Dandan Liu (Photo: Marlena Waldthausen)

Dandan Liu

Dana (she/her) is a freelance dramaturg and theater maker. She has been part of the Ringtheater collective since 2019 and program curator of the Freies Werkstatt Theater Köln since 2023. She has held the position of operations manager at the Berliner Ringtheater since 2022. In addition, Dana is primarily responsible for the artistic and structural development of the Ringtheater. As a dramaturgical consultant for various formats such as AmnAsia of the Asian Performing Artists Lab from 2020 to 2024 and Tanztage Berlin in 2023 and 2024, Dana supports the long-term development of emerging artists. Her previous works, in which she was involved as a production dramaturge, have been shown at Hebbel am Ufer, English Theatre Berlin, Tanzhaus NRW Düsseldorf, Pact Zollverein Essen, Theaterhaus G7 Mannheim, Esplanade Singapore and as part of the Prague Quadrennial 2019, among others. Dana has been living in Berlin since 2012, where she studied Theatre Studies at the Freie Universität.