
07/1990 – 06/1991
Theater Basel/Youri Vamos/Switzerland
07/1989 – 11/1989
Komische Oper Berlin/Tom Schilling/Germany
Awards
2013
Dresden, awardee of the Germany Palucca Scholarship
2003
Leipzig, euro - scene choreography competition/special
prize for own choreography „...mit Botanik-Aktiv Komplex“
1998
Berlin, „Daphne” – award of the
Theatergemeinde Berlin
1994
New York, „Lefkowitz - Award“ at the New York City International Ballet Competition
1987
Dessau, 3rd Prize at the national ballet competition of the GDR
Guest Appearances
2008
Schwerin, Mecklenburg State Theater Schwerin, Choreographic Assistant at the Youth Dance
Project „Carmina Burana“
2005
Berlin, Rundfunkchor
Berlin/Rehberg/Lars Scheibner
2003
Leipzig, euro - scene Leipzig/International Choreography Competition
1999
Finland - Helsinki, National Ballet of Finland/Finnish National Opera/Ch. Rudolph Nurejew (Prince Desiré/„Sleeping Beauty“)
1998/99
Berlin, Berlin State Opera - Unter den Linden /Patrice Bart, Mark Baldwin, Torsten Händler
1998/99
Switzerland - Zurich, Zurich Opera/Heinz Spoerli
1993
USA - New York, Lincoln Center - AliceTully Hall New York,
New York City International Ballet Competition
Tours
Bulgaria, China, Germany, France, Finland, Great Britain, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Korea, Austria, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa, USA
Worked together with:
Maurice Béjart, Roland Petit, Judith Jamison, Youri Vamos, Patrice Bart, Heinz Spoerli, Hans van Manen, Jorma Uotinen, Torsten Händler, Mark Baldwin, Philipp Egli, Denise Jefferson, Pierre
Lacotte, Kelvin Hardy, Dieter Heitkamp, Hans Werner Henze, Marc Bogarts, Lars Scheibner
… and artistic directors and teachers
Michaél Denard, Patricia Neary, Raymond Franchetti, Peter Appel, Igor Youskewitch, Egon Bischoff, Piotr Nardelli, Jean Francois Boisnon, Prof. Martin Puttke,
Brigitte Thom, Chris Jensen, Hans Vogl, Claudia Jeschke, Norbert Schmucki, Prof. Christine Neumeyer, Prof. Eric Blanc, Dirk Segers, Prof. Fernando Coelho
Choreographies/own
2015
"von innen nach außen" Dance-project/Production/music: M. Ravel, R. Schumann, C. Saint-Saëns, Yo Yo Ma, Kraftwerk, C. Guastevino
2014
„…verlorengesagt“/music: C. Guastavino
2013
„GEDANKENSTRICH“/music: Toru Takimetsu
2009
„2. 4. 8. und 11. Variation“/music: J. S. Bach/Goldberg - variations
2009
„Jangal“/music: Mickey Hart
2005
„First Edition of heart”/music: J. S. Bach/Patita No.2 for violin
2003
„…mit Botanik - Aktiv Komplex“/music: Michael Rissmann
Studies
09/2012 - 08/2014
Master of Arts Dance Teacher
Training/Palucca University of Dance Dresden
09/1980 - 07/1989
Dance Training - State-approved Professional Dancer/Ballet School Berlin
