christoph levermann
contemporary puppetry - Directing - performing
profile
Christoph Levermann grew up in Berlin. He gained his first theater experience at the Weite Theater Berlin. After a year of acting lessons with Christiane Kupfer, he studied at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin from 2009 to 2013 in the department of contemporary puppetry. Graduation: Diploma.
In addition to appearances in film and television (including Cartoon Network), various guest engagements have taken him to the Magdeburg Puppet Theater, Cologne Theater, Oldenburg State Theater, Bonn Theater, Klagenfurt City Theater, Chemnitz Theater, Theater der Jungen Welt Leipzig, Meiningen State Theater, Theater des Lachens Frankfurt Oder, as well as to the State Opera, the Concert Hall, and the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin.
Between 2017 and 2019 he traveled to Cape Town, South Africa several times; where he worked as a teacher and learner at the ZIP ZAP Circus Academy and as an artistic assistant in independent theater productions. In 2024, he spent another stay in Johannesburg, where he performed as a guest at the "Centre for the Less Good Idea" directed by William Kentridge and Bronwyn Lace as part of a cooperation with the Dresden State Art Collection.
At the Academy of Arts "Ernst Busch" Berlin he is among others engaged as a guest lecturer in scene studies for various puppet forms.
He has a long-standing collaboration with the Theater Junge Generation Dresden. From 2014 to 2017 he was a permanent member of the puppeteer ensemble there; since the 22/23 season he has been working as a director at the TJG in a permanent position.
With the start of the 25/26 season he will once again be working as a freelancer.
Training
Training and Education at the University of Dramatic Arts "Ernst Busch" Berlin; Department for Contemporary Puppetry:
Contemporary Puppetry – Prof. Markus Joss
Animation: (Czech school) - Prof. Hartmut Lorenz
Drama (by Berthold Brecht, Konstantin Stanislawski) - Prof. Horst Hawemann
Speech Training– Anna Strittmatter, Margret Wübbolt, Prof. Christina Laabs
Masque/ Mime (by Jaques Lecoq) – Andrea Kilian
Aikido (by Watanabe Sensei) – Prof. Martin Gruber (6.Dan)
Acrobatics - Jutta Burger
Yoga/ Kinetics - Vera Schlenker
Theatrical Biomechanikc (by Wsewolod Meyerhold) – Gennadij Bogdanov
Contemporary Clown – Angela de Castro
Improvisation - Prof. Hans-Jochen Menzel
Puppet Manipulation- Regina Menzel
Dramaturgy / Theater History: Jörg Lehmann, Holger Kuhla
Dramaturgy for Puppetry (Czech school) - Prof. Hartmut Lorenz
Aesthetics - Jarl Kremeier
Puppet construction– Ingo Mewes, Karin Tiefensee, Magdalena Roth
Prosody - Kerstin Hensel
Vocal Training: Prof. Hans Friedrich Ihme, Frank Becker
Body & Voice Training - Prof. Christina Laabs
Other Courses:
Archery & Fence - Tilo Mandel
Beat Box Workshop: Sebastian Fuchs
Microphone-/ Synchronization Workshop: Andrea Aust
Clown Workshop: Jayne Batzofin (Clowns without Borders)
Body & Voice Workshop - Theodoros Terzopoulos
Classical Dance - Suzann Bolick
Tap Dance - Jutta Burger
Digital Animation - Thurit Antonia Kremer
Racism and cultural practice - Josephine Apraku and Dr. Jule Bönkost IDB Institute for Non-discriminatory Education)
