About

Our goal is to promote Ballett Theater Basel and to awaken interest in the art form of ballet among a wider circle of people. In particular, we support with advertising for events, networking of the audience with the ballet management and the company as well as with insights into the rehearsal work. We facilitate guest appearances, assist with foreign tours and are involved in the promotion of young talent.

basler ballett gilde (bbg)
Postfach 162
CH-4010 Basel

contact@baslerballettgilde.ch

Kathrin Amacker

President

Dr. Kathrin Amacker is President of Regio Basiliensis, Swiss Partner of the Oberrhein Cooperation. She is also President of Fairtrade Max Havelaar Switzerland Foundation, Board Member of Basel University and of Merian Iselin Medical Clinic. She has been politically active for many years, e.g. as Board Member of the Swiss Middle Party and as Member of Parlament at the National Council of Switzerland and Member of the Foreign Affairs Commission. Im her professional career, Kathrin Amacker was for 10 years Member of the Executive Management Board of Swiss Federal Railways and Telecom Operator Swisscom, responsible for Communications, Politics and Corporate Social Responsibility. Before, she was as PhD pharmacist at Ciba-Geigy and Novartis for 20 years in leadership roles at Production, Development and Human Resources.

kathrin.amacker@baslerballettgilde.ch

Jean-Pierre Addor

Finance

Born in 1957 in Switzerland. Studied business administration at the University of Neuchâtel. In-depth professional experience in the financial industry, consulting mandates in various companies in the service sector. Strong interest in cultural work, especially in the Ballett Theater Basel.

jean-pierre.addor@baslerballettgilde.ch

Gabriela Häner

Sponsoring & Minutes

Born in Basel in 1967 and raised here, she has always had strong social and cultural roots in the city and the region.
After completing her commercial training and further education, she worked for 11 years as a client advisor at Credit Suisse and the Basler Kantonalbank in the mortgage and corporate customer sector.
After a year abroad and a trip around the world, she trained in 2004 to become a Marketing & Communication planner. As such, she then held a managerial position at Basler Kantonalbank in the event sector for three years and then from 2008 to 2018 as Head of Events & Sponsoring at Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank (BLKB)
Today she works again as a corporate client advisor at a regional bank.
Gabriela Häner is a member of the Board of Trustees of the BLKB Culture & Education Foundation and is on the organizing committee of the Nordwestschweizer Schwingfest (Northwestern Switzerland wrestling festival) in Lausen 2021.
Her hobbies include the Engadine, traveling, culture, art and ballet as well as biking and mountain hiking.

gabriela.haener@baslerballettgilde.ch

Bea Leupp

Administration

Born in Switzerland. Training in Germany and Switzerland. Degree as a medical assistant / medical secretary, then internship at the Women's Hospital Basel. After that, she worked for SANDOZ AG and continued to become a director's secretary. Until retirement 2007 specialist at the medical publishing house DOCUMED AG. 1976 first contacts with the Basel ballet. Member of the basel ballet guild since its establishment in 1982. From 1996 to 2007 President of the Foundation Council of the basel ballet guild.

bea.leupp@baslerballettgilde.ch

Daniel Wälchli

Networking & Member Care

Born in Basel. Attended Gymnasium Oberwil. Studied economics at the University of Basel. 1984 to 1988 consultant for company pension plans at the Basel Life Insurance Company. 1989 to 2005 in various positions at Swiss Bank Corporation / UBS. Since 2006 Head of Customer & Management Support at ISS.

daniel.waelchli@baslerballettgilde.ch

Adolphe Binder

Assessor

was born in Romania and studied literature, philosophy, history and political science (M.A.) in Hanover. She began her theatre career in 1994 at the Schauspielhaus of the Niederstaatstheater in Hanover. She later worked as artistic director / artistic director at the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, the State Opera in Gothenburg and the Berlin Ballet of the Komische Oper as well as chief dramaturge of the ballet at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She was also curator for the world exhibition Expo2000 in Hanover. Since the season 2023/24 Adolphe Binder is Artistic Director and Curator of the Ballett Theater Basel.

Tilman O'Donnell

Assessor

was born in Boston, Massachusetts; he has German mother and an American father. After the education at the National Ballet School in Toronto, Canada, he danced with the Gothenburg Ballet, the Staatstheater Saarbrücken, the Cullberg Ballet and was a member of the Forsythe Company from 2007 to 2012. O'Donnell starts as a choreographer in 2002 with 'Del A', with which he won first prize in two major international choreography competitions. He has created choreography for Cullberg, SPIRA Jönköping/ Cullberg To Come, Staatstheater Graz, Göteborgs Operans Danskompani, Corpus Copenhagen/The Royal Danish Opera House, Weld Theater Stockholm, Skånes Dansteater and Dansens Hus Stockholm. Since the season 2023/24 he is deputy artistic director of Ballett Theater Basel.