Fabian Chyle

Fabian has studied dance, theatre and choreography in Amsterdam, New York City and San Francisco. And for the last ten years he has worked as a dancer and choreographer in both the US and in Europe. His artistic work is known for its innovation, its idiosyncratic movement-repertoire and its diversity in styles. He has gained particular artistic acclaim for his collaboration with contemporary composers. Most recently, with Germany's most recognized living composer Wolfgang Rihm. His work in this area brings together post modern dance with new classical music. In 1991 Fabian founded Fresh Tracks Productions in Amsterdam. This ensemble received numerous awards from the Netherlands, Austria and Germany for their performances and their artistic excellence. In 1996 Fabian moved to the United States to perform and choreograph for (amongst others) the City Dance Ensemble in Washington D.C., the Moving Company, Chicago as well as the Red Moon Theatre in Chicago. At the same time Fabian attented the M.A. program for dance therapy at Columbia College Chicago. On his return to Germany in 2000, he founded his present company COAC (Cross Over Art Concepts) to promote artistic and socio-cultural projects related to dance and body-based-art. COAC is dedicated to creating dance and theatre performances in interdisciplinary settings, focusing on context, imagery and innovative movement styles. Partly in recognition of his creative work with COAC, Fabian was invited by The Siemens Cultural Foundation to create "Schicht" for the Meistersinger Festival in Nürnberg. Since 2001 Fabian has shared the position of artistic director of "P3" together with the director Bernhard Eusterschulte and the composer Nikola Lutz. "P3" runs an ongoing performance series at the theater "Rampe" in Stuttgart. In the summer of 2002 Fabian was invited by Süd-West-Funk Stuttgart to choreograph a piece based on the composition "Tutuguri" by the composer Wolfgang Rihm. Parallel to the premier of this work, his performance cycle "Crossings" opened its second phase. Fabian has received numerous grants and stipends for his artistic work. Most recently he was awarded with a prize from the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg. Parallel to his artistic achievements, in 2001 Fabian became a faculty member of the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste (the state academy of the fine Arts), teaching choreography and composition.