Florian Lochner trained at Ballettschule Malsam in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, and the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim, where he was the recipient of the Birgit Keil Dance Foundation scholarship. He earned his master’s degree in the performing arts and joined Gauthier Dance Company in Stuttgart in 2011. Florian joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2015, and in the Fall of 2017 was named a Choreographic Fellow, founding FLOCK that same year alongside Alice Klock. He has choreographed work for a wide range of companies including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Loyola University, Visceral Dance Chicago and more.