Terence Kohler was born in Sydney, Australia. Upon completing his studies at The McDonald College, in 2002 Terence received a scholarship from the Tanzstiftung Birgit Keil to study at the Akademie des Tanzes in Mannheim, Germany. In 2004, Terence was engaged as both a dancer and resident choreographer at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Alongside creating new full-length and one-act ballets he performed in choreographies from William Forsythe, Hans van Manen, Jorma Uotinen, Philip Taylor, Christian Spuck, Peter Wright, Renato Zanella and as the role of Mercutio in the German premiere of Kenneth MacMillan’s “Romeo and Juliet”. In 2007 Terence was awarded the German Dance Prize “Future” for choreography and in 2009 he was nominated for the prestigious Prix Benois de la Danse in Moscow. Beyond his engagement a ‘Choreographer in Residence’ at the Bavarian State Ballet and participating in the National Ballet of China’s first ever Choreographic Workshop, Terence has created new works for the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Finnish National Ballet, West Australian Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet and the Ballett am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg. Terence is currently the Director of the International Summer School initiative in Sydney, Australia and teaches internationally both classical ballet and mindfulness dance.