Born in 1985 in Leverkusen, Philippe Kratz first encountered dance through German tanztheater and has since remained fascinated by what makes people move. He went on to study classical ballet at the École Supérieure de Danse du Québec in Montréal and at the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin. As a former long-term company member of Italian Aterballetto he has worked with and performed in pieces by Ohad Naharin, William Forsythe, Michele di Stefano, Hofesh Shechter, Rihoko Sato, Cristina Rizzo and others before deciding to move on and deepen his understanding of movement and composition.
In his own work the focus is resilience and its myriad of manifestations in processes like destruction, deconstruction and recomposition. Always interested in installing a direct dialogue and exchange with each performer, he has created or is currently creating works with Aterballetto, Gauthier Dance Company, Bayerisches Staatsballett, TanzMainz and Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In 2018 he created „O“, a duet celebrating eternity in a transcendental state, which won Hanover’s Choreography Competition as well as a residency with Australian Dance Theatre in Adelaide. German TANZ magazine repeatedly named him “one to watch“ and in 2020, he was awarded ‚best choreographer‘ by Italian magazine Danza&Danza for his work „cloud|materia“.
