Ian Kaler studied Transmedial Art at University for Applied Arts Vienna. Ian's artistic practise combines dance, performance and visual art. In 2010 Ian graduated from the BA Pilotprogramm "Contemporary Dance, Context, Choreography" at Inter-University Center for Dance, University of the Arts Berlin. In 2010 Ian started working on a longterm creative and physical practice, "Insignificant Others". The first raw explorations of the practice with audience in "Untitled Stills" in 2010/11 were followed up by the premiere of "(learning to look sideways)" at Tanzquartier Vienna in December 2011. "Insignificant Others" (learning to look sideways) was presented in 2012 at Tanztage in Sophiensaele Berlin, at Rencontres Choreographiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis, at ImPulsTanz Vienna and Tanznacht Berlin. Currently Ian is working on a new series "On Orientations – the first etape", "On Orientations | one place after" was presented in Uferstudios / Tanzfabrik Berlin in February 2013. "On Orientations | Untimely Encounters" was premiered in May 2013. The current project "Contingencies" permiered in 2014 in Berlin and in a new version with another cast at ImPulsTanz in Wien. As performer Ian Kaler worked a.o. with Philipp Gehmacher, Isabelle Schad and Laurent Chétouane.