Tina Marschner

Tina works across contemporary dance, performance and performing arts production. Tina studied contemporary dance, choreography and dance pedagogy at Tanz-Zentrale Leipzig and SOZO visions in Motion in Kassel. Previous training includes the dance programme at Leipziger Tanztheater, alongside a bachelor's degree in Romance Studies from Leipzig University. Tina's artistic collaborations include projects with Oded Graf, Yossi Berg, Aurora Magri, Safet Mistele, Deborah Smith-Wicke, Narendra Patil and Bettina Helmrich. In 2026, Tina performed in Faultline, a solo choreographed by Aurora Magri, and in 2025 appeared in Last Spring at Staatstheater Kassel. Tina's artistic practice also extends to interdisciplinary and improvisational projects combining dance and live music. Alongside performing, Tina has worked in performing arts production since 2020, collaborating with various artistic organisations and festivals across Germany. In the 2026/2027 season, Tina Marschner joins En–Knap Group as a guest dancer.

* Tina prefers to be referred to by name rather than by pronouns.

Why dance – for yourself? Personal reasons. 

To connect to my body, myself.

Why dance at all? General reasons.

To play, connect, feel and transform.

Why dance – dance in the name of? Transformative reasons.

To express what exists beyond language.

Did you find dance or did dance find you? 

My mother motivated me to dance when I was 12 and then I never stopped.

If you weren’t dancing, what would you be doing?

I honestly don’t know what would take the same amount of space in my life.

Dancing by yourself or dancing together? 

Together.

Dancing on your own or dancing in public?

Both.

A dance move you love?

The silly walks.

A dance piece you would watch on repeat? 

I recently saw a circus/dance perfromance called „bleu electrique“ by Cirque Pardi, that I could watch again ten times.

A dance track you would listen to on repeat?

At the moment it would be Frazey Ford I guess.

Why En–Knap?

The phsyicality and multidisciplinarity caught me.

Did you find En–Knap or did En–Knap find you?

I got to know it through a friend.

If you were not in En–Knap, what would you be doing? 

I would most probably do an internship in Brazil.