Annett Paschke, born in 1979, studied dance education at the Palucca School in Dresden, Dance at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen and at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. The focus of her artistic interest lies in the creative tension between dance, theater, pedagogy and improvisation. She has been the artistical director of the dance theater “ellaH” since 2003.
She staged “Ein Meer weiter” in 2005; “Legoleben” in 2006; “Bücklingsfilet” in 2008 and the coproduction “Kategorie F_29” in 2009, in cooperation with Matthias Spaniel and the free theater nordlichten, among others at the Neuen Theater Halle, LOT Braunschweig. Furthermore, she performed teaching activities at the Palucca Schule Dresden – Hochschule für Tanz (2004/2005) and for the Movimentos-Festspiele in Wolfsburg.
She is active as a free choregrapher and educator on different projects, which bring together people from the most diverse social and cultural backgrounds, professions and age structures, among others also at the Oper Leipzig and the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.