Reinhild Hoffmann

Reinhild Hoffmann (born 1 November 1943 in Sorau) is a German choreographer and dancer who is an important innovator in Tanztheater, along with Pina Bausch and Susanne Linke.

Hoffmann, Linke, and Bausch are often credited as the three chief founders of the contemporary hybrid form known as Tanztheater in Germany (where it originated) and dance theater in English-speaking countries.

[2] Hoffmann demonstrates a concern for the female perspective in her work, and she has revived from Expressionist dance the use of masks, an appreciation for the solo, and an emphasis on expressive abstraction in movement.

[4] Among the performers who were members of Hoffmann's company in Bremen or Bochum are Robert Allen, Patrick Beauseigneur, Isabel Fünfhausen, Mimi Jeong, Maarten Kops, Anna Pocher, and Remo Rostagno.

There she has worked on Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos (2003) and, with Isabel Mundry Das Mädchen aus der Fremde (2005, Mannheim National Theatre).