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ANNE-MAREIKE HESS is based in Luxembourg and Berlin and works as a choreographer and performer in the field of contemporary dance. In 2018 she founded the independent structure utopic productions, which receives funding from the Ministry of Culture in Luxembourg since 2020.

Since the beginning of her choreographic career, Anne-Mareike’s works have been presented at numerous venues and festivals across Europe and Canada. This includes a.o.: I believe that we are having a dialogue (2012), Tanzwut (2014), Synchronization in process (2016) and Give me a reason to feel (2017 commissioned by the Théâtre d’Esch and the Grand Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg).

In 2018, she premiered her first evening-length solo WARRIOR, selected by Aerowaves Twenty20. WARRIOR marks the beginning of the trilogy On Fighting, Dreaming, and Weaving, in which Anne-Mareike explores and challenges stereotypical ideas of femininity, strength, and vulnerability. The trilogy continued with the solo DREAMER (2021) and concluded with the trio WEAVER (2023).

Anne-Mareike is currently developing the solo creation in the air, premiering in November 2026 at Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, and the trio SOTURIT, commissioned by Dance Theatre Minimi (Kuopio, Finland), which expands her solo WARRIOR into a collective exploration of strength and vulnerability and will premiere in March 2026.

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Anne-Mareike works in close collaboration with TROIS C-L | Maison pour la Danse in Luxembourg, Dock11 in Berlin and Skogen in Gothenburg; and since 2016 she is an associate artist at Weld in Stockholm. Between 2017-2019 Anne-Mareike was supported by the Grand Luxe network; and between 2020-2023 she was appointed associate artist at Neimënster in Luxembourg.

She has received several awards, including the Emerging Artists Prize from the Stiftung zur Förderung junger Talente (2012) and the Danzpräis (2015) from the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture.

Since 2007 Anne-Mareike has worked as a performer with choreographers such as William Forsythe (Human Writes), Eeva Muilu, Rosalind Goldberg (MIT & Jump with me), Ingri Fiksdal (Cosmic body), Heinrich Horwitz (Nijinsky) and Antje Velsinger (PERFORM!), with which she has performed in a number of prestigious venues around the world.

Alongside her choreographic and performance practice, she works as an artistic advisor, coach, and teacher. She has been invited as a guest lecturer and teacher at institutions including the Korean National University of Arts (KR), The Danish National School of Performing Arts (DK), and the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (DE), among others.

Anne-Mareike received her education at the Conservatory of Music and Dance in Luxembourg, continued her studies at the HfMDK Frankfurt/Main, and completed a Master’s degree in Choreography at the HZT Inter-University Center for Dance in Berlin.

...the luxembourgish dancer and choreographer is one of the artists who, through her presence, instantly fills the whole space and captivates the spectator. (...) the proof that the radiant emittance of strength has nothing to do with pomp and sensationalism.

Christine Mandy for Journal

There are some artists whose next creation we expect frenziedly. The luxembourgish dancer and choreographer Anne-Mareike Hess is one of them. Because we love her exigent work that is without concession.

Florence Becanne for Le Jeudi