_ Thomas Lehmen
	_ Biographical Information Thomas Lehmen was born in Oberhausen. Since 1977 he played rock and contemporary music, bass, guitar, trumpet; in 1985 he worked as a metal worker at Krupp in Duisburg. From 1986 to 1990 he studied at the SNDO (School for New Dance Development) Amsterdam. Since 1990 he has lived in Berlin. Dancer, choreographer, performer, light designer, teacher. He danced for Sasha Waltz & Guests: "Travelogue I"; from 1990 to 1999 for Mark Tompkins and from 1995 to 1997 for Detektor (Havemann / Johnson). Since 1997 studies of Kung Fu. From 1997 to 1998 he created 3 solo works. 1999: the Goethe Cultural Institute in cooperation with the Estonian Summer Dance Company and the Von Krahl Theatre asked him to create a piece in Tallinn, presented on the Estonian Dance Platform in January 2000. Autumn 1999: residence at the Bergen International Theatre BIT, Norway. Development of the solo "distanzlos", premiered in October 1999 at the Theater am Halleschen Ufer Berlin. 2000: Invitation to the Dance Platform Germany 2000 in Hamburg, afterwards performances in Europe and Brasil. Participation at the Springdance Ontmoeting Utrecht (NL), cooperation with the Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin for the Hong Kong Arts Festival. Participation at the Soir de Nomades at the Fondation Cartier, Paris, for the topic 'Sport'. From 2001 on he will be artist in residence at the Podewil / TanzWerkstatt Berlin.
_ Approach to Work "I want to show an image of humans, in which people are perfectly well able to make the decisions based on their intellect and character, in which they are able to make use of the options of the dimensions prearranged (by them), to move within them, to alter with them without having to give up their humanness."
_ Current Production In "distanzlos" Thomas Lehmen moves in between performance and dance, he asks the art of dance and his own person questions. He presents ideas and concepts based on old notes, which he could not realise, with subtle irony and shows the difference between choreographic idea and artistic realization in minimalistic reduction.	_ Future Projects From August 2000 on he will start to work at the creation of a group choreography with the provisional title "Das Ende der Lüge". The work processes' results, which will be developed in residences in Frankfurt (Künstlerhaus Mousonturm), Hamburg (Kampnagel) and Berlin (TanzWerkstatt), will be shown in each of these places respectively. The premiere will be in March 2001. _ Repertory _ "distanzlos" (1999), Solo, 55 min _ "Baustelle, Einfahrt Freihalten" (1999), 5 estnian Performer, 50 min. _ 3 Soli (1997 - 98): "Extended Version", "friendly fire", "No Fear" _ Links