Gerd Leo Kuck
Gerd Leo Kuck (born April 16, 1943 in Wuppertal ) is a German dramaturge , director and general manager .
education
Kuck grew up in Düsseldorf and passed his Abitur there in 1962. He then studied theater studies , German literature and art history at the Universities of Cologne and Freiburg .
Engagements
Kuck's first engagement took him from 1963 to 1966 as assistant director and dramaturge at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe . From 1963 to 1966 he was engaged as a dramaturge at the Städtische Bühne Ulm , worked as a dramaturge and director at the Frankfurt Theater am Turm from 1969 to 1971 and then went to the Staatstheater Kassel , where he was head dramaturge and director from 1972 to 1975 Director acted. From 1975 to 1986 Kuck was engaged at the Vienna Burgtheater . He then went to the State Theater Stuttgart from 1986 to 1992 , where he initially worked as a dramaturge under Ivan Nagel and then advanced to the position of deputy theater director under Jürgen Bosse . From 1992 to 1999 he was the artistic director of the Zurich theater .
From 2001 to 2009 Kuck was general manager of the re-established Wuppertaler Bühnen . In addition, he has been a member of the board of the regional association center of the German stage association since 2005 and was replaced in 2009 by Michael Schmitz-Aufterbeck , general manager from Aachen .
Teaching activities
Kuck taught from 1972 to 1975 at the University of Frankfurt . He has been a lecturer in practical dramaturgy at the University of Vienna since 1979 .
Offices
In January 2007, Kuck was elected speaker of the Standing Conference of Theater Directors in North Rhine-Westphalia , replacing Jens Pesel , General Director of the United City Theaters in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach .
literature
- Peter Exinger: Gerd Leo Kuck . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1047 f.
Web links
- Information from the Wuppertaler Bühnen
- Information from Theater Krefeld
- "She changed the face of dance" , Die Welt , July 5, 2009, Kuck zu Pina Bausch
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Look, Gerd Leo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dramaturge, director and artistic director |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wuppertal |