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Tanz entsteht da, wo Emotion sich in Bewegung verdichtet.

(Dance is born where emotion and movement meet.)
Helena Sturm, Choreographer© Saskia Allers

The artist

In focus.

Helena Sturm has established herself internationally as a choreographer, dance dramaturg, and stage performer. Born in Augsburg, she received her diploma in Ballet, Contemporary Dance and Jazz Dance from the Iwanson International School of Contemporary Dance in 2015 and completed her studies in Theatre, Film and Media Studies at the University of Vienna in 2022.

As a choreographer, Ms. Sturm has created work for stage, musical theatre, and a range of interdisciplinary contexts. Her recent projects include Die Verwandlung for Staatstheater Augsburg and Theater Winterthur, directed by André Bücker, as well as Spamalot at Staatstheater Augsburg, directed by Anna Weber. Further choreographic work includes Mia bella Signorina at MuTh Wien, as well as independent works presented at Tanzart and Tanzart II.

Alongside her own choreographic work, Ms. Sturm has gained extensive experience as an assistant choreographer, with engagements at Landestheater Linz and Staatstheater Augsburg, among others, on opera, operetta, and musical theatre productions including La Traviata, Die lustige Witwe, Der Graf von Luxemburg, Kiss Me, Kate!, Evita, Jekyll & Hyde, Cabaret, and Der Mann von La Mancha. She has further worked as an Assistant Director at festivals such as the Lehár Festival Bad Ischl, and her background as a dancer, musical performer and stunt woman includes engagements at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Bayerische Staatsoper, Theater Heidelberg, Theater Münster, Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz, Oper Köln, Bregenzer Festspiele, and the Bayreuth Festival.

From 2023 to 2026, Ms. Sturm served as Director of Dramaturgy for Ballett Dortmund and NRW Juniorballett, where she worked on the staging and dramaturgy of productions featuring works by artists including Xin Peng Wang, Nadav Zelner, Tess Voelker, Jiří Kylián, David Dawson, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Edward Clug, Alexander Ekman, Marco Goecke, and others. She now continues her collaboration with Theater Dortmund as a guest dramaturg.

A central focus of Ms. Sturm’s work lies in the dialogue between choreography and dramaturgy. Her artistic practice as a dancer, musical performer and stunt woman combines movement-based creation, dramaturgical analysis, and a deep understanding of production processes across opera, ballet, musical theatre, and interdisciplinary stage work.

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In the rehearsal room

A life on stage.

Staatstheater Augsburg / SpamalotHelena Sturm in rehearsalPhoto: © Nikolaos Doede
Working with the dance ensemblePhoto: © Nikolaos Doede
Movement in the makingPhoto: © Nikolaos Doede
Rehearsing togetherPhoto: © Nikolaos Doede
A moment of exchangePhoto: © Nikolaos Doede
Spamalot (2026) – Ballett AugsburgSpamalot (2026) – Ballet AugsburgPhoto: © Nikolaos Doede
Spamalot (2026) – King Arthur and PatsySpamalot (2026) – King Arthur, PatsyPhoto: © Nikolaos Doede
Spamalot (2026) – Lady of the Lake, Patsy, Musical Ensemble, Ballet, Opera ChoirSpamalot (2026) – Lady of the Lake, Patsy, musical ensemble, ballet, opera choirPhoto: © Jan-Pieter Fuhr
Die Verwandlung (2026) – Der KäferDie Verwandlung (2026)Photo: © Jan-Pieter Fuhr

Selected press

Critical voices, in perspective.

Reviews and perspectives on Helena Sturm’s work from the international press.

Iris Steiner (MUSICAL TODAY)01

Helena Sturm choreografiert die zahlreichen Tanznummern abwechslungsreich und voller Witz.

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Silvia E. Loske (Musical Reviews)02

Bei den Massenszenen mit voller Bühne auf allen Ebenen zeigt sich das Können von Choreographin Helena Sturm, diese große Menge an Darstellenden, Tänzern, Chor und Statisten in synchrone Bewegung zu bringen.

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Frank Guevera Pérez (musicalzentrale)03

Diesem visuellen Spaß gibt sich die Choreografie von Helena Sturm mit sichtbarer Lust hin. Das Ballett Augsburg wirbelt mit einer enormen Bandbreite über die Bühne und hat sämtliche geforderten Stile parat. Ob präzise Stepp-Einlagen, raumgreifende Shownummern, das herrlich absurde Tanzen im roten Ganzkörper-Pferdeensemble oder das synchrone Spiel als Wellen im See – die Truppe transportiert die launige Stimmung des Abends fehlerfrei ins Publikum und beweist ein fantastisches Gespür für das rhythmische Timing dieser Artus-Saga-Parodie.

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Claudia S. (Bühnenlichter)04

Ebenso vielfältig sind die Choreografien (von Helena Sturm), hier gibt es u.a. Jazz-, Step- und große Show-Elemente und auch die ein oder andere Kampfzene gibt es zu sehen. Die Choreografien wirken beeindruckend und kraftvoll, nicht zuletzt dank des großen Ensembles und passend zum Stück oft auch überzogen und witzig.

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Kaspar Sannemann (Der Opernfreund)05

Endlich möchte man ausrufen, endlich eine Uraufführung einer Oper, die man nicht bloß als „interessant“ bezeichnet und dann schnell wieder vergisst. [...] Als Kopf des Käfers Gregor agierte die Tänzerin und Choreographin Helena Sturm. Mit wunderbarer Geschmeidigkeit führte sie das Insekt an, zeichnete auch für die einfallsreichen Choreografien anderer Szenen verantwortlich.

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Franziska Stürz (BR Klassik)06

Ein Sängerquartett verleiht dem Käfer in dieser neuen Oper auch eine Stimme und bewegt sich angeführt von der Tänzerin und Choreographin Helena Sturm als omnipräsentes Fantasy-Wesen vielbeinig und faszinierend durch den Raum in der genialen Ausstattung von Kostümbildnerin Aleksandra Kica.

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From the agency journal

Beyond the profile.

Recent Kanttila Management posts featuring Helena Sturm.

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•Movement is something you take out of the ground•

As our choreographer @helena_m_r_sturm prepares for another performance with Staatstheater Augsburg, she sat down to give us insight into the process behind Die Verwandlung. How do you bring five people together to embody a giant beetle, and what can singers and dancers gain from collaboration? Die Verwandlung Music - Gordon Kampe Libretto - Philipp Löhle Director - André Bücker Gregor Samsa - Helena Sturm, Rusnė Tušlaitė, Cláudia Pereira, Nicolas Julius Stegmann, Titouan Sevic For tickets and more information, visit @staatstheater_augsburg 🪲

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✨ Kanttila Management is delighted to welcome Helena Sturm as the first choreographer to join our agency roster!

Following our expansion to include conductors and stage directors in 2024, we are now taking another step forward with the representation of choreographers and dancers. Helena is an internationally active choreographer, dance dramaturg, dancer and stage performer whose work spans ballet, opera, musical theatre and interdisciplinary performance. From 2023 to 2026, she served as Director of Dramaturgy for Ballett Dortmund and the NRW Juniorballett, and she continues her collaboration with Theater Dortmund as a guest dramaturg. Her recent choreographic projects include Spamalot at Staatstheater Augsburg, which premiered in June, and she is already hard at work preparing her next project: the world premiere of Die Verwandlung for Staatstheater Augsburg and Theater Winterthur, directed by Augsburg Intendant André Bücker. We are very pleased to begin this new chapter together. ✨ Welcome to the team, Helena! ✨ 📸 Credits: Photos 1 & 2: Jeannette Nickel @jeannettenickelphotography Photos 3 & 4: Nikolaos Doede @nikolaoscristdoedephotography

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Helena Sturm · Choreographer

At a Glance

Helena Sturm is a choreographer and dance dramaturg whose work spans opera, ballet and musical theatre. Her practice brings together choreographic creation and dramaturgy, informed by her own stage experience as a dancer, musical performer and stuntwoman.

Her recent choreography includes Die Verwandlung for Staatstheater Augsburg and Theater Winterthur, directed by André Bücker, and Spamalot at Staatstheater Augsburg, directed by Anna Weber. From 2023 to 2026, Ms. Sturm was Director of Dramaturgy for Ballett Dortmund and NRW Juniorballett, and continues her association with the Theater Dortmund as a guest dramaturg.

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