About Me.

Dr Kathinka Walter-Høeg (née Walter) is a German choreographer, performer, lecturer, researcher and teacher who moved to Hamburg/Germany in February 2015 after having lived in Leeds/UK for 15 years.

 

In Hamburg, she taught choreography at the Erika Klütz Schule and improvisation at the Lola Rogge Schule and the Contemporary Dance School Hamburg.

In 2016, she began teaching German, English, and providing career guidance, primarily working with young immigrants, first at the Berufliche Schule Stahl- und Maschinenbau and since 2017 at the Schule Energietechnik Altona. Her focus is on helping them integrate into the German culture and acquire the skills and qualifications needed to pursue apprenticeships. Since 2021, she is also the Inclusion Officer at the school, providing support to students facing challenges throughout their education.

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In Leeds she was the coordinator for the Choreography and Creative Studies faculty alongside her lectureship at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. In 2009 she started her practice-led PhD at the University of Leeds (School of Performance and Cultural Industries) where her research focused on the concept of the ‘visible choreographer’ within the performance process.

She was awarded her honorary doctorate in 2017 from in the University of Leeds.

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In 2001 Kathinka graduated from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (Leeds, UK). On completing her degree she moved to Berlin to choreograph and collaborate with amongst others Felix Ruckert (‘Ring’ 2001) and Post Theater. Kathinka returned to the UK in 2003 to take up the post of choreographer in residence at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance where she also taught choreography and improvisation. In 2007 Kathinka completed her MA in choreography at the London Contemporary Dance School (awarded with distinction).

 

Since 2007 Kathinka has worked on various choreographic projects in the U.K. and Germany and apart from her lectureship at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, she has taught at the University of Leeds, Leeds Trinity University, York St John and Balance 1 (Berlin). Kathinka worked as a dramaturge for the dance company MotionManual (2008-2011) and wrote regularly for the German dance magazine TanzRaum Berlin (2006-2009).