PORTFOLIO | Ruben Reniers | Choreographer & Dancer

Ruben Reniers

born in Jakarta, grew up in Rotterdam, where he completed a Bachelor's degree in contemporary dance at the prestigious Hogeschool voor de Kunsten / CODARTS. His career as a dancer led him as a member of the ensemble to several theaters in Germany. His long-term collaboration with Amanda Miller / Pretty Ugly Tanz Köln, as well as numerous collaborations with freelance choreographers, was one of the main impulses for his artistic development. Since 2009, Reniers has pursued his fascination with movement and composition through the creation of his own choreographic works.

He deals with his artistic ideas in three different formats, each with a different focus: rubarb dance & art was created in cooperation with the illustrator Barbara Steinitz, and focuses on the poetic interplay between energetic, body-oriented movements and the delicacy of paper art. The Freiraum Ensemble, Cologne, was funded by Reniers and draws its attention to the particular appeal of site-specific performances in extraordinary locations, while Ruben Reniers' productions are distinguished by their interdisciplinary character, which is due to the integration of other genres, primarily visual Art, comes. Reniers's interest in the medium of film / video is also reflected in the staging of dance films, e. g. his latest production Ephemeral Rooms, which will be presented for the first time at the 25th Quinzena de Dança de Almada / International Dance Festival.

In 2017, Reniers was choreographer for the theatrical production Medea at Schauspiel Dresden, directed by Christina Rast. This successful collaboration is currently being continued with the production Alice in Wonderland at the Residenztheater München. Renier's choreographies are generally characterized by a powerful, virtuoso and dynamic as well as delicate, differentiated and intimate style of movement, and have already received great national and international attention.

Recently DISTANZ has been chosen for the “Deutscher Theaterpreis DER FAUST Retrospektive 2020/21” among 66 other productions that were created till march 2021!

Renier's solo SimulacrumX was awarded the "Förderer Nachwuchs" and the Audience Awardat the VI. international soloDuo Dance Festival NRW, 2015.

PORTFOLIO

DER LETZTE TAG EINES VERURTEILTEN	Victor Hugo - theater.land direction Wolfram Scheller	Kulturscheune Ribbeck	3. show Su.07.09.25 2. show Sa. 06.09.25 Premiere Fr. 05.09.25
DisTanz 3.0	Ruben Reniers & Yui Kawaguchi & Bilawa Ade Respati	DOCK11 Berlin	3. show Su. 08.06.25 2. show Sa. 07.06.25 Premiere Fr. 06.06.25
Sinta X Dahana	Ruben Reniers	DOCK11 Berlin	3. show Su. 08.06.25 2. show Sa. 07.06.25 Premiere Fr. 06.06.25
Don Giovanni	W.A. Mozart - direction Claudia Isabel Martin	Oper Wuppertal	Fr. 14.11.25 Su. 05.10.25 Sa. 27.09.25 Reprise Su. 07.09.25 Sa. 28.06.25 Fr. 13.06.25 Sa.31.05.25 Premiere Sa. 24.05.25
Die Liebe zu Drei Orangen	Oper by Sergej S. Prokofjew direction Tomo Sugao	Staatstheater Cottbus	last show 06. June 2025 24. April 2025 06. Mar. 2025 18. Feb. 2025 04. Jan. 2025 15. Dec.2024 (Reprise) 06. Show Fri. 17.05.2024 05. Show Sat. 27.04.2024 04. Show Sat. 30.03.2024 03. Show Sun. 25.02.2024 02. Show Wed. 31.01.2024 01. Premiere Sat. 27.01.2024
ZEROTH LAW	GAMUT INC	DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN	27. - 29. 09.2023
Gesetz des Eises	VORPOMMERN TANZT AN	BRÖLLIN Voraufführung* Schloss Bröllin GREIFSWALD Vorplatz Pommersches Landesmuseum SCHWERIN Alter Garten, 19055 NEUSTRELITZ Vorplatz Deutsche Tanzkompanie, Wilhelm-Riefstahl-Platz 7	Wed. 30. August 2023 19.30 Sa.02.September 2023 19.30 Uhr Premiere! Su. 03.Sep. 2023 16.00 Wed. 06. Sep. 2023 19.30 Th. 07.Sep. 2023 19.30 Sa.09.Sep. 2023 um 19.30 im Rahmen der Langen Nacht der Künste* Su. 10. Sep. 2023 um 16.30 Uhr
Traces of Degas (Dance Video Installation)	Haus Bastian / Staatliche Museum Berlin (SMB)	Haus Bastian / Verstärker	01.06. - 31.12.2023
Slow Violence III	rubarb dance & art	Staatstheater Braunschweig	20.02. - 28.02.2023
AWAL / BEGINNING	rubarb dance & art	Rumah Budaya Indonesia - Haus der Indonesischen Kulturen	17. -19.12.2022
Kokon	Kuss Quartett, Yui Kawaguchi, Bas Böttcher, Johannes Fischer	Sommerliche Musiktage Hitzacker 2022	30.07.2022
Lebendiger Tod	rubarb dance & art	Berlin- Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften	20.05.22
R.U.R	GAMUT INC	Theater Delphi Berlin	2022
Requiem \| Mangongkal Holi	rubarb dance & art	DOCK11 Berlin	2021
Stadt Ohne Liebe	Theater.land	Die Andere Weltbühne Strausberg	2021
Over the edge Club	GAMUT INC	Theater Delphi Berlin	2021
DisTanz	Yui Kawaguchi & Ruben Reniers	Monopol Berlin	2020
Forgot To Remember Remember To Forget	Evelyn Saylor & Ruben Reniers	Akademie der Künste (ADK) Berlin	2019

Venus & Adonis (OPER)	Tobias Ribisky & Elvis Val	Oldenburgisches Staatstheater Oldenburg	2019
Niemand stirbt in der Mitte des Lebens	Nico & The Navigators	Radialsystem Berlin \| BOZAR Brüssel	2019
displacement	Ruben Reniers \| rubarb dance & art	DOCK11 Berlin	2018
Expedition B \|Sehnsuch nach Licht	Theaterschiff Maria Helena \| RAG Stiftung	Saarbrücken, Duisburg, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Recklinghausen und Herne	2018
Alice in Wunderland	Residenztheater	Munich	2017
HERE I AM	Freiraum Ensemble	Cologne	2017
Medea	Staatsschauspiel Dresden	Dresden	2017
Der Dritte Raum	Tafelhalle	Nürnberg	2017
SIMULACRUM X (PARTII)	Ruben Reniers	Berlin	2016
ZERO	Freiraum Ensemble	Cologne	2016
schrittweise	rubarb dance & art	Berlin	2016
exil	Freiraum Ensemble	Cologne	2015
Trunkintail (extended version)	DOCK11	Berlin	2015
The Opening	NIBuu	Berlin	2014
Euphoria	Freiraum Ensemble	Cologne	2014
SimulacrumX	Ruben Reniers	Torino (IT)	2014
FREIraum	Freiraum Ensemble	Cologne	2013
Hangaufwind	rubarb dance & art	Cologne	2011
Recherche Mülheim	Ruben Reniers	Cologne	2010
In between us	rubarb dance & art	Cologne	2009
Behind the wall	pretty ugly tanz köln	Cologne	2009
Sketches for a dream	pretty ugly tanz köln	Cologne	2008