Tanja is a freelance lighting designer and lighting supervisor. She was born and resides in Germany. In 1999, she began her theatrical engineering apprenticeship at Frankfurt Opera House. After completion of the apprenticeship with distinction, Tanja joined Ballet Frankfurt under the artistic direction of William Forsythe in 2002 as Assistant to the Lighting Supervisor. She was then appointed Lighting Supervisor with the newly founded Forsythe Company in 2005. In 2006, she completed her master of theatrical engineering majoring in lighting. Since 2007 Tanja has been acting as the company’s lighting designer, mostly in cooperation with her mentor and her colleague in the company’s lighting department. Being a member of Forsythe Productions, Tanja acts as technical and design consultant, collaborating with ballet and dance companies in matters of Forsythe license works. Since 2014 she is working as a full-time freelance lighting designer, collaborating with choreographers, companies and artists around the globe. As a designer, she is also still working with William Forsythe on his new works and on recreations of his existing repertoire.
DesignedIN-BETWEEN | Dancers of the Semperoper Ballett at the International Choreographic Contest, Berlin 2015 IN-BETWEEN | Ballet Dortmund 2016–2019Websitehttp://www.tanjaruehl.com
