Peter Pleyer studied at the European Dance Development Centre (EDDC) in Arnhem before working with Yoshiko Chuma and Mark Tompkins as a dancer and choreographic assistant. He has lived in Berlin since 2000. From 2007 to 2014 he was artistic director of Tanztage Berlin. He is teaching internationally and works as choreographer and performer, dramaturge and coach. Since the beginning of Body IQ he is teaching contact improvisation, fake healing and other body-art-practices.