Tobias Piero Dohm is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of contemporary juggling, dance, installation, and visual arts. His performances unfold ephemeral landscapes and subtle traces, shaped from natural materials — above all sand — where movement, environment, and matter merge into a sensual experience of time and presence. His works open spaces of resonance that invite the audience to become explorers, experiencing time beyond a linear sequence as a dynamic structure full of surprises.

ARTISTIC PRACTICE

“I’m interested in exploring the expressive potential of bodies, objects and spaces in interaction with materialities. For me space is not just an architecture but a lived experience — and material a bearer of time.
My work often begins in a state of stillness, flow, or disintegration—where bodies and objects become mirrors of tension and release.
Juggling and movement is not an act of control for me, but a way to find freedom in the body — connecting brain hemispheres, intuition, and presence. A rhythm that guides my body through space.
I work in the in-between — between human, nature, and time; between material, perception, and transformation; with the (in)visible — a knowledge that lives within the body.”

WORKS

Solo
Performative compositions combining spatial intervention, material research, and a movement-object based language – physical and distinctive, with a strong sense of recognizability.

Ensemble
Member of the Katakomben Collective – Center for Performing Arts.
Performer & Co-creator with the ensemble Critical Mess (directed by Stefan Sing).
Ongoing collaborations, artistic exchanges, and laboratories.

Teaching & Exchange
Workshops focusing on movement, objects, and materials.
Supporting artistic processes—through exploration, reflection, and dialogue.

EDUCATION

Artistic training
École de Cirque Baltazar (Montpellier)
Zentrum für Bewegte Kunst (Berlin)
Masterclasses (a.o. Stockholm University of the Arts) · Workshops/Laboratories · Performances and pedagogical projects across Europe and internationally (incl. Senegal, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, New Zealand)

Academic studies
M.Ed. in Physical and Motor Development, Sports Science, and Educational Science
Studies in Geography (University of Cologne & German Sport University)

And: life itself.

RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
Chamäleon Berlin · PACT Zollverein · schloss bröllin e.V. · Le Château de Monthelon · Cirko Helsinki · Goethe-Institut · Fonds Darstellende Künste · Landesverband Freie Darstellende Künste NRW · Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt · Nationales Performance Netz