Stefan Żeromski

Stefan received his dance education at the State Ballet in Poznań, Poland. Upon graduation he joined the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw where he became a soloist one year later. The same year he was awarded the Leon Wójcikowski Prize for the best young dancer. Stefan then joined the Ballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin where he danced as a soloist and worked with choreographers such as Roland Petit, Maurice Béjart, Lucinda Childs and others.

Later he became a principal dancer with the Nederlands Dans Theater, a company where he participated in creating many original works by choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, and Ohad Naharin among others. He has also participated in many television recordings of NDT repertoire, such as Bella Figura, Petite Mort, Wings of Wax. Stefan now teaches at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague and stages works by Kylián and Lightfoot/León around the world.