István Simon
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NameIstván Simon
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Lecturer and doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Business and Economics of TU Dresden,
Project developer and manager of Chemnitz2025 GmbH European Capital of Culture,
CEO of Praetorian Non-Profit Art and Health Consulting, the project leader of Taming Our Trauma, BrainFood,
Cultural Manager, Pedagogue, Dance Artist, Researcher,
Producer of The Journey Productions,
Project initiator, and manager of Help-Dance/Tanz+Blau+Gelb, a Germany-wide Ukrainian help program for refugee dance artists.
As an international dance artist, Mr. Simon is regularly invited to the most prestigious festivals and gala performances of the world, he has worked in 21 different countries and collaborated with 43 different theaters. He has performed in some of the most important venues in the world, such as Paris Opera, New York City Center, Tokyo Saitama, Kremlin Moscow, Semperoper, Dortmund Opera, Teatro di San Carlo. Previously Mr. Simon was a principal dancer of the Semperoper Ballett.
As a pedagogue, he has thought at 3 universities and many private schools globally.
As a cultural manager, he has produced and organized performances in cooperation with the Goethe Institute. He has worked as an assistant to Sabrina Sadowska, Ballet Director of Die Theater Chemnitz, worked for Stiftung Tanz – Transition Center Germany, and arranged performances for the greatest star ballerinas of our time.