Dance / Music / Art Productions
1994
Aus Leidenschaft, Thomas Marek and Trio with Patrick Bebelaar, Bernd Settelmeyer and Kurt Holzkämper
1996
New Thing, Thomas Marek & Octet
1997
Tap & Bass, Duo with bass player Kurt Holzkämper
1999
Funked Up, Tap Dance Company, Hamburg
2003
Bebelaar & Marek, Duo with pianist Patrick Bebelaar.
2005
about_tap vol. no.1, Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf
2006
about_tap vol. no. 2, Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded by Hamburger Kulturbehörde and Fonds Darstellende Künste
2009
ORCHESTRA – expansions & dimensions, Kampnagel Hamburg; funded by Hamburger Kulturbehörde and Fonds Darstellende Künste
2011
Thomas Marek & Band, Überjazz Festival, Hamburg with Lorenz Boesche, Markus Voigt, Oliver Karstens, Stefan Dahm
2012
DRAMA – love songs & other jazz, Kampnagel Hamburg; funded by Hamburger Kulturbehörde and Fonds Darstellende Künste
2015
NOLA, Kampnagel Hamburg; funded by Hamburger Kulturbehörde
2017
Tap & Bass BEATS, Internationale Jazz Tage Stuttgart
2019
Thomas Marek Quartet, Hamburg, mit Matthäus Winnitzki (piano), Tilman Oberbeck (bass), Stefan Dahm (drums)
2021
Public Parks - an audiovisual performance and sound installation, with Kurt Holzkämper. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Engagements
1994
Dancer with the American Tap Dance Orchestra, directed by Brenda Bufalino, NYC. Performance with the American Tap Dance Orchestra & Gregory Hines in Gainesville, Florida
1995
US-Tour with the American Tap Dance Orchestra
1996
Choreography and artistic direction of the tap dance performance ARD Sportler des Jahres 1996
1997
Engagement as Al Lewis in Neil Simons play Sonny Boys, Scala Theater Ludwigsburg
1998
Funk Attitude (Artistic direction: Leela Petronio), Paris
2002
Engagement as Jack Romano in the theatrical adaptation of Jim Jarmuschs Down By Law, Scala Theater Ludwigsburg
Teaching & Festivals
- New York City Tap Festival, NYC
- Steps On Broadway, NYC
- Broadway Dance Center, NYC
- Woodpeckers, NYC
- Tel Aviv Tap Festival
- Internationale Tanztage Wien
- University Of Washington, Seattle
- Professional Tap Training, Spain
- Tap Ahead Festivals, Düsseldorf,
- Deer Valley International Music Festival, Taiwan
Photography
1997 until today
Freelance photographer
2005
Exhibition at Tanzhaus NRW and MLP, München
2006
Photographic documentation „about_tap vol no 2“ at Kampnagel Hamburg. Supported by Kulturbehörde Hamburg
2007
Canon Professional Photo Award (2. Place Fashion Photography “Fashion Victims”
2008
Interview & Feature for Calumet Magazin
2012
Guest Teacher at the University of Washington, Seattle. Photography & Art Departement
2021
Public Parks - an audiovisual performance and sound installation, with Kurt Holzkämper. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Clients
- Lufthansa Magazin
- Metaplan
- Gruner&Jahr, Brigitte
- Jazz Thing Magazin
- Ludwig Drums
- Herr von Eden, Fashion
- Beats, Drum School
- Kampnagel Theater, Hamburg
- Theapolis (ehemals Theaterjobs)
- Stage Club Hamburg
- Theatersommer im Clussgarten
- University of Washington, Seattle
- Dance und theater companies
- Actors, dancers and artists
- many happy wedding couples
+ more
Press Reviews
Certainly not a mere and pale copy of Fred Astaire: the Ludwigsburg native develops this American dance form further. Loose, light and witty, musical through and through – this is how Thomas Marek presents himself.
Hans Kumpf, Jazzpodium
Tap dance without elitist clichés, a new generation of this art form finds with Marek one of its most sophisticated representatives.
Martin Wein, Wilhelmshavener Zeitung
… celebrated with breathtaking precision … Everything that has ever been jazz or is today sparkles.
Frankfurter Neue Presse
Thomas Marek reveals a new dimension of tap dancing.
Ludwigsburger Zeitung
Thomas Marek is not only a fantastically precise technician, but also an expressive dancer who “tells stories” with his body.
Allgemeine Zeitung, Mainz
Anyone who used to think that world-class tap dancers only came from the USA was completely mistaken during the program in Stuttgart’s Liederhalle. He surpassed everything you have ever seen from tap dancers.
Stuttgarter Wochenblatt