Resume

ANNETTE GELLER RESUME

Annette Geller Regisseurin
Annette Geller
  • Born in Munich
  • Children: *Johannes Geller (2000), *Samuel Geller (2006)
  • 1985-87 Musical training in Munich
  • 1994 Magister Artium (Theater, Musicology, Psychology) at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Aspects of the Theater Concept in Mauricio Kagel’s “Staatstheater”), followed by studies in dramaturgy
  • Workshops include Hans Joachim Schaefer (Dramaturgy), Christian Zehnder (Overtone Singing), Jamil Ahmed (Indian Theater), Bruno Stori (Children’s and Youth Theater), Roland Lillie (Cultural Management), Keith Johnstone (Improvisation), Eva Gruner (Choreography), Malcolm Manning (UK/FI – Improvisation/Composition), Ori Flomin (IL/US – Dance and Memory), Bosmat Nossan (IL – Gaga/Dancers) and many more // Further training in Accessibility, Diversity, Audience Development, Sustainability, Relaxed Performance
  • Certified Event Manager according to Muster Venue Ordinance (MVStättVO)
  • 2021 & 2024 Research Grants from the Performing Arts Fund + City of Munich

ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • 1990-95 Editor at C.H. Beck Verlag Munich
  • 1992-95 Directing/Assistant work at Münchener Volkstheater, Marstall Munich, and Städtische Bühnen Regensburg, as well as at the Salzburg Festival
  • Since 1997 to present: Freelance organizational work at Munich festivals: Münchener BIENNALE for New Music Theater (www.muenchener-biennale.de), Theaterfestival SPIELART Munich (www.spielart.org), and DANCE Munich (www.dance-muenchen.de) as Production Manager (and since 2012 part-time employed at Spielmotor München e.V. – Public-Private Partnership between the City of Munich and BMW) in the event sector
  • 2/2004 to 9/2005 Temporary full-time position at Deutsches Museum: Contributing to program design for the Children’s Kingdom
  • 12/2007-7/2008 Operations office of the event company fmDrive (HOCHTIEF) at BMW WELT Munich (freelance)
  • Organization of a symposium in October 2008 within the framework of the redesign of funding guidelines by the Cultural Department of the City of Munich
  • 2012-2015 Coordination: Global City-Local City / EU Project
  • 2014 Organization of the symposium: Christian Wolff 80 at the Pinakothek der Moderne
  • 2014-24 Artistic production management of participatory projects at Münchener Biennale for New Music Theater in collaboration with the Munich Adult Education Center

ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES

  • 1990/92 Actress in television films (“Pyjamaparty” by Stefan Wood (ZDF-Kleines Fernsehspiel), “Der gute Kurt” by Thomas Bahmann (SWF)) 
  • 1994 Director of the radio piece “Familie Angst” by Hans Turner / Sound: Ernst Ströer (SWF)
  • 1994 Assistant director at the Salzburg Festival: Oedipus Rex/Psalms Symphony by Igor Stravinsky (Directed by Peter Sellars)
  • Forum for Young Theater Professionals within the Berliner Theatertreffen
  • International Directors’ Seminar (ASSITEJ_Children’s and Youth Theater)
  • 1995-1997 Assistant director and director at Thalia Theater Halle
  • Collaboration (Direction, Text Adaptation) with Theater Kunstdünger 2009-2015 (theaterkunstduenger.de) e.g., “Ophelias Schattentheater” invited to the Panoptikum Festival 2014 (Nuremberg) and 2015 invited to the ASSITEJ World Congress (Seoul)
  • Director of amateur theater groups Xplus1 (2003-2020) and Heidekraut (2024/5)
  • Since 1997, freelance director for young audiences at various venues including Opernhaus Halle, Theater im Zentrum Stuttgart, Staatstheater Kassel, Freilichtspiele Schwäbisch Hall, Akademietheater Munich, Black Box Gasteig Munich, Einstein Kultur Munich, HochX Theater and Live Art Munich, PATHOS Theater Munich
  • 2003 Founded MOM-MenschObjektMusik: Projects for Young Audiences (www.MOM-theater.de) with funding from Stadtsparkasse München, JugendKulturWerk Munich, Cultural Department + Department of Labor and Economic Development of the City of Munich, Performing Arts Fund, Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, European Social Fund, and others

PEDAGOGICAL ACTIVITIES

  • 2001-20 Instructor at the Munich Adult Education Center: Theater Department
  • Since 2002 Theater and music workshops for children (e.g., Deutsches Museum Munich: Kinderreich, Gasteig Cultural Center)
  • September 2005/6 Theater education project of the EU with unaccompanied minor refugees at FestSpielHaus Munich (limited term)
  • 2007 Instructor for Theater Studies within the Studium Generale program at the Adult Education Center
  • 2010 Coordination and pedagogical responsibility for the educational program AMAZONAS – Goethe Institute Lisbon/BIENNALE 2010
  • 2012/13 Culture Clouds at Balthasar-Neumann-Realschule Munich (Full-day class 7c – Final performance at the Rampenlichter Festival 2013), MIXED UP Finalist 2015, MIXED UP Award 2017, BKM Award 2018
  • 2013 Workshop for the Bavarian Amateur Theater Association (Simbach/Inn)
  • 2017/8 Theater playing offer at the CARITAS day care center Die Stiege
  • Since 2017 Workshops at KUBU Children and Youth Center
  • 2019 Model project “IF YOU DON’T KNOW” (Dance Theater) by Spielen in der Stadt e.V. in cooperation with the NS Documentation Center and voluntarily participating students from two Munich schools