Carmen Mehnert

Carmen Mehnert was born in Lima, Perú, and holds an MA in Applied Theatre Science from the University of Giessen, Germany. From 1994-1999, she was head of organization at the Internationales Sommertheater Festival Hamburg and from 1999-2000 head of organization and programme collaborator at the Festival Theaterformen of the World Expo in Hannover. Since 2001, she has worked as a freelance dance dramaturge with Sam Louwyck, Lisi Estaras, Einat Tuchman (Les Ballets C. de la B.), Yossi Berg and Oded Graf, Rasmus Ölme, Cristina Moura, and Akram Khan, among others. In 2003, she founded together with Constanza Macras the company “Dorkypark” and has since then been collaborating as a dramaturge in most of her  pieces. From 2006 -2008 she was dance dramaturge at the Tanztheater Ensemble of the Staatstheater Kassel and from 2009-2018 programme director for Performing Arts in Hellerau – European Center for the Arts in Dresden. In 2019, she founded PLAN B – Creative Agency for Performing Arts in Hamburg.