Sergiu Matiș will be present in the #8 edition of eXplore dance festival with the performance ‘Keep it Real’ and a Coaching Project in the Meet the Next Generation programme.

Sergiu Matiș was born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, studied dance at Liceul de Coregrafie in his hometown (1991-2000) and then at Akademie des Tanzes Mannheim as a scholarship- holder of the Tanzstiftung Birgit Keil. Starts his professional career at Tanztheater Nürnberg where amongst others he worked with Daniela Kurz, Stijn Celis, Jo Strømgren, Catherine Guerin, Rodolfo Leoni, Russell Maliphant, Lionel Hoche, Jo Kanamori, Rui Horta, Javier de Frutos, Andre Gingras, Jorma Elo. Workshops: William Nadylam (Peter Brook Company), Duccio Bellugi- Vannuccini (Theatre du Solei), Compagnie Alias- Geneva, Julien Hamilton, Susan Klein, Jeremy Nelson, Joao Fiadeiro. Since 2008 living and working in Berlin with Colette Sadler-Stammer Productions, Yossi Berg, Oded Graf, Philip Bergmann, Daniel Kok and joined the Company Sasha Waltz & Guests for several productions. Own creations: Human Nature, Landing, Three Doors.Search, 89.Grenzenlos, Ploaie de vara, 5 short pieces for Tanzkunst at Neues Museum Nürnberg, Ending-dong, doom room, Duet.