Christel Hoffmann (born 19 April 1936 in Burkau, Germany) is a German
theater scholar, dramaturge and pedagogue.After studying drama at the
Theaterhochschule in Leipzig (1954â€"1958), she worked as a dramaturge
at the Landestheater Neustrelitz and at the Städtische Bühnen
Leipzig. In the 1960s and 1970s she was the chief dramaturg of the
Theater der Freundschaft (known today as the Theater an der Parkaue),
the main children’s theater in East Berlin. She received her PhD at
Humboldt University Berlin in 1973 with a dissertation on the history
and historical predecessors of the theater for children and youth in
the GDR. In the early 1980s, she left the Theater der Freundschaft and
became the chief professional adviser for theater with children at the
Pionierpalast Berlin, i.e. she switched from theater for children to
theater with children as part of pedagogy. After 1986, she worked as a
researcher at the International Office of the Theater for Children and
Youth of the GDR, and became the last director of the GDR branch of
the ASSITEJ. From 1990 to 2001 she was a researcher at the Center for
Children’s and Youth Theater of the Federal Republic of Germany and
the director of its Berlin office.[1]From 1990 to 1994 she taught at
the Berlin University of the Arts and from 1994 to 2013 at the Zurich
University of the Arts.[1] From 2001 to 2016 she was a professor at
the Institute for Theater Pedagogy at the Osnabrück University of
Applied Sciences. From 1993 to 1995 she was the artistic director of
the Theatertreffen der Jugend in Berlin. In addition, she co-organized
a number of theater festivals, including the "Internationale
Regieseminar für Kinder- und Jugendtheater" and the "Spurensuche -
Treffen Freier Kinder- und Jugendtheater". She also gave workshops in
Germany and around the world, for example for the Goethe-Institut, on
the method of theater for children and youth as well as on Bertolt
Brecht’s epic theater.[2]In 2001, Hoffmann received the status of
Honorary Professor at the Institute for Theater Pedagogy at the
Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences.[1] In 2012, Hoffman was
honored with the Golden Mask given by the German Amateur Theater
Association (German: Bund Deutscher Amateurtheater (BDAT)) for her
work with children's theater.[3] In 2017, she received the Applause
for Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of
Theater for Children and Youth (German: Internationalen Vereinigung
des Theaters für Kinder und Jugendliche) in Cape Town, South
Africa.[4]
theater scholar, dramaturge and pedagogue.After studying drama at the
Theaterhochschule in Leipzig (1954â€"1958), she worked as a dramaturge
at the Landestheater Neustrelitz and at the Städtische Bühnen
Leipzig. In the 1960s and 1970s she was the chief dramaturg of the
Theater der Freundschaft (known today as the Theater an der Parkaue),
the main children’s theater in East Berlin. She received her PhD at
Humboldt University Berlin in 1973 with a dissertation on the history
and historical predecessors of the theater for children and youth in
the GDR. In the early 1980s, she left the Theater der Freundschaft and
became the chief professional adviser for theater with children at the
Pionierpalast Berlin, i.e. she switched from theater for children to
theater with children as part of pedagogy. After 1986, she worked as a
researcher at the International Office of the Theater for Children and
Youth of the GDR, and became the last director of the GDR branch of
the ASSITEJ. From 1990 to 2001 she was a researcher at the Center for
Children’s and Youth Theater of the Federal Republic of Germany and
the director of its Berlin office.[1]From 1990 to 1994 she taught at
the Berlin University of the Arts and from 1994 to 2013 at the Zurich
University of the Arts.[1] From 2001 to 2016 she was a professor at
the Institute for Theater Pedagogy at the Osnabrück University of
Applied Sciences. From 1993 to 1995 she was the artistic director of
the Theatertreffen der Jugend in Berlin. In addition, she co-organized
a number of theater festivals, including the "Internationale
Regieseminar für Kinder- und Jugendtheater" and the "Spurensuche -
Treffen Freier Kinder- und Jugendtheater". She also gave workshops in
Germany and around the world, for example for the Goethe-Institut, on
the method of theater for children and youth as well as on Bertolt
Brecht’s epic theater.[2]In 2001, Hoffmann received the status of
Honorary Professor at the Institute for Theater Pedagogy at the
Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences.[1] In 2012, Hoffman was
honored with the Golden Mask given by the German Amateur Theater
Association (German: Bund Deutscher Amateurtheater (BDAT)) for her
work with children's theater.[3] In 2017, she received the Applause
for Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of
Theater for Children and Youth (German: Internationalen Vereinigung
des Theaters für Kinder und Jugendliche) in Cape Town, South
Africa.[4]
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