Annemie Vanackere (born 1966 in

Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; or ''Kortrik''; ), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of We ...

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

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Theatre in Berlin.

Life

Vanackere studied

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and

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for one year in

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and philosophy in Leuven and Paris. where she also attended seminars by

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at the Sorbonne. 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

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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 three times during her directorship and the latest renewal will keep her to 2028 at HAU. 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 ''

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'', director: Zachary Oberzan (US)

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