Nachbar, Martin

Martin Nachbar is a dancer, choreographer and sporadically writes for various dance magazines. He received his training at the School for New Dance Development (SNDO) in New York City and at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels. He is a founding member of the collective B.D.C./ Plischke and has danced with artists such as Les Ballets C. de la B., Vera Mantero, Meg Stuart, Thomas Lehmen and Joachim Schlömer.

In 2004, he created the solo “Verdeckte Ermittlung”. In 2005, he organised “mode05” together with Ulrike Melzwig and the fabric Potsdam and choreographed “mnemonic non-stop” in cooperation with Jochen Roller. “Repeater – Tanzstück mit Vater” was created in 2007. In 2008, Nachbar concluded his reconstruction of Dore Hoyer’s “Affectos Humanos”, from 1999, with the production “Urheben Aufheben”. In 2009, he created “one shared object PROFIT & LOSS” in cooperation with French choreographer Martine Pisani. Martin Nachbar lives and works in Berlin.