Dirk Heidemann

Dirk Heidemann

Dirk Heidemann, 2008
Born 18 April 1961
Berlin, Germany
Nationality German
Occupation Dance Coach, Choreographer and author
Known for professional dancing and fashion modelling

Dirk Heidemann (born 18 April 1961 in Berlin) is a former professional ballroom dancer, fashion model, now author, dance sport coach and choreographer from Germany.[1] He can look back on several years of experience in the various fields of dancing.

In former years Dirk Heidemann won the national youth championships several times and was runner-up to the German Latin-American championships. At the age of 17, he switched to professional dancing, and in 1993 he reached the world championship final in the Freestyle World Cup in Latin American dancing.

He is trainer of several world champion pairs, and as trainer of the official German Dancesport Federation (DTV) trainer team, he trained Christoph Kies and Blanca Ribas Turón[2] to become world champions in the category of 10-dance (Standard and Latin) three times.

Since 1999 he has had a leading position in the Chinese "Danceworld". He was one of the most popular choreographers and art directors for the Presentation-Shows of China during the 2008 Olympic Games. His dancesport-musical The Red Skirt[1] with members of the Beijing Dance Academy was a big success in 2001 and was copied several times. Dirk Heidemann has appeared in more than ten talk and news shows on China Central Television (CCTV).

Between 2006 and 2010, Dirk Heidemann was choreographer in two German casting-shows (You Can Dance, on Sat.1,[3] German Idol (Deutschland sucht den Superstar)[4] on RTL).

Among the dancing scene, he is regarded as a style-icon and a fashion model with a particularly creative mind. He has authored articles on dancing contests, works as the German national youth trainer in Latin American Dancing and is Professor for competitive dancing at the Sports University of Zheng Zhou, China.

The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) commissioned Dirk Heidemann in March 2013, the choreography of a flash mob for the World Dance Sport Games 2013 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan to create. Dirk Heidemann chose the song "Stamp Your Feet" of the then recently deceased singer Donna Summer. In April 2013, a video in Sant Cugat, Spain was shot. Dirk Heidemann is there to see themselves as dancers. The flash mob was presented at the opening event with great success. At the final event around 6,500 athletes, "Stamp Your Feet" danced before live TV cameras. "Stamp your Feet" is now regarded as one of the largest flash mobs in the world.

On 09.11.2014 Dirk Heidemann presented his first TV comedy -Show "Germany's Most embarrassing dancers" on RTL Germany.

He lives in Berlin.

References

  1. 1 2 Marcel Krebs (2007). "Dirk Heidemann". Sportheute. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  2. ↑ "Perfekt verschieden". Der Tagesspiegel. 2008-11-24. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  3. ↑ Ulrike Sander-Reis (2006-11-29). "Kahdjeh-Nouri und Heidemann choreografieren für "You can dance"". Deutscher Tanzsportverband e.V. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
  4. ↑ Annette Kögel (2009). "Der Mann hinter den Superstars". Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 2010-04-07.

External links

http://rtl-now.rtl.de/deutschlands-peinlichste…/folge-1.php

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