Steffi Scherzer (born 14 July 1957) is a German ballet dancer, at the Berlin State Opera from 1975 to 2003, prima ballerina there from 1987, and director and instructor at the Tanz Akademie Zürich of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste.
She was trained for seven years at the Staatliche Ballettschule in Berlin, by Martin Puttke, among others, East Germany's leading ballet teacher.
[2] Scherzer danced leading parts in classical and neo-classical ballets, also as an international guest dancer, collaborating with choreographers including Patrice Bart [de], Maurice Béjart, William Forsythe, Pierre Lacotte, Roland Petit and Uwe Scholz.
[5] She danced in William Forsythe's choreography of Steptext with partners Uwe Krotil, Ralf Stengel and Oliver Wulff.
[7] Scherzer and Matz have been teachers and directors of the Tanz Akademie Zürich of the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste from 2004, when they created the institute, which followed the "Schweizerische Ballettberufsschule" (Swiss ballet vocational school).