Artistich Director: 

Bibiana Jiménez is a German-Colombian choreographer. She studied psychology in Barranquilla and dance in Bogotá. She performed as a soloist with the Choreographic Theatre of Johann Kresnik in Bogotá, at the Volksbühne Berlin, the Salzburg Festival, Schauspiel Hannover, and the Opera Bonn. She also worked with Reinhild Hoffmann in Austria and Germany, and with Susanne Linke in Bonn.

In 2009, she initiated the integrative dance theatre project of the IZF Bonn, which she directed for ten years. In addition, she created choreographies for municipal theatres as well as for the independent scene. Her works have been performed in Colombia, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy.

In collaboration with Wehr51, she choreographed and performed ROCKABY (2015), nominated for the Cologne Dance Theatre Award, and FRACTURA (2021), which received the Kunstsalon Theatre Award.

In 2015, she founded XXTANZTHEATER in Cologne. With the company, she creates socially and politically engaged dance theatre works and site-specific performances dedicated to female perspectives and critically addressing contemporary social issues.