Hanne Wandtke

Hanne Wandtke (born 19 November 1939 in Dresden) is a contemporary dancer and choreographer.

[1][2] In 2000, she was awarded the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony.

[4][5] Due to her use of improvisation, which could be used to address controversial subject matter, she was put under observation by the Stasi, along with other members of the performance art group Autoperforationsartisten.

[6] She began performing with the group in the mid 1980s, although she is rarely mentioned in literature on Autoperforationsartisten, due to her prominent position at the Palucca School.

[6] In the late 1990s, she co-founded the artists' collective and music/art space blauFABRIK.