Bridget Breiner (born 1974) is an American dancer and choreographer. Since 1991, she lives and works mainly in Germany. Breiner was born in Connecticut and brought up in

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, an ...

, where she received her early dance training. At 17, she furthered her dance studies in Munich, Germany, at the

Heinz Bosl Heinz Bosl (21 November 1946 – 12 June 1975) was a German ballet dancer.''Oxford Dictionary of Dance'' (2004) Oxford University Press Bosl was born in Baden-Baden. He studied at the Bavarian State Opera's ballet school based in Munich. After ...

Foundation. Her first engagement was with the Bayerisches Staatsballett before she joined the

Stuttgart Ballet Stuttgart Ballet is a leading German ballet company. Dating back to 1609, then the court ballet of the dukes of Württemberg, the modern company was founded by John Cranko and is known for full-length narrative ballets. The company received the ...

in 1996 and became First Soloist there in 2001. From 2006 to 2008 Breiner was a member of the

Semperoper The Semperoper () is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra). It is also home to the Semperoper Ballett. The building is located on the ...

Ballet. Since 2008, she was artist-in-residence at the Stuttgart Ballet, but she also worked as a freelance choreographer. In the 2012/13 season she became artistic director of ballet at the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen where she created the choreography for the world premiere of '' Charlotte Salomon: Der Tod und die Malerin''. In the 2019/2020 she moved to become ballet director of Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Breiner received the German theatre award Der Faust in 2013 and 2015."Bridget Breiner bringt das Ballett nach vorn"
by Bernd Aulich, '' Ruhr Nachrichten'', 1 June 2016

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