Born and raised in a rural area in the middle of Germany and having lived in and seen different places afterwards have inspired him to address social issues with his art. His choreographic language is direct and focuses on the intention behind movement. Within that he repeatedly concentrates on the emotional development of the characters he creates. Thematically, his choreographies are dedicated to interpersonal relationships and social taboos. His movement repertoire draws on exaggerated gestures and impulsive movements. He is fascinated by the magical moment of the coexistence of comedy and tragedy – truthfulness of human vulnerability.
BIOGRAPHY
Chris Jäger is a choreographer and dancer based in Berlin. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main and subsequently performed with internationally acclaimed companies such as Punchdrunk in Shanghai, Inbal Pinto & Avshallom Pollak in Tel Aviv, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Helena Waldmann, and Kirill Serebrennikow at Thalia Theater Hamburg.
His choreographies have been presented at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Landesbühnen Sachsen in Radebeul, Neuköllner Oper Berlin, Theater Heilbronn, and Stadttheater Gießen, as well as at independent venues including LOT-Theater Braunschweig, ROXY Ulm, Eisfabrik Hannover, and Uferstudios Berlin. His works have also toured internationally, appearing at festivals such as Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, TANZ!Heilbronn, HAUT_SCENE Festival Copenhagen, and the Zawirowania Choreographic Competition in Warsaw.
Recent highlights include MIDNIGHT SWINGING (2023) at Landesbühnen Sachsen, MOBB (2024/25), a mobile classroom solo at Theater der jungen Welt Leipzig for which the dancer was nominated for the Faust Award 2025, and KING ARTHUR (2025/26), a cross-genre production of Hessisches Staatsballett and Staatstheater Wiesbaden, uniting dance, drama, opera, and orchestra.
Chris was invited as a resident artist to Seoul Dance Center in 2019 by the Seoul Foundation of Arts and Culture. Beyond the stage, his choreography has been featured in German film and television productions such as Babylon Berlin and Rote Sterne überm Feld, as well as in Hollywood films including The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, TÁR, and John Wick: Chapter 4.