Wolfgang Pannek

The German author, director, performer, producer, and editor, Wolfgang Pannek started his career in Bremen. In 1992, after the Brazilian choreographer Maura Baiocchi, he moved to São Paulo, where he works since then, together with Baiocchi, as director of Taanteatro Companhia. Pannek directed major Taanteatro stage productions and created and coordinated international projects among which Butoh and Research Theatre Festival (1995), Artaud 100 Anos (1996), The Conquest (1996/96), Mazola-Brazil Cultural Exchange (2005), Hans-Thies Lehmann Brazil Tour (2010), Artaud Occupation (2016), Deleuze Occupation (2017), Antonin Artaud’s The Theatre and the Plague (2020), APOKÁLYPSIS (2021), and Ecoperformance Expedition (2022). Since 2021, Pannek has been the production director of the International Ecoperformance Filmfestival. Alongside Baiocchi, He co-authored several books about taanteatro. Pannek also acted in series and movies produced by HBO Brazil, TV Globo, and Amazon Prime. He holds an MA in philosophy, psychology and literature by FernUniversität Hagen, Germany.

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