Gesa Linnéa Hocke
Born in Wuppertal, she got to know the theatre world of the Wuppertal stages and Pina Bausch as a child actress. During her studies of theatre studies and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin, she worked as a production manager for Deutsche Welle, ARD and ZDF, among others. For over 10 years she has been realising and supervising productions in NRW as assistant director, stage manager and production manager in the fields of drama, opera, dance, dance film, jazz and literature, working together with the Wuppertaler Bühnen, Kultur Ruhr, TANZRAUSCHEN e.V., INSEL e.V., Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch and Kulturbüro Wuppertal, among others. As project manager for the Pina Bausch Foundation, Hocke has been responsible for the transfer of Pina Bausch's works to other companies since 2019. For the regional cultural programme and the NRW KULTURsekretariat, she organised their anniversaries in 2022 and 2024 and supervised a rehearsal process for the 2023 German Dance Award ceremony.