Annemie Vanackere (born 1966 in

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It is the capital and large ...

) is a Belgian festival curator and theatre director. Since 2012, she has been the artistic director and managing director of the

Hebbel am Ufer The Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) is a theater and international performance center based in Berlin. It was founded by combining three theaters in Kreuzberg, Berlin: Hebbel Theater (now called HAU1), Theater am Halleschen Ufer (theater at Hallesches Ufer) ...

Theatre in Berlin.

Life

Vanackere studied

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and

cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ...

for one year in Leuven and philosophy in Leuven and Paris. where she also attended seminars by Jacques Derrida at the

Sorbonne Sorbonne may refer to: * Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities. *the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970) *one of its components or linked institution, ...

. She worked as a production manager before taking over as artistic director of the Nieuwpoorttheater in

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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. 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 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. In 2020, Vanackere was one of the initiators of the . Vanackere is a member of the advisory board of the .

Publications

As editor * with Sarah Reimann: ''Utopie und Feminismus'', series HKW – 100 Jahre Gegenwart Band 008. , 2018, .

Films

As co-producer * 2019 ''

The Great Pretender "The Great Pretender" is a popular song recorded by The Platters, with Tony Williams on lead vocals, and released as a single in November 1955. The words and music were written by Buck Ram, the Platters' manager and producer who was a successfu ...

'', director: Zachary Oberzan (US)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanackere, Annemie Belgian curators Belgian women curators Belgian women theatre directors Belgian theatre directors 21st-century Belgian writers 21st-century Belgian women writers 1966 births Living people People from Kortrijk