MECHTILD TELLMANN
MANAGEMENT
Born in 1968 in Dinklage (Oldenburg). She lives and works as a free lance cultural manager in Cologne. Since May 2008 she is repsonsable for the management of the network die.idee // bewegt sich // artist Network.
She studied history and geography at the Cologne University until 1995. Her first jobs in the cultural field was at the “Senftöpfchen Theater”, Cologne, as a collaborater at the WDR for Public Relations and as a free lance assistance for different production companies and theatre directors.
In 1999 she graduated her cultural management studies at the VWA, Cologne. From 1998 – 2007 she was executive producer of the Terbrüggen Show-Produktion. Next to this, she worked as a manager for various comedy and cabaret artists and musicians. Since Autumn 2007: PR for Kultcrossing, Cologne. In 2008 she founded her own agency, based on cultural management, press and PR work.
Alexandra Dederichs
Dramaturgy
Studied in Arnhem at the European Dance Developement Center. Since 1998 she works internationally as a choreographer and dramaturg (a. o. for the company Les petis poissons / Samir Akika, IP tanz / Ilona Pásthy, silke:z.resistdance.). Her own porductions are a. o.: 3 x Sue (nominated for the Cologne Dance-Theatre Award), Daily Dances (Tanzhaus NRW).
She recieved the choreographers grant 2005 from the Kunststiftung NRW, for an internship at the Schauspielhaus Frankfurt with Wanda Golonka. She was curator of the series TANZKONKRET from 2004 – 2005. In 2005 she founded, together with S.E. Struck, the performance group SEE!
Silke Z.
Dramaturgy
Born in 1970, lives and works als a freel alnce choreigrpaher in Cologne, She studied dance and skiing at the German Sport University in Cologne. She graduated in Arnhem and Düssledorf from the European Dance Development Center (EDDC) and was guest student at the Moving On Center - School for Participatory Arts and Research in San Francisco. She danced in various companies, such as Jess Curtis (USA) and Eszter Gál (Budapest/Hungary). Silke Z. is co-founder of resistdance., Studio 11 and die.idee//artist network.
She received the 2001 choreographer grant from the Kunststiftung NRW. Her productions were rewarded several times, a.o: Cologne Dance Award 1999 for FRACTURED and the Theaterzwang Förderpreis (2000 and 2004) for FRACTURED and LOOK. She was artistic director and curator of the series TANZKONKRET in Cologne.
From 2005 until 2007 she worked on the project “MUTPROBEN (the dare project)”, followed by überMut and machtMut, nominated for the Clogne Dance Award 2008.
