Nik Haffner (born 1969 in Aachen) creates stage-, film- and installatin projects as a dancer and choreographer, frequently in cooperation with other artists, such as Christina Ciupke and Thomas McManus. He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt as well as at the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. Between 1994 an 2000 he was dancer with William Forsythe’s Ballet Frankfurt. At that time he also worked fort he development and publication of the Forsythe CD-Rom Improvisation Technologies. As a guest teacher he presently works at PARTS Brüssel, the Laban Centre London and the Ohio State University. Since 2008 he teaches at HZT – Hochschulübergreifenden Zentrum Tanz  Berlin.