Team

Ben J. Riepe is a choreographer and visual artist as well as artistic director of both Ben J. Riepe Company with its eight-person back-office team and production-related four to ten performers, as well as of the FREIRAUM, which he conceived in 2018 (opening in 2020) as an interdisciplinary, collaborative conceptual and working space for the arts and sciences. Ben works on live productions and (digital) projects in Düsseldorf, nation-wide as well as internationally and has been awarded for his work multiple times .
Ben’s detailed bio with all contexts and artistic focuses can be found here

Izaskun Abrego danced for over two decades in V.A. Wölfl’s company “Neuer Tanz” (New Dance) and toured worldwide with it before she took over the administration at the BJRK in 2012. Since then she has continued to develop and expand the company together with Ben. Since 2020, in addition to her administrative duties, she has also been responsible for the overall coordination of all projects and productions of the BJR team and, with her extensive experience in the production field, provides organizational and coordinating support not only to the company’s project leaders in the various fields of work, but often also to FREIRAUM’s guests.
In addition, Izaskun occasionally appears on stage as a performer herself in Ben’s work, such as in the production CREATURE  (2020).

Artistic Office, Administration and Project Management FREIRAUM
izaskun@benjriepe.com
+49 (0)211 980 77 141

freiraum@benjriepe.com
+49 (0)211 158 155 83

Nassrah-Alexia Denif studied communication and media sciences as well as English and linguistics at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. After graduating (M.A.), she completed a traineeship as PR editor and then took over as head of the press and public relations department at the Heilbronn Theatre. In 2008, she started working at PACT Zollverein in Essen, Choreographisches Zentrum NRW, as head of the communications department for over a decade. In summer 2019, Nassrah took over as Head of Communications and Strategic Management for Ben J. Riepe and the Ben J. Riepe Company, and also serves in these capacities for FREIRAUM, which has been operated by the Ben J. Riepe Company since 2020. Since 2025 she focuses mainly on the communications of the company. Nassrah works as communications lead for Impulse Festival as well since 2025 and regularly gives workshops and lectures on PR and communication topics in the cultural sector, e.g. for the Goethe-Institut or the tanzmesse nrw. Together with Ben, she conceived the “School of Experience”, first implemented in 2021, a mediation format by and for students from various faculties and universities in NRW.

Communication
nassrah@benjriepe.com
+49 (0)211 980 77 141

Annegret Debitz – Assistance Project Management Ben J. Riepe Company
produktion@benjriepe.com

Darwin Diaz – Assistance Project Management FREIRAUM
freiraum@benjriepe.com

Lisa Carolin Schubert – Social Media and Assistance Online Editorial

Simon Olk – Assistance Administration