Lea Connert

Lea Connert studied theater and directing and has been an independent producer since 2014. She has worked for socio-cultural projects such as the inclusive theater company Meine Damen und Herren and Hajusom in Hamburg, as well as internationally for visual artist Wael Shawky and for Robert Wilson's Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation in New York, including collaborations with MARKK Hamburg, Theater der Welt, Münchner Kammerspiele, Mucem Marseille, Louvre Abu Dhabi and Theâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Since 2019 she is the production manager of the International Summer Festival at Kampnagel. In 2020 she founded her own international production office LEAD productions and works with artists* such as the sound art duo Hyenaz, choreographers Oona Doherty, Jessica Nupen and director Yony Leyser, focusing on large-scale international dance and performance productions, films, installations and conferences.