Nicky Vanoppen (Deutsche Oper Berlin/Creon) is from Antwerp, Belgium, where he studied at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp. After working with Joachim Schlömmer at Theater Basel (2000-2001) and Martin Stiefermann at Staatstheater Oldenburg (2001-2003), he moved to Berlin and worked with Livia Patrizi, Bernard Baumgarten, Efrat Stempler, MS Schrittmacher, Antje Rose, Marco Santi and Phase7 performing arts. He performs regularly at Deutsche Oper Berlin and specializes in modern technique and experimental work. With Renato Zanella, he worked in a production of Berlioz’s “The Trojans.”