Carmen Mehnert was born in Lima, Perú. She holds a MA in Applied Theatre Science from the University of Giessen, Germany. From 1994-1999, she was head of organization at the Internationales Sommertheater Festival Hamburg and from 1999-2000 head of organization and programme collaborator at the Festival Theaterformen of the World Expo in Hannover. Since 2001, she has worked as a freelance dance dramaturge with am Louwyck, Lisi Estaras, Einat Tuchman (Les Ballets C de la B), Rasmus Ölme, Akram Khan, among others. In 2003, she founded Dorkypark with Constanza Macras and has been collaborating as a dramaturge in most of her pieces. From 2006 -2008 she was dance dramaturge at the Tanztheater Ensemble of the Staatstheater Kassel and from 2009-2018 programme director for Performing Arts in Hellerau – European Center for the Arts in Dresden. In 2019, she founded PLAN B – Creative Agency for Performing Arts in Hamburg.