is a post-doc research associate and junior faculty member at the Institute for Theatre Studies at the Free University of Berlin. His dissertation deals with the philosophy of writing and its impact on postmodern and contemporary choreography. Schwan was trained in directing at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt/Main and studied Protestant theology, Jewish studies, and philosophy in Heidelberg, Jerusalem, and Berlin. In his current book project, he is researching theological implications in the works of modernist choreographers.