Nilüfer Kemper

Nilüfer Kemper was born in Turkey and grew up in the Ruhr region. She studied psychology and theater at the Ruhr University in Bochum. From 1985 to 1993 she was a freelance actress and performance artist in various constellations. At the same time she studied psychology and theater studies at the Ruhr-University Bochum. Since 1993 she has been a freelance cultural manager and producer in the independent performing arts and has supervised numerous stage productions, festivals and cultural projects in NRW. Among others, she was managing director of Theater im Depot Dortmund 1999-2006, project manager at the Institute for Art and Material Culture at the Technical University of Dortmund 2009-2012, managing director of the NRW theater festival FAVORITEN 2012-2019 and managing director of the Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Tanz NRW 2012-2021. She is co-founder and spokeswoman of .dott - the dance and theater network Dortmund - and chairwoman of the board of the NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste.