| Profession |
theatrical director, playwright, architect, scenographer, lighting designer, illustrator, film actor, visual artist, choreographer, painter, video artist, performance artist, installation artist, screenwriter, film director, director, artist, writer, speaker, actor, musician, theatre designer, composer, theatre maker, designer, draftsperson, graphic artist |
| Member Of |
Academy of Arts, Berlin, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Notable Works |
My Coney Island Baby, Deafman Glance, Einstein on the Beach |
| Genre |
public art |
| Awards Received |
Steiger Award, Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bessie Awards, Guggenheim Fellowship, Berliner Bär, Europe Theatre Prize, Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg), honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Artis Bohemiae Amicis Medal, Goethe Medal, Praemium Imperiale |
| Work Period Start |
1964 |
| Field of Work |
experimental theatre, directing, choreography, performance artwork, visual arts, sound art, lighting design |