Choreographer · Dancer

Deborah Colker

Theater director, writer, choreographer, dancer

Born 1960 · Rio de JaneiroBrazil
Deborah Colker
Image: Mídia promocional do programa Estúdio Móvel, TV Brasil. Remix de Olimor. · CC BY 3.0 br · Wikimedia Commons

Deborah Colker is a Brazilian choreographer and dancer, born in 1960 in Rio de Janeiro.

Biography

she also produced and choreographed the opera El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego at the New York Metropolitan Opera during the 2025-26 season.

May 230, 2026

Deborah Colker (born December 6, 1960, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian writer, theater director, dancer and choreographer. She was an awardee of the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance. Colker was also the movement director and choreographer of the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

From the Wikipedia article “Deborah Colker”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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