The American choreographer aims to give contemporary dance a new face by collaborating with artists from a wide variety of disciplines. Richard was granted a Bessie Award and the German Theatre Prize Der Faust for his innovative projects. He has worked for the Ballet National de Marseille, the Gothenburg Danskompani, the Bavarian State Ballet and is artist in residence at the Muffatwerk Munich. In 2016 he founded "Richard Siegal / Ballet of Difference", an alternative to institutionalized contemporary ballet. The company is based at Schauspiel Köln/Tanz Köln as from the beginning of the 2019/20 season.