Our Teachers

Deborah Smith-Wicke (UK) - School Direction

Contemporary Dance, Classical Dance, Movement Theory, Quan Dao Kung Fu, Self-Management

Deborah

She obtained her diploma as both professional dancer and teacher at the Royal Ballett School in London. Since then she has danced in Opera houses and state theatres for 14 years in Germany and abroad. Amongst others, she danced main roles such as Juliet, (Romeo and Juliet) Odette, (Swanlake) Clara and the Sugarplum Fairy (The Nutcracker) and worked with various modern and contemporary choreographers like Henning Paar, Trisha Brown Ana Mondini and Reinhild Hoffmann. During the last 10 Years, her own works have been shown on many stages in Germany and abroad. She founded SOZO visions in motion professional contemporary dance studies in 2007 and the dance-theatre company in 2010. Quan Dao Kung fu influences her work and leadership. In 2012 and 2015 she has been awarded the City of Kassel's prize for Culture and in 2019 für her "life work" SOZO. She taught at the Anton Brückner University in Linz, Austria, contemporary, Ballet and movement research to BA and MA Programs for three years.

She would like to invest her own artistic experience in younger talent and encourage the development of their own personal creativity.With her husband, Michael Wicke she has created the space "HALLE 2" - the home of Sozo visions in motion and a space for training, creating and performing. Her aim with this programme and dance company is the encouragement and support of people on a journey of discovery. SOZO shall be a laboratory where creativity is always on the move. Visions translated into movement. Hence “Visions in Motion”. How many possibilities can be discovered? That all depends on the individual. The variants are endless.

Contact

Studio:

SOZO visions in motion
Deborah Smith-Wicke
Grüner Weg 15–17
D-34117 Kassel

Tel.: +49 (0)561 9372858
Email: info@sozo-vim.de

Office:

SOZO visions in motion
Deborah Smith-Wicke
Julienstrasse 8
D-34121 Kassel

Tel.: +49 (0)561 9372858
Email: info@sozo-vim.de

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