Biography
Born in Leipzig in 1984, Undine Werchau received her dance training at the State Ballet School Berlin and the Palucca University of Dance Dresden. She graduated as a professional stage dancer in 2006 and has since worked independently as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. From 2007 to 2012, she was a regular guest dancer at Staatstheater Cottbus, and during the 2010/11 season she was a permanent ensemble member of the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater Görlitz-Zittau.
In 2009, she choreographed and performed the solo dance work »Zeitfenster« and also worked as a choreographer with the Jugendtanztheater Cottbus. She was a founding member of Leipzig’s tanzZenit e. V. and created several full-length dance productions. In 2014, she choreographed the world premiere of »Frida Kahlo« and the short work »Gier« for the ballet ensemble of Staatstheater Cottbus.
Her production »Vade mecum« was nominated for the Leipziger Bewegungskunstpreis in 2014. In 2018 and 2019, she returned to Staatstheater Cottbus with her concept »Restrisiko – Tanz und Improvisation«, working as moderator and dramaturg. Since 2018, she has co-directed the dance theatre company of Leipziger Tanztheater with Eva Thielken, and since 2019 she has taught elementary children’s dance at the Clara Schumann Primary School in Leipzig.
She collaborated with the Children’s and Youth Choir of Oper Leipzig in 2018 and 2020, choreographing »Wahrheit oder Pflicht« and the »Istanbul-Projekt«. In the 2023/24 season, she choreographed the musical »Peter Pan« at the Musikalische Komödie.