Annegret Gertz

studied at the Theatre Academy «Hans Otto» Leipzig under Rolf Rohmer and Rudolf Münz, earning a Master's degree in Theatre Studies and Dance Studies in 1998. Professional practitioner’s experiences include positions at the Metropoltheater Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Musikalische Komödie and Oper Leipzig, Leipziger Ballett (in dramaturgy, lighting department, Regie assistance, and interpretation during the rehearsal process). Eventually, worked as a production assistant for the gala «100 Jahre Metropoltheater», organized by Maria Mallé without a budget one year after the theatre's closure in 1998 at the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt. In 2000, engaged at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden as the assistant to the ballet direction, and from 2004, as the dramaturg of the Staatsballett Berlin.

Since 2023, she has been responsible for the «Ballett in Berlin» digital cultural heritage project—including the development of a database and serving as dramaturge and editor for the digital «spaces of memory». / the online exhibition. Since 2021, also engaged in editorial work for a book publication on the ballet heritage of Spain. Since 2009, regular collaboration with stage director and choreographer Giorgio Madia, including on his original concept for the annual Berlin «Parieté-Gala» (an inclusive theatre project running since 2015) in its current form. Publication of essays and articles on the topics of theatricality and dance.