Lisa Rykena

Lisa Rykena lives in Hamburg. She works as a dancer, choreographer, and instructor for organizations including the Christoph Winkler Company in Berlin, and, together with her duet partner Carolin Jüngst, produces her own choreographic works in Hamburg and Munich under the name RykenaJüngst. The duo’s latest work, STRIPPING BOLERO (2025), which premiered at Kampnagel Hamburg, was invited to the IMPULSE Festival 2026 in North Rhine-Westphalia. Lisa conducts research and works on eroticism in dance (stripping, burlesque), world-building in dance (imagination, transformation), and aesthetic accessibility.