Kristian Lever

Kristian Lever
Writer / Director / Choreographer

Kristian Lever is a British-Finnish award-winning director, writer and choreographer.
After completing his dance training atthe Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, he went on to a highly successful career as a dancer with the world famous Hamburg Ballet of John Neumeier.
Kristian has very quickly become, through his work as a choreographer and filmmaker, one of the most desired young dance artists in Europe today.

Theatre
Greener Grass 2022 Salzburg State Theatre Writer, Director, Choreographer
Ruska 2022 Hamburg Ballet School Choreographer
Untitled 2022 Finnish National Ballet Choreographer
Connecting Doors 2020 Klever Creatives Writer, Director, Choreographer
Framework 2019 Klever Creatives Writer, Director, Choreographer
Fracture 2019 Royal Danish Ballet Choreographer
Zima 2019 Croatian National Ballet Split Choreographer
Oberon 2019 Salzburg Ballet Choreographer
An Intimate Distance 2019 Hamburg Ballet, National Ballet of Canada

Choreographer

Tableaus in Motion 2019 Tivoli Ballet Theatre, Copenhagen

Bridging 2019 Ballett Vorpommern, Germany

Nightwatch 2019 German National Youth Ballet

Under the tide 2018 Ukraine National Ballet

Silenced wall 2018 Croatian National Ballet

Coping 2018 Royal Danish Ballet Writer, Director,

Unreliable 2018 German National Youth Ballet

Unravel 2018 Royal Danish Ballet

Persuasion 2018 Dancers of Nederlands Dans Theater

Production whit CompanyHiding to Protect 2018 Royal Danish Ballet

Detachment 2018 Hamburg Ballet

Wool Over Eyes 2017 Royal Danish Ballet, Hessisches Staatsballett

Unknown title 2017 German National Youth Ballet

It's an Outburst 2017 German National Youth Ballet

Moving Through Turmoil 2017 Dancers of the Hamburg Ballet

Dumbarton Oaks 2017 German National Youth Ballet

Kvinna 2016 German National Youth Ballet

A Lecture on Nothing 2016 German National Youth Ballet

AWARDS2020 Winner, Reumert Prize - Best Dance Production 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark (co-creator)2019 Winner, Erik Bruhn Award 2019, National Ballet of Canada - Toronto, Canada2019 TANZ Magazine honour award; 'Promising Talent of the year 2019' – Germany2018 Finalist Choreographic competition - 10 Sentidos-festivalen - Valencia, Spain2018 Finalist Hannover-Choreographic competition 2018 - Hanover, Germany2018 Finalist, McCallum Theatre Choreography Festival 2018 - Palm Desert, CA, USA