Lukas Wiedmer

Biography

Lukas Wiedmer was born in Bern in 1995 and grew up in an artistic family. Fascinated by the dance productions at Theater Basel under the direction of Richard Wherlock, Wiedmer made friends with the Basler Balletensemble during his studies as an event technician and began to supervise his own dance projects with lighting and sound technology. Wiedmer worked on light designs for pieces by young choreographers such as Frank Fannar Pedersen or Jorge Garcia Pérez, which could be seen on various Swiss stages, not least at Theater Basel. Since the end of 2018 Wiedmer and his assistant Philip Hertig have been a permanent member of the production team of American choreographer Bryan Arias and Spanish choreographer Alba Carbonell Castillo. Together with Bryan Arias he realized the premiere of Your first Memory at the Landestheater Eisenach in April 2019.