From 1983 till 2023
Professor Niels „Storm“ Robitzky
Birthday: 31.07.1969
Dance-styles: Breaking, Locking, Popping
Choreographies Dancetheatre
- 11-1992 „Jam on the groove“ Rhythm Technicians and Rock Steady Crew/ New York:– im Kollektiv
- 06-1996 „Total Confusion“ Total Confusion/ Amsterdam:– collektive work
- 02-1997 „Dynamite“- Storm and Jazzy Project/ Berlin- Niels Robitzky
- 02-1998 „Funky town“- Storm and Jazzy Project/ Berlin- Niels Robitzky
- 04-1998 „Le Festin“ Volcan/ Le Havre- Niels Robitzky
- 01-1999 Men @ work / Kane& Storm/ Bobigny –Niels Robitzky & Karl Libanus
- 04-1999 „Le Festin pendent la peste“ Volcan/ Le Havre- Niels Robitzky
- 04-2000 „Socraff aidjem“ Goethe Institut / Abidjan- collective work
- 05-2000 „Exposeyoself“ Opening Expo 2000/ Hannover-Niels Robitzky
- 12-2001 „Solo 4 two“ Cité Danse/ Suresness- Niels Robitzky
- 09-2001 „Ta Limpo“ Discipulos Do Ritmo -Goethe Institut/ Sao Paolo- Niels Robitzky
- 04-2001 „Drap dans le gbaka“ Goethe Instutut / Abidjan- Niels Robitzky
- 08-2002 „Slippin and slidin“ a dance colective / Blanc Mesnil – collective work
- 11-2003 „The art of urban dance“ a dance collective / Amsterdam- collective work
- 01-2006 „Virtuelevation“ Cité Danse / Suresnes- Niels Robitzky
- 03-2006 „Geometronomics“ Discipulos do ritmo/ Paris- Niels Robitzky
- 06-2006 „FIFA worldcup opening 2006″ mit Andrè Heller München- Niels Robitzky
- 01-2007 „Traffic“ Big Toe- Goethe Institut/ Hanoi– Sebastien Ramirez, Niels Robitzky
- 04-2007 „Es war einmal“ Collective HAU Berlin & CND Pantin- Raph. Hillebrand und Niels Robitzky
- 06-2007 „110“ Animatronik Samowar / Bagnolet- Niels Robitzky
- 07-2009 „Storm in classical context“ / Barcelona- Niels Robitzky
- 05-2010 „Schöner Wohnen“ Hip-Hop Akademie Hamburg, Kampnagel/ Hamburg
- 01-2011 „28 yrs in 28mins“ Cité Danse/ Suresnes- Niels Robitzky
- 03-2014 „Dialogic Movement“ Dance Forum at Radialsystem/ Berlin- Niels Robitzky, Raph. Hillebrand, Luise Wagner
- 05-2018 „Bauhaus to Playhouse“ FarFor-YO, Goethe Institut/ Moscow-Niels Robitzky
- 05-2019 „Normen, Normen, Normen“ Collektive/ Berlin- Niels Robitzky
- 09-2019 „Perception“ Halim/ Salzburg- Niels Robitzky
- 10-2020 „Back to the roots“ Renegade Tanztheater/ Herne- Niels Robitzky
- 12-2022 „Out of the Box“ Tanzarchiv/ Berlin – Christian „Robozee“ Zacharas, Niels Robitzky
- 08-2022 „Respect“ Freestyle Phanatix / Malmö
Competitions
- 04-1987 Guinnessbook of records- most windmills/ Eckernförde
- 02-1992 „IDO Vice European champion“ Breakdance / Annecy
- 04-1991 „Battle of the year“ Winner with „Battle Squad“- Hannover
- 02-1992 „IDO Worldchampion“ Breakdance / Dresden
- 05-1992 „International Battle of the year“ Winner „Swift and Storm“/ Celle
- 11-1998 „Freestyle Session 3“ Winner with „Flying Tortillas“/ San Diego
TV Hosting and Editing
- 12-1993 bis 12-1995 „Freestyle“ the Hip-Hop Magazine, Host & Editor of 80 episodes/ VIVA Köln
Film
- 04-2004 „Status yo“ role as Gas-station owner Storm, Disco Film/ Berlin
- 05-2010 „Planet Bboy“ documentary, time witness interview/ Washington
- 10-2013 „Dessau Dancers“ choreography, Boogie Film/ Dessau
- 05-2013 „Battle of the Year“ Commentator/ Montpellier
- 03-2020 „Almost Fly“ Choreographer, Warner TV, Berlin
Bookpublications
- 01-2000 „Von Swipe zu Storm“ Breaking in Deutschland, Backspin Verlag/ Hamburg
- 01-2016 „Unpacking Performativity“ Researchprojekt von arTEZ press/ Arnheim- Collektive work
- 10-2018 „WDSF Rulebook“ for Breaking for Olympia/ Lausanne- collective work
- 12-2022 „Oxford Handbook of Hip-Hop dance“ with M. Fogerty u. Imani/ Oxford press- collective work
Adjudication
- 2000-2022 several times Judge at „International Battle of the Year“
- 2001-2022 several times Judge at „International Freestyle Session“/ LA, San Diego, Tokio
- 2005-2015 several times Judge at „Red Bull BC1“ world finals / worldwide
- 2013-2020 several times Judge at „Undisputed“/ worldwide
- 2004 & 2007 Judge at „Dance Delight“/ Tokyo
- 2008, 2010 at „R-16“/ Seoul, Incheon
- 2009-2023 several times Judge at „IBE“/ Heerlen
- 2009, 2014,2015,2017,2018 Judge at „Funkin Styles“/ Düsseldorf, Berlin, Bochum
- 2015-2017 Headjudge at „The Dance“/ Zürich
- 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023 Judge at „Radikal Forze Jam“ / Singapur/ Vietnam
- 2016 und 2017 Judge at „Silverback“/ Philadelphia
- 2018 Headjudge at „Youth Olympics“ / Buenos Aires
Education
- 2001-2023 „Impulstanz“ Festival fpr contemporary dance/ Wien
- 2004 „Footwork Fundamentals“ Tutorial DVD of Breaking/ Berlin
- 2006 „Choreography Basics“ Fundamental tools for choreography, The Place/ London
- 2007, 2012, 2016 „Breaking Convention“ Sadlers Wells/ London,Luxemburg
- 2009 und 2010 „Bolzano Danza“ Summer Dance Festival / Bozen
- 2010, 2011, 2018 „SDK“ Sommer Tanz-Festival/ Brno
- 2011 „Biennale de Venezia“ with Ismael Ivo/ Venedig
- 2012-2019 „Freeze“ festival/ Bangalore
- 2012 „Summer Dance Forever“ festival/ Amsterdam
- 2013-2016 „Project Breakalign“ Recherche über Verletzungsprävention im Breaking mit Nefeli Tsiouti/ London
- 2013, 2014 „The Week“ festival/ Cesanatico
- 2015 till today „Urban Styles“ two year course of „Urban Dance styles“ at A. Bruckner Universität/ Linz
- 2013-2014 „The Week“ festival „/ Cesanatico
- 2015, 2016 „Hyper Week“ festival“/ Catania
- 2015 „H2K“ Dance Festival/ Rio de Janeiro
- 2016, 2017 „Street Style Lab“ Dance Festival/ New York
- 2018 „Catch the Flavor“ festival/ Krakau
Extraordinary accomplishments
- 09-2014 „Threefold“ Architect of Judging System for Breaking/ Berlin
- 09-2018 „Trivium“ Architect of Judging System for Breaking for Youth Olympics 2018 Buenos Aires
- 08-2017 „Gauging“ Research and development of a new Bauhaus Dance Style based on „Toyman und Popping“/ Vienna
- 03-2023 Professor at Anton Bruckner Private University/ Linz