Our Team

Anke Politz is the artistic director of Chamäleon Berlin gGmbH – production venue and stage for contemporary circus. In her 20 years of work for Chamäleon, she has made a decisive contribution to establishing contemporary circus in Germany as an independent art form within the performing arts and to sustainably strengthening its actors. As a producer and network partner, she advocates for expanded and equal access as well as for the artistic development of the scene.
With projects such as the in-house residencies or the guest performance series Play, Anke Politz also provides further impetus to strengthen artistic creation in contemporary circus both locally and to contribute to more thematic diversity in an international context. She is on the board of the Federal Association of Contemporary Circus, co-director of the international MICC/TOHU producer initiative “The Utopians,” part of the board of trustees of the Performing Arts Fund, and a mentor in the German Cultural Council’s mentoring program for women in leadership positions in the cultural and media sectors. In 2020, she was awarded the Bühnenheld:innenpreis by the Aktionsbündnis Darstellende Künste.

Hendrik Frobel has been managing director of Chamäleon Berlin gGmbH (formerly Chamäleon Theater GmbH) since 2011 and, alongside artistic director Anke Politz, has played a key role in driving forward the restructuring of the company and its subsequent non-profit status. Maintaining social justice in the company, considering equality as a matter of course and ensuring a family-friendly working environment are important concerns for him. Hendrik Frobel also places a special focus on the sustainable management of finances, funding measures and controlling, and is committed to consistent and strategic partnerships and collaborations, as well as to networking among cultural professionals and impulse-givers. The mission at the centre: to increase the recognition of contemporary circus both nationally and internationally. Hendrik Frobel is actively involved in INTOURA Berlin e.V., the industry association of Berlin’s tourism service providers, of which he was the first chairman for several years. He is also an active member of the “Creative Industries” committee at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce as well as DIE MITTE e.V., Wirtschaftskreis Mitte, DEHOGA and the German Stage Association.