Annemie Vanackere (born 1966 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian festival curator and theatre director.[1] Since 2012, she has been the artistic director and managing director of the Hebbel am Ufer Theatre in Berlin.[2]
Life
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Vanackere studied theatre and cinema for one year in Leuven and philosophy in Leuven and Paris.[3] where she also attended seminars by Jacques Derrida at the Sorbonne.[4] She worked as a production manager before taking over as artistic director of the Nieuwpoorttheater in Ghent in 1993. From 1995 to 2011, she was employed at the Rotterdamse Schouwburg, since 2001 as artistic co-director as well as director of the Productiehuis Rotterdam, which is affiliated to the Schouwburg.[5] Until 2011, Vanackere was artistic director of the international theatre, dance and performance festival in Rotterdam, "De Internationale Keuze van de Rotterdamse Schouwburg", which she co-founded in 2001.
In February 2012, Vanackere moved to Berlin[6] and took over as artistic director and managing director of the Theater Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) there in September. Her contract was extended twice during her directorship and is currently limited until the end of August 2025.[7][8][9] In 2020, Vanackere was one of the initiators of the Initiative GG 5.3 Weltoffenheit.
Vanackere is a member of the advisory board of the Einstein Stiftung Berlin.[10]
Publications
editAs editor
- with Sarah Reimann: Utopie und Feminismus, series HKW – 100 Jahre Gegenwart Band 008. Matthes & Seitz Berlin, 2018, ISBN 978-3-95757-414-5.
Films
editAs co-producer
- 2019 The Great Pretender, director: Zachary Oberzan (US)
References
edit- ^ Stefan Kirschner (23 September 2018). "Sonntagsspaziergang: Annemie Vanackere ist die Frau mit den großen Plänen". morgenpost.de. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Christine Wahl (30 October 2012). "Theater und Bühne in Berlin: Porträt der neuen HAU-Chefin Annemie Vanackere". tip-berlin.de. Retrieved 15 June 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Kristin Oswald (23 April 2018). "Führung in der Kulturmanagement-Praxis: Vom Menschen aus Denken Teil II". kulturmanagement.net. KM Kulturmanagement Network. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Lexikon: Vanackere, Annemie". nachtkritik.de. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Anke Dürr (31 October 2012). ""Hebbel am Ufer" wiedereröffnet: Müde könnt ihr später sein!". spiegel.de. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Dirk Pilz (21 June 2012). "Interview mit Hau-Chefin Annemie Vanackere: Ich habe einen anderen Stil". fr.de – Frankfurter Rundschau. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Annemie Vanackere verlängert Vertrag am Berliner HAU". berlin.de. Land Berlin. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Simone Kaempf (16 March 2021). "Berlin: Annemie Vanackere verlängert am HAU". nachtkritik.de. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ Presseerklärung des HAU, hebbel-am-ufer.de, 16 March 2021, retrieved 15 June 2021
- ^ "Stiftung – Beirat: Annemie Vanackere". einsteinfoundation.de. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
External links
edit- Literature by and about Annemie Vanackere in the German National Library catalogue
- Annemie Vanackere at IMDb
