Raimund Hoghe was a German choreographer, dancer, film maker, journalist, and author.
15 Facts About Raimund Hoghe
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Raimund Hoghe's writings explored the human condition; a documentation series won him an award by the age of 24.
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Raimund Hoghe made his choreographic debut in 1989, then worked independently.
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Raimund Hoghe was awarded the Deutscher Tanzpreis in 2020, and is regarded as "one of the protagonists of German contemporary dance theatre".
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Raimund Hoghe dreamed of performing in theatre, but thought that performing would not be possible for him because of his physical limitations.
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Raimund Hoghe worked as a journalist, and was awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize for a documentary series about Bethel written when he was age 24.
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When Raimund Hoghe profiled Pina Bausch in the late 1970s, she liked his article and engaged him to write program notes for a production of her dance company in Wuppertal, later called Tanztheater Wuppertal.
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From 1980 to 1990, Raimund Hoghe was dramaturge for the company, writing two books about it.
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Raimund Hoghe produced his first solo, Meinwarts, in 1994, followed by Chambre separee in 1997 and Another Dream in 2000, as a trilogy about the 20th century.
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Raimund Hoghe's works dealt with political circumstances, such as the situation of refugees in Europe, and, in the 1990s, the beginning of the AIDS crisis which was a topic in Meinwarts.
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Raimund Hoghe directed several films, for television, like his self-portrait Der Buckel for the WDR in 1997.
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Raimund Hoghe's productions were presented in France, Germany, Norway, Portugal, United Kingdom and US, among others.
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Raimund Hoghe received awards including the Deutscher Produzentenpreis fur Choreografie in 2001 and the Prix de la critique Francaise for Swan Lake, 4 Acts in the category "Best foreign production" in 2006.
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In 2008, Raimund Hoghe was named Dancer of the Year by the reviewers of the Tanz magazine.
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Raimund Hoghe lived in Dusseldorf, where he died on 14 May 2021, at the age of 72.