Bernhard Richarz

Bernhard Richarz is co-director of the initiative tanzfähig in Berlin. He organises dance, is involved in various pieces as a dancer and teaches contemporary dance and especially improvisation. Alongside his professional work as a doctor and psychoanalyst, he began dancing regularly at the age of 27. Having lived with a disability from an early age, he procured his own dance education with lessons from Alito Alessi, Adam Benjamin, Jenny Haack, matanicola and others. In 2007 he founded tanzfähig and has been leading the initiative for more physical diversity in contemporary dance with Evelyne Walser-Wohlfarter since 2010. www.tanzfaehig.com