Tiger Kirchharz

Tiger Kirchharz
Tiger Kirchharz
Born	Diana Kirchharz 7 January 1985 Munich, Germany
Residence	Munich
Nationality	German
Citizenship	German
Occupation	Dancer, Choreographer and Actress.
Home town	Munich

Tiger Kirchharz (real name Diana Kirchharz, born January 7, 1985 in Munich, Germany) is a dancer, choreographer and actress.

Biography

Tiger started dancing at the age of four years. Her father "baptized" the third of his daughters Tiger after she fell in love with cartoonist Janosch´s Tigerente - and only responded when she has been called Tiger.^[1] In addition to ballet classes, she started at the age of 6 years with Hip-hop and Latin dances. In 1999, she began to teach and established two years later her own Dance Company. After her graduation she studied dance at Jessica Iwanson at the Academy for contemporary dance and expanded her ballet, modern, and jazz skills at the Iwanson school. 2009 Tiger built a show called MTV in order to participate at European and World Championships.^[2][3]

Tiger is also active as a choreographer (Winter potato dumplings, 1½ Knights - In search of the ravishing Herzelinde), judge at dance competitions (IDO, TAF, Danish Championship 2013), film actress and model. She is the only European show dancer who starred in Hollywood films like Step Up Revolution (2012) and Step Up: All In (2014).^[4][5]

Championships

• 45 times German Champion in Hip-Hop, Latin dance, Ballroom dance und Discodance, 45 times German Vicechampion
• 2012 World Champion^[6] and World Vicechampion^[7] Production Show
• 2009 World Champion^[8] and European Champion^[9] in Production Show
• 2008 European Champion in Hip-Hop Formation^[10]
• 2008 European Champion in Hip-Hop Small Group^[11]
• 2006 Finals in Casting show Dancestar, VIVA Germany starring Detlef Soost^[12]
• 1999 Winner in Latin dance Hessen tanzt

TV Shows

• 2016 Deutschland tanzt, ProSieben TV Show – Nils Brunkhorst^[13][14]
• 2015 Menschen 2015, ZDF – Robin Schulz
• 2015 MTV EMA’S – Pharrell Williams – Milan, Italy.^[15]
• 2015 Isle of MTV - Omi - Malta
• 2013 MTV EMA’S – Icona Pop – Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2012 MTV EMA’S – Psy / Rita Ora / Pitbull – Frankfurt, Germany
• 2012 BRIT Awards – Rihanna – London^[16]
• 2010 Choreography/dancer in RTL TV Show Nur die Liebe zählt – Munich, Germany
• 2009 MTV EMA’S – Shakira – Berlin, Germany.^[16]
• 2007 MTV EMA’S – will.i.am / Avril Lavigne – Munich, Germany
• 1995 Leading actress in short film „Paolo“ – Marcus O. Rosenmüller – Greece

Movie

Dance and Actress

• 2016 Willkommen bei den Hartmanns^[17]
• 2016 Verrückt nach Fixi^[18]
• 2014 Step Up: All In
• 2012 Step Up: Revolution
• 1995 Short movie „Paolo“ – Marcus O. Rosenmüller – Greece

Choreography

• 2016 Willkommen bei den Hartmanns^[17]
• 2016 Zwei Tänzer für Isolde^[19]
• Winterkartoffelknödel
• 1½ Ritter – Auf der Suche nach der hinreißenden Herzelinde

Awards

• TAF Award 2013, The Actiondance Federation (TAF)^[20]
• 2007 Gold-DVD for „Dance like a Popstar“-DVD^[21]

External links

• Tiger Kirchharz at the Internet Movie Database
• Photobook
• MOG Dance Center by Tiger Kirchharz

References

1. Münchnerin Tiger rockt Hollywood. tz (German).
2. Interview mit Tiger Kirchharz von „Step Up: Miami Heat“, BRAVO WebTV (German).
3. Tiger Kirchharz – Deutsche Tänzerin in STEP UP: MIAMI HEAT 3D, APA (German).
4. Tiger Kirchharz, Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
5. Münchnerin spielt im Film Step up − Miami Heat mit – Tiger schmust mit Hollywood, BILD, August 24, 2012 (German)
6. Results – IDO European HipHop, Electric Boogie and Break dance Championships 2012, International Dance Organization (IDO).
7. Results – IDO World HipHop-, Electric Boogie and Break dance Championships 2012, International Dance Organization (IDO).
8. Results – IDO World HipHop-, Electric Boogie and Break dance Championships 2009, International Dance Organization (IDO).
9. European Championship 2009, International Dance Organization (IDO).
10. Results – IDO European Streetdance Championships 2008, Toxic, International Dance Organization (IDO).
11. Results – IDO European Streetdance Championships 2008, Bubblegum, International Dance Organization (IDO).
12. Dancestar 2006.
13. Zimbio
14. OnStageMedia
15. Dancer performance with Pharrell Williams on stage, Getty Images, 2015 MTV EMA’S.
16. Traumjob: Profi-Taenzerin, (german) Maedchen, 20/2012.
17. Cast, IMDb. Abgerufen am 15. Oktober 2016.
18. Verrückt nach Fixi Premiere, getty images. Abgerufen am 10. Oktober 2016.
19. Zwei Tänzer für Isolde, die film GmbH.
20. The TAF AWARD 2013 goes to „Tiger“ from Munich, The Actiondance Federation, Germany.
21. Gold for "Dance like a Popstar"-DVD, ProSiebenSat.1 Media SevenVentures.