About Richard Siegal
Richard Siegal, founder and artistic director of The Bakery (2006) and Ballet of Difference (2016) has won the New Yorker “Bessie” prize, the German theater prize Der Faust and the Munich Tanzpreis [“Dance Prize”]. His works, including performances, new media projects, workshops and publications, have garnered international attention. Richard Siegal has been artist in residence at Ruhrtriennale, The Baryshnikov Arts Center, ZKM/Karlsruhe, Bennington College, Festspielhaus St. Pölten and Muffatwerk in Munich. He held the role of Associated Artist at the Forsythe Company from 2005 until 2015, won a MacDowell Fellowship and is an honorary member of “Benoit de la Danse” at the Bolshoi Ballet. Richard Siegal founded Ballet of Difference in Munich in 2016. Schauspiel Köln has been the home of Ballet of Difference since the 2019/2020 season.
