Katharina Ludwig

Performance Artist/Choreographer/Dancer

Based in Bern, Switzerland

The German artist Katharina Ludwig was born 1997 in Munich. She completed her training as a contemporary dancer and dance pedagogue at the Iwanson School of Contemporary Dance in Munich in 2018. In 2024 she obtained her master's degree in Movement Research with her master's thesis on feminist dance practices at the Anton Bruckner University Linz.

The Bern-based artist currently works as a freelance dancer, choreographer, and dance pedagogue.

As a choreographer, Katharina has created several short pieces that have been shown internationally, most recently NUMBER 52 at Inkubator 2025 at Fabriktheater Zurich, which has been awarded in the category Best Dancer by the SoloDuo Competition by Barnes Crossing Cologne. In 2019 Katharina was selected for the trinational project Artil in Ukraine, Poland and Austria and created a piece for 5 dancers. In the summer of 2025 she will take part as an emerging choreographer in the ATLAS program at Impulstanz Vienna. A first full-length dance production of her solo NUMBER 52 is in development with TANZhAUS Bern.

As a dancer, Katharina has worked in engagements with Joshua Monten, Wim Vandekeybus, Rotes Velo Company, Simone Elliot, Emese Nagy, Sade Mamedova, Emi Miyoshi/SHIBUI Kollektiv, Nunzio Impellizeri and Karolin Stächele/DAGADA Dance Company, among others.

As a dance pedagogue, Katharina has already taught the training for professional dancers at Tanzhaus Zürich, Tanzbüro Basel, TANZhAUS Bern and Tanznetz Freiburg as well as regular hobby and vocational classes. Katharina is an honorary board member of the BETA Association of Bernese Dance Professionals supporting the independent dance scene.