Antonia Zagel was born in 1984 in Southern Germany and received her dance education in Essen and Rotterdam. After graduation she worked with Jacopo Godani and Robin Orlyn in Rome and with Felix Landerer and Commedia Futura in Hannover. She then danced for two seasons at the Staatstheater Braunschweig under the direction of Jan Pusch. In 2012 she moved to the Oldenburg State Theater, where she worked with choreographers such as Guy Weizmann and Roni Haver, Ann van den Broek, Koen Augustijnen, Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar. Since 2015 Antonia Zagel lives in Berlin.