Acting and Grafics for the Theaterhaus Mitte production of "Missing", text by Franz Kafka, directed by Arno Kleinofen.
Acting in the 7 episodes of the Theater series, "Lilien Salon", directed by Philip Brehse, Open Space, Berlin.

Live performance of "653 Days" with Philip Brehse and Martin Reckhaus, Alchemical Theater, N.Y.C, in Berlin at the International Congress of Performance Art, produced by Galery So To Do, Berlin in cooperation with Open Space. Acting in "The Story of Oily Fossil", directed by Ahmed Shah, Living Newspaper, performed mostly in Berlin`s alternative art spaces and squats.

Acting in the Open Space Theater production "Mania Thebaia", a Trilogie of the antic Tragedies of "Antigone", "Bakchen", "Die Stadt soll zahlen", directed by Philip Brehse and Arno Kleinofen toured in several Berlin Theaters and art spaces, squats and Street performances.

Acting and Costume design for the Living Theatre production of "Humanity", text by Walter Hasenclever, directed by Martin Reckhaus and Elena Jandova at the Living Theatre on 3rd street, New York, USA.

Cultural Management

upcoming Events: 13-28.10 2007 Curator of the Open Space Festival of Free Arts, Fasslagerhaller in der alten Königsstadt, Prenzlauerberg, Berlin
Exhibition, Performance, Theater, Video, Film and music of 36 international artists and groups, (Non Grata, (Performance and Painting) Estonia, The Living Theatre,,N.Y.C. (Film) Kunstberg, Switzerland (Music and Video).
09.11.2007 Curator of the Open Space exhibition in the group show "Das war`s" Otto Nagel Galeie,Berlin.

Production of the latest Open Space Theater Play, "Buffo", directed by Philip Brehse, Premier: Hoch und Tief Festival of Performance and Dance, Schillerpalais, 48 hours Neukölln Art Festival, June 2007.
Curator of the Performunion Exhibition "Gefühlte Wirklichkeiten II" at the Diverse Universe III Festival /Non Grata, Art Container, Tallinn, Estonia.

Production of the Open Space Theater Play, "Gefühlte Wirklichkeiten I", a collective creation of young writers and actors, directed by Philip Brehse
Premier: Open Space, Performance at Hebbel Theater, January 2007

Artistic director and Cofounder of the Open Space, Adalbertstr.32, Berlin, a cultural center working with the concept of "artists presenting artists", which became a platform of international artists and political activists, to strengthen anarchic subculture in Berlin and beyond.
Open Space organized and hosted many cultural and political events in it´s own space and in outer space, until we closed on the 31st.of December 2006, because of reactionary political moves and harassments by Berlins city authorities.
Foundation of Open Space Art Consult Office, Nov 2006, for the cultural management of the activities of Open Space of associated artists and the Performance Group Perormunion Open Space.
The office also supports the networking in Berlin and worldwide between alternative Art spaces, political and social Minorities and Groups to enlarge the public space for cultural activities and communication in a commercialised society
Curation of "Backlash Diverse Universe" Photo exhibition of Performance Art in Cooperation with Non Grata featuring the work of Ahto Meri (Estonia), Nicholas D. Vargelis, (Greece.) and others.

Artistic Director of the Kunst und Aktionsraum Schillerpalais e.V.
Curation of the ongoing Program of Schillerpalais which contained the exhibitions of international artists in a monthly turnus ant the conception and organisation of the Art Festivals "nachtundnebel" 2004 und 2005, "Schiller trifft Einstein", Juni/Juli 2005, in Berlin, Neukölln, "Kunstnacht im Kindlboulevard", "Non Grata, die Kunst der Unsichtbaren","Goldene Zeiten", "Werkschau 05" (selection)

Cooperation with Gallery SoToDo and hosting their 9.th and 10th International Congress of Performance Art in Open Space.
Cultural Management of Theaterhaus mitte, Consulter of Theaterbüro Berlin for the free Theater under the artistic directorial of Dr. Antje Budde.
Organisation of the theater forum "Profis &Profile", building a production center for the free Theater with a stage, Consulting office, Costume design workshop, rehearsal spaces and technic. Artistic andorganisational cooperations with Schloss Bröllin, Mime Centrum Berlin, Gennadi Bogdanov, Achim Freyer.

Artistic director and curator of the Group show of international artists "Magic Garden" in Löwenpalais, Stiftung Starke in Berlin.

Michael Steger has his own silversmith workshop, atelier in Adalbertstr. 32 just next to the former cultural center Open Space where he creates exclusive jewellery for private clients, designs Light objects for Berlin Clubs and Cafes (Cafe Stadler) in cooperation with the young Designer Tom de Pascalis, extraordinary accessoirs for fashion designers (latest showings in the Vivienne Westwood`s "best of" defilee 2005 and 2003), does sometimes restaurational works in metal for Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbestitz.
His collection of jewellery and silver was rarely shown in Galerie Heidenreich, Schillerpalais, Löwenpalais Stiftung Starke, Berlin, Galerie Handwerk, München.
He also loves to teach workshops in the alchemical universe of crafts of gold and silversmithing to an interested audience.

Assistant in the Living Theatre Workshop during the Malta Festival in cooperation with Philip Brehse.

Assistant in Philip Brehse´s Theater workshop, based on Antonin Artaud with young Theater students in Tartu, Estonia, in cooperation with Kalef Kudu during the Diverse Universe Festival I in Cooperation with Akademia Non Grata

Tought the Theater workshop "Vision & Voices" for Kana Theater, Stettin, Poland, in the 4th International Theater festival in cooperation with Schloss Bröllin, working with hearing and speech impaired actors and young Theaterstudents

Education

In the recent years, Michael Steger improves his artistic skills in an ongoing autodidactic process (learning by doing) combined by the advice of his teachers which is since many years his artistic partner Philip Brehse (Theater, Biomechanik), and others like Imre Thormann (Butoh, 2007), Gennadi Bogdanov, Mime Centrum Berlin (Biomechanik/ Meyerholds, 2001-2003, presentation at the Staatsoper unter den Linden and at Theaterhaus Mitte).
While working for official cultural Institutions like Theaterhaus Mitte and Kunst und Aktionsraum Schillerpalais, he also has taken courses in cultural management, fundraising, project management, PR, with Dr. Antje Budde and Barbara Müller, organized by Förderband e.V, Berlin in 2003-2005.

Finished studies as an Bachelor Arts and Crafts in Silver Smithing at the Staatliche Fachschule für Glas und Schmuck, Neugablonz, Bavaria

Studied Theater in praxis while working for the Living Theatre in New York and on Tour in Europe.
Education in lighting design while the Living Theatrer tour in Europe with "Rules of civilities" with Michael Smith.
Studied Acting diverse Acting techniques in the workshops with The Living Theatre, taught by Judith Malina and the Company.
Stage Debut in N.Y.C. in the Living Theatre´s production of "Humanity", by Walter Hasenclever, directed by Martin Reckhaus and Elena Jandova.
Acting in "Funeral Parlour", directed by Philip Brehse, produced by the Alchemical Theater in Cooperation with the Living Theatre.
Costume design for "Humanity" and "Waste", directed by Judith Malina.

Civil service at Clemens Högg-Haus, Hospital for the Psychologically Disturbed, Augsburg.

Early studies in drawing and painting and art history, taught by the Artists George and Florina Coulin, Augsburg.