Sigrid Gareis
Born 1959 in Illertissen. Lives and works in Vienna, Artistic Director Tanzquartier Vienna (2000 - summer 2009).
| 1983 - 1989 | Studied ethnology at LMU Munich University |
| 1987 - 1989 | German National Academic Foundation |
| 1985/86 | Research field trip in Brazil |
| 1990 - 2000 | Section Head in the Siemens Arts Program |
| 1991 - 1992 | Head of International Cultural Exchange and Development of Cultural Work for the Siemens Arts Program in the new German states |
| 1992 - 2000 | Establishment and management of the section Theater/Dance in the Siemens Arts Program |
| 1993 - 1998 | Establishment of a production ring for independent German-speaking theater groups in cooperation with the Festspielhaus theater Hellerau/Dresden, Hebbeltheater/Berlin, Marstall/Munich, TAT/Frankfurt, Main |
| 1994 | Member of the scholarship jury theatre/dance of the city of Munich |
| 1994 - 1995 | Advisory committee Festival Chemnitz encounters |
| 1995 | Co-conception of the symposium Body & Technology at the Festival Dance in Munich |
| 1995 - 1998 | Member of the Bodensee Council/Cultural section |
| 1995 - 2000 | Foundation initiative and conception of the annual dance festival Tanztendenzen in Greifswald |
| 1997 | Program idea, initiative, co-conception of the dance week Leibesvisitationen in Nuremberg |
| 1997 | Prize jury of the dance festival in Witebsk/Belarussia |
| 1997-1999 | Theatre jury of the city of Munich |
| 1998 | Introduction of a residential program for young choreographers at industrial sites |
| 1998 | Foundation initiative and co-conception of the triennial dance festival tanzraum in the urban environment of Nuremberg, Erlangen, Fürth |
| 1999 | Artistic management of the 1st European Festival for contemporary dance in Moscow (in cooperation with the director of the Stanislawski Opera) |
| 1999 | Co-conception and realisation of the Symposiums Actor 2000 which took place within the context of the Munich theatre festival SPIELART |
| 1999 | Jury Munich theatre prize |
| 2000 | Board of Trustees Festspielhaus Hellerau/Dresden |
| 2000 | Jury Munich theatre prize |
| 2000 - 2009 | Foundational director of the Tanzquartier Wien (with management functions) |
| since 2000 | Curator of the Austrian dance platform |
| 2003 | Dance jury Graz |
| since 2004 | Advisory board of the Vienna Pocket Opera |
| 2005 | 3-year EU Culture 2000 project IDEE - Initiatives in Dance through European Exchange (applicant Tanzquartier Vienna) |
| 2006-2008 | Focus of the programme on the topic "Education Acts. Kultur Macht Bildung." |
