KAI STRATHMANN
composer || choreograph

Interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of
electronic composition, choreography and audiovisual creation.


My artistic path began in the street dance scene, where extensive training in Hip Hop and Popping, deepened in Los Angeles, and international collaborations with music artists and major brands shaped my early creative language. I later completed my Bachelor in Contemporary Dance and a Master in Choreography at Folkwang UdK. During this period, I spent five formative years as a guest dancer with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. Alongside, I created my own dance and music works and, in 2025, completed another Master in Music in Integrative Composition at ICEM Folkwang UdK, with distinction.


Since 2019, I have been working as a composer and artistic assistant with YIBU, where I regularly create interdisciplinary works that connect dance, sound, video & spatial concepts. My choreographic and compositional pieces have been presented at Tanzmesse NRW, MOVE Festival, First & Further Steps, PACT Zollverein, Theater Lüneburg and Teatros del Canal.


In addition to numerous international teaching assignments, including Beijing Dance Academy, Cloud Move China, The HipDrop Sweden, SDK Brno and Asters Studio Greece, I regularly lead intensive workshops in Germany. In my practice, I combine deep movement knowledge with a strong musical and compositional understanding, shaped by choreographic thinking, technical precision and a distinct aesthetic sensibility.