Annemie Vanackere Explained

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

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 .

Vanackere is a member of the advisory board of the .[10]

Publications

As editor

Films

As co-producer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stefan Kirschner . Sonntagsspaziergang: Annemie Vanackere ist die Frau mit den großen Plänen . morgenpost.de . 23 September 2018 . 15 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Christine Wahl . Theater und Bühne in Berlin: Porträt der neuen HAU-Chefin Annemie Vanackere . tip-berlin.de . 30 October 2012 . 15 June 2021 .
  3. Web site: Kristin Oswald . Führung in der Kulturmanagement-Praxis: Vom Menschen aus Denken Teil II . kulturmanagement.net . KM Kulturmanagement Network . 23 April 2018. 15 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Lexikon: Vanackere, Annemie . nachtkritik.de . 15 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Anke Dürr . "Hebbel am Ufer" wiedereröffnet: Müde könnt ihr später sein! . spiegel.de . 31 October 2012 . 15 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Dirk Pilz . Interview mit Hau-Chefin Annemie Vanackere: Ich habe einen anderen Stil . fr.de – Frankfurter Rundschau . 21 June 2012. 15 June 2021.
  7. Web site: Annemie Vanackere verlängert Vertrag am Berliner HAU . berlin.de . Land Berlin . 14 December 2015. 15 June 2021.
  8. Web site: Simone Kaempf . Berlin: Annemie Vanackere verlängert am HAU . nachtkritik.de . 16 March 2021. 15 June 2021.
  9. https://www.hebbel-am-ufer.de/fileadmin/user_upload/HAU_Hebbel_am_Ufer_Annemie_Vanackere_bleibt_Intendantin_bis_2025.pdf Presseerklärung des HAU
  10. Web site: Stiftung – Beirat: Annemie Vanackere . einsteinfoundation.de . 15 June 2021.