Anke Politz

Anke Politz grew up in Saxony-Anhalt and came to Berlin in 1996 to study. For several years she worked as a cultural manager for various musicians until she found her professional home at Chamäleon Theater in 2004. Starting as head of the marketing and PR department, she took over as director in 2007 and as artistic director in 2011, and has since served as shareholder and artistic director of the non-profit structure. She is 2nd chair of the Federal Association of Contemporary Circus and particularly active in the field of cultural policy work and structural promotion of circus arts. As co-leader of the international working group MICC "The Utopians", she founded a mentoring program for circus artists in 2021, which focuses on expanding equal access towards more representation and diversity. With Chameleon, she is the producer behind contemporary circus formats such as the piece Raven by the Berlin-based company still hungry and the piece Julieta by Mexican clown Gabriela Muñoz. As a stage, co-production partner or residency venue, the Chameleon sets sustainable impulses to strengthen artistic creation in contemporary circus and connect it close to society. In 2020, Anke Politz was awarded the stage hero prize of the Aktionsbündnis Darstellende Künste.