Hanne Wandtke (born 19 November 1939 in
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
) is a contemporary dancer and choreographer. She was director of the
Palucca School of Dance, Dresden.
In 2000, she was awarded the
Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony
The Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony (german: Sächsischer Verdienstorden) is a civil order of merit, and the highest award of the German state of Saxony. First presented in 1997, it is awarded by the Minister-President of Saxony. The ...
. In 2004, she was awarded the
City of Dresden Art Prize.
Life
From 1954 to 1960, she studied at the
Palucca School of Dance, Dresden. From 1960 to 1962, she danced at the
Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar
The (DNT) is a German theatre and musical organisation based in Weimar. It is a twin institution, consisting of the theatrical (German National Theatre, now solely based in Weimar) and the symphony orchestra known as the . It has a total of ...
.
From 1962 to 1966, she danced at the ballet of the
Dresden State Opera. Due to her use of improvisation, which could be used to address controversial subject matter, she was put under observation by the
Stasi, along with other members of the performance art group Autoperforationsartisten.
She began performing with the group in the mid 1980s, although she is rarely mentioned in literature on Autoperforationsartisten, due to her prominent position at the Palucca School.
In the late 1990s, she co-founded the artists' collective and music/art space blauFABRIK.
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1939 births
People from Dresden
German ballerinas
20th-century German dancers
Living people
Dancers from Saxony
Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony
20th-century German women