Dominik Schiefner
Born in Dresden in 1979, he studied acting from 2000 to 2004 at the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig. In 2004, he was selected as one of 16 acting graduates from German-speaking countries for the master class “actors class,” where he received camera-specific training, including with M.K. Lewis (USA). He also received training in piano and conducting and completed vocal training at the Heinrich Schütz Conservatory in Dresden. From 2004 to 2007, he worked at Schauspiel Zittau as an actor and musical director.
Since then, he has worked freelance and has been involved in more than 50 productions, including at Schauspiel Leipzig, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Theater Bonn and Bonn Opera, Volkstheater Rostock, the Bavarian State Theatre, Schaubühne Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, and Staatsschauspiel Dresden. He also works continuously in film and television as well as on various radio and audio drama productions.
From 2009 to 2015, Dominik Schiefner was a lecturer at the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig and at Alanus University in Alfter. In 2015, he was appointed professor by the rector of Alanus University. Since 2016, he has been the elected head of department and a member of the Senate; from 2018 to 2021 and again since 2025, he has served as Vice Dean, and from 2021 to 2025 as Dean of the Performing Arts Department. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Alanus Foundation. Since 2024, he has been Vice President of Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences.
He is co-founder and artistic director of the “Academy of Applied Acting Bonn“. Through numerous training and continuing education programs, he has acquired broad methodological expertise and therefore also works regularly as a coach, trainer, and mediator. Since 2021, he has been a juror for the Handelsblatt Rhetoric Check DAX30/40.
Since 2010, Dominik Schiefner has also worked regularly as a director. His productions include “Ash-Grey Iridescent” (a devised piece / Theater Bonn), “Peepshow” (invited to the KALTSTART PRO 2014 festival), the open-air musical theatre production “The Betrayal,” and a stage adaptation of the book “Somehow Different” with 100 citizens of the city of Greiz.
www.dominik-schiefner.de
Photo: Nils Schwarz
