Theatre and Dance
Prior to his acting education Jens Winter studied the basic techniques of Butoh dance with the Japanese choreographers Yumiko Yoshioka and Minako Seki and performed in four Berlin productions of theirs. (The Last Wedding / The Last Supper / The Trip To China In Dreams / Night On A Bare Mountain).
With the Austrian director Ingrid Hammer he played and danced in "REM Phase 3" and "REM Phase IV", two plays featuring night dreams.
Jens Winter performed in "stop and go" - a dance-theatre night" which he co-directed and created in collaboration with choreographers and contemporary dancers Tamara Brücken and Anna Widmer. "stop and go" premiered at the German Freilichtspiele Schwäbisch Hall theatre festival in 2006.
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