About me
Niko Ilias König was born into a family of artists in Vienna, 1986. His mother a violinist, his father a double bass player and his grandmother an ex-dancer and renowned dance teacher. It was his grandmother, Helene Caratzas, who first guided Niko into the dance world by giving him his first ballet class at the Vienna Conservatory (today's private university MUK). As well as studying at The Vienna Conservatory, Niko also simultaneously attended the Viennese Ballet Gymnasium.
His first employment came in 2003 when he was asked to perform with the Vienna State Opera. He later went on to work with Theater Vorpommern and soon after with; Landestheater Coburg, Landestheater Hof, Staatstheater Cottbus and Landestheater Flensburg as a soloist dancer.
Throughout his career he was fortunate to work with renowned choreographers such as; Nils Christe, Ralf Dörnen, Dan Peleg, Mark McClain, John Neumeier, Mark Spradling, Maya M. Carroll, Renato Zanella, Tara Yipp, Lode Devos, Lars Scheibner, Adrianna Mortelliti, Undine Werchau, Uwe Scholz and more.
During 2010-2016, he began to explore his own creative language when he choreographed multiple short dance pieces as part of the 'Young Choreographers's evenings', with Landestheater Coburg and Staatstheater Cottbus.
Since 2018 he works as an international freelance choreographer. His completed works are below;
Point of Departure 2017
Staatstheater Cottbus
Duration: 9 minutes
Music: Johan Sebastian Bach- Cello Suite
Incognito 2018
Rabbitlab Festival, Athens & Staatstheater Cottbus
Duration: 20 minutes
Music: Amon Tobin, Max Richter, Nicolas Jaar
Refraction 2018
Landestheater Coburg
Duration: 30 minutes
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Olafur Arnalds
Tombeau 2019
International Haydn Festival, Austria & National Theater Thessaloniki
Duration: 6 minutes
Music: Tombeau.Digital, Tibor Nemeth ArtD
Dreams 2019
Staatstheater Cottbus
Duration: 5 minutes
Music: Richard Wagner- "Traüme- Wesendonck Lieder"
Arena 2019
Theater Roes, Keramikos, Athens, Greece
Duration: 30 minutes
Music: Olafur Arnalds, George Baldovin, Fenia Christou, Richard Wagner