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named among new york’s top 20 artists by brooklyn magazine, shannon gillen has had an extensive career as a dancer and choreographer in nyc and europe. she was a member of the johannes wieland company based at staatstheater kassel in germany; she has won commissions from mainfranken theater würzburg, the international solo-tanz theater festival in Stuttgart (taking 3rd prize), the tif theater in kassel, and was selected to be the choreographer-in-residence for think big at the staatsoper hannover. upon returning to the usa, shannon founded vim vigor as the home for her collaborative choreographic and educational endeavors. the company's creative and educational work has been commissioned across the usa, canada, central america, south america and europe. notable festivals and venues where shannon’s work has been commissioned include danceworks at the lobero theatre, springboard danse festival, hubbard street 2, phelan for new york fashion week, gibney dance company, new york live arts, prisma festival, judson church, pulse art fair (art basel), bryant park presents, nyc’s river to river festival, the joyce theater, and jacob’s pillow.

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Is an Irish performer and choreographer working internationally. He has performed and collaborated with Ultima Vez (2014-2018 Booty Looting, Spiritual Unity and In Spite Of Wishing and Wanting) Punchdrunk (2009-2017, Original Cast member of Sleep No More Boston, New York City, Shanghai and The Drowned Man London) Kate Weare Company (2011-2014), Pavel Zustiak Palissimo Company (2011-2013) and many others. Since 2012 he has created six evening length works for his own Attic Projects in Ireland. Creating and performing original works across Ireland, UK and USA and working across the mediums of dance, theatre, film, installation and site specific performance. He curates and directs the Catch8 Workshop Series in Ireland and is working towards the opening of a new residency centre in West Cork. www.atticprojects.com

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Knut Vikström Precht started his formal dance education at Balettakademien in Stockholm (2009-2010) and then went on to complete the Bachelor Programme of Dance Performance at the University of Dance and Circus, Stockholm 2010-2013. Since his graduation Knut has worked with various Swedish choreographers such as Peter Svenzon/ArtofSpectra and Anna Vnuk/Zebra Dans, but has mainly pursued an international performing career through works by RootlessRoot(GR/SK) for DOT504 Dance Company(CZ), with company Ultima Vez/ Wim Vandekeybus(BE) and Luke Murphy/Attic Projects (IRL). Knut is still a resident of Stockholm and when not away working elsewhere, this summer you might find him biking around the city, running through the forest or swimming in a nearby lake.

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lali ayguadé

lali ayguadé attended parts in brussels for four years. after her training, she joined publik eye company in denmark, directed at that time by carmen mehnert. in 2003, lali joined the akram khan company as a full time member creating and performing in the productions: “kaash”, “ma” and “bahok”. she has worked with roberto olivan in the production “homeland” and with hofesh shechter in the productions “in your rooms”, “cult” and “the art of not looking back”. she has also worked with marcos morau from la veronal. in 2005, lali choreographed “twice read” together with the slovak dancer and choreographer anton lachky. in 2015, she created her first full-length work, “kokoro”- a quartet which was co-produced by mercat de les flors and temporada; this was the initiation of a full-evening dance-theatre trilogy. the following year, she co-created “de camino al otro” with the acrobat julian sicard. lali is currently working on the second part of the trilogy, “iu an mi” co-produced by mercat de les flors,bolzano danza festival and temporada alta. in 2010, she was nominated as “exceptional dancer” for the critics awards of london, and in 2014 as “best creator”. in 2016, she was also nominated as “best dancer” for the recomana cat critic awards in barcelona. she created the short movie “timecode”, which was awarded the ''palme d’or'' at festival de cannes, the ''goya award'', the ''gaudi award'' and was nominated at the oscars 2016 among others. lali shares her technique and the investigation linked to her creations around the world through workshops.

Guilhem Chatir

Born in Toulouse in 1993, Guilhem Chatir began his performance career in hip-hop and circus at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse. In 2010, he joined the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris where created short pieces while taking part in choreographic laboratories and performed in ‘Sacrée printemps’ by Cristiana Morganti. In 2013, he joined Anne Teresa de Keersmeaker’s school, parts where he learned the repertoire of Trisha Brown and Rosas. After leaving school, he covered a role in ‘What the Body does not remember’ with Wim Vanderkeybus’s company Ultima Vez in 2015, and in that same year he had his own role in the piece ‘In spite of wishing and wanting’. In 2017, he initiated a collaboration with Lali Ayguadé on the duet ‘Zero Point’.

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johannes wieland hails from berlin, earned his bfa at the amsterdam university of the arts and worked in various companies with an extensive array of choreographers, before going to perform as a principal at the béjart ballet, lausanne. ready for a radical change, he then relocated to new york city where he received his mfa in contemporary dance and choreography at nyu’s tisch school of the arts in 2002. his company ”johannes wieland”, founded in new york that same year, facilitated the foundation for his body of work and since 2006, he holds a permanent position as the artistic director and choreographer at the staatstheater kassel. aside from choreographing and teaching for companies and universities, his critically acclaimed pieces have been invited to tour internationally for festivals and events. he is a 1st prize winner of the “kurt jooss prize”, and has been awarded numerous other prizes, recognitions, scholarships and grants. he is a nominee for the german theater prize “der faust” in 2016, for his creation “you will be removed”.

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Iztok Kovač is a choreographer, teacher and dancer who established the notion of Slovene contemporary dance, virtually out of nothing in 1990. Three years later he established the international dance company EN-KNAP in Leuven, Belgium during work with the Klapstuk Festival- and in 1994 the group relocated to Ljubljana, where he further developed EN-KNAP Productions. After several years of project-based work through his production house, Kovač founded the international dance company EnKnapGroup, which became the first permanent ensemble for contemporary dance in Slovenia, and the beginnings of a repertoire-based company. EN-KNAP Productions was later entrusted as management of the Španski Borci Cultural Centre in Ljubljana, where Iztok Kovač is the artistic director and programmer of the national and international programme. Under his artistic direction and pedagogical work, his opus includes the production of over thirty projects and six dance films. For over two decades EN-KNAP has introduced and established its own aesthetics and trademark inside the European dance scene, and continues to acquire investment interests from acclaimed co-producers. Iztok Kovač continues to receive prominent national and international awards.

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Originally from Portugal, Helder Seabra received his training at Ginasiano and later at P.A.R.T.S. in Belgium. In the last 12 years he worked for both Ultima Vez under Wim Vandekeybus and Eastman under Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, as a performer, assistant choreographer and teacher for local and international assignments. Through the development of his own artistic practice and in order to channel his previous experiences, Helder founded HelKa Vzw in 2013; this allowed him to further explore the full potential of the body & mind and investigate different forms of dialogue through collaboration. HelKa Vzw has become a platform through which Helder creates, performs and teaches on an (inter)national scale.

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Maxine is an independent choreographer and director. She is also the Associate Director and Choreographer for Punchdrunk, with whom she has co-directed many works including multi-award winning ‘Sleep No More’ (London, Boston, New York, Shanghai), ‘The Drowned Man’, ‘Faust’, ‘Masque of the Red Death’ and ‘Tunnel 228’. Maxine returned to the stage and produced, ‘After Lethe’ at the invitation from Johannes Wieland in May, 2016. Maxine is a principle artist at Springboard Danse Montreal where she has workshoped the beginnings of several pieces, including ‘Hubris’ (2015) and ‘Miss D’ (2017). Maxine continues to develop her workshop program internationally and has created Punchdrunk’s Performance Masterclass series in the UK. This year Maxine has been collaborating with director Georgia Paris and dancer/choreographer Bobbi Jene Smith on feature film ‘Mari’ (2018/19). Future projects include new creations for the Martha Graham Company (USA), Verve (UK) and Strut (Australia).

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Sarah is a performer, choreographer and movement director. As a choreographer she has been a Place Prize finalist, Associate Artist at the Royal Opera House and her latest choreographic work,  based on Becketts Waiting for Godot was a Trinity Laban and GDA Compass Commission. As a performer she has worked with Punchdrunk for 15 years. Creating the roles of Lady Macbeth, Lady Capulet and Dolores Gray in The Drowned Man. As a movement director she has worked most recently on the film Mary Queen of Scots starring Saorise Ronan and Margot Robbie.  Sarah also works on plays and music videos and operas including RSC Julius Caesar, Waiting for Godot starring Ian mcKellen and Patrick Stewart, the Metronomy music video for Old Skool and The Fairy Queen opera director Thomas Guthrie.

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Annamari Keskinen 

i'm a female i'm in my 30's i come from finland i like my coffee strong i love early mornings in silence i fear that only a few are in power and i am intrigued by the complexity of our bodies and minds. through my art, i would like to raise awareness in myself, in the performers, and in the audience about that which presently surrounds us- may it be through physical, emotional or mental experiences, enabling us to harness a space for further dialogue. i have been privileged to work with artists like valtteri raekallio, helder seabra, rootless root and johannes wieland- among many others including my beautiful colleagues all around the world.

Ryan Mason

I am a choreographer, performer and teacher. my work in these spheres is based on sharing and collaboration. I like to take things apart and look at them—for their absurdity, as well as for their sensory possibilities. I have danced with the josé limón company and johannes wieland, where I also served as rehearsal director. a graduate of calarts, i am currently based in munich, germany.

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johannes wieland hails from berlin, earned his bfa at the amsterdam university of the arts and worked in various companies with an extensive array of choreographers, before going to perform as a principal at the béjart ballet, lausanne. ready for a radical change, he then relocated to new york city where he received his mfa in contemporary dance and choreography at nyu’s tisch school of the arts in 2002. his company ”johannes wieland”, founded in new york that same year, facilitated the foundation for his body of work and since 2006, he holds a permanent position as the artistic director and choreographer at the staatstheater kassel. aside from choreographing and teaching for companies and universities, his critically acclaimed pieces have been invited to tour internationally for festivals and events. he is a 1st prize winner of the “kurt jooss prize”, and has been awarded numerous other prizes, recognitions, scholarships and grants. he is a nominee for the german theater prize “der faust” in 2016, for his creation “you will be removed”.

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guy nader is originally from lebanon and first attended the lebanese university in beirut, obtaining a ba in theater from the fine arts department. after having earned his diploma from the moveo physical theater school in barcelona, the city quickly became the base from which he launched his career. after co-founding the ensemble, gn/mc with fellow dancer and choreographer, maria campos, they continue to co-create and receive commissions from prestigious international companies, such as tanzmainz in germany, enknapgroup in slovenia and eva dua/movein mission in hungary. in 2017, gn/mc was awarded the national german prize- der faust, for their creation ‘fall seven times’. their piece, ‘time takes the time time takes’ received recognition and prize for ‘best contemporary dance performance’ at la feria internacional de danza y teatro in huesca, spain in 2015. his solo, ‘where the things hide’ also earned accolades after having been performed in 2010 at the international festival 15 masdanza, in gran canaria; shortly thereafter he was granted the danceweb scholarship in 2012. nader teaches workshops and classes regularly at professional studios and international schools including, Henny Jurriëns Stichting, and mtd/theatreschool ahk in amsterdam, zagreb dance academy in croatia, maqamat dance theatre studio in lebanon, institut del teatre/superior conservatory for dance, la caldera creation centre, area, tragant dansa in Barcelona and academia nazionale di danza in rome. he is currently the artist in residence at mercat de les flors, and an associated artist at la caldera creation center, in Barcelona. His choreographic work continues to find exposure through international festivals and venues around the globe.

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Jos Baker is a British choreographer and dancer based in Brussels. He frequently makes work for both professional dancers and for students. Jos worked for Peeping Tom for several years, and has performed many other stage pieces, short films and commercials; he also teaches extensively at many prestigious dance schools and festivals across Europe. Jos began his dance training with Oxford Youth Dance, followed by training at The Laban Center and later at PARTS. 

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Inês Carijó is a Brazilian performer based in Germany. Currently a member of Tanz Bielefeld performing works by Simone Sandroni ( “Romeo und Julia” and “Hautnah”), Lali Ayaguade ( “Those things that are hidden”) and Gerhard Bonner ( “Angst und Geometrie”). Over the last few years she has had the opportunity to take part in the creation and performances of the works “SCHWEIFEN” - Stephan Herwig, “Screens” - Ian Keller, “Ha’Omnam” - Eldad Ben Sasson, “Medúza” - Zsuzsa Roszavolgyi, “Do dialogo ao manifesto”- Andrea Pivatto and “Por um Sorriso”- Henrique Rodovalho. Inês began her dance training at an early age in Rio de Janeiro, followed by training at Lines Ballet Training Program in San Francisco and later SEAD in Austria. 

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Theo Clinkard is a UK-based Choreographer, Dancer and Stage Designer. He has spent 20 years performing with many of the UK’s most celebrated dance-makers before launching his own project-based company in 2012. Since then, he has swiftly built an international reputation for creating compelling and visually arresting works- which explore the communicative potential of the body and the empathetic nature of dance in performance. Clinkard Company pieces include ‘Hell Bent’, ‘Ordinary Courage’, ‘Of Land & Tongue’, ‘Chalk’ and his latest work, ‘This Bright Field’, which is currently on tour. Clinkard has had several International Commissions, which include ‘Somewhat Still, when Seen from Above’ for Pina Bausch’s Tanztheatre Wuppertal, and ‘The Listening Room’ for Danza Contemporanea de Cuba. Amongst his commissions, he continues to lead international workshops and teach at companies such as, Carte Blanche, Culberg Ballet, Skänes Dansteater, Danish Dance Theatre, Pina Bausch, D.V.8., Sydney Dance, and Michael Clark.

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hannes is a london-based artist whose work has taken him throughout europe, australia, asia, north america and beyond. his artistic path has led him to work and collaborate with many artists and companies including, william forsythe, angelin preljocaj, wayne mcgregor, akram khan, fabulous beast and punchdrunk. for the past nine years he worked with the world-renowned dv8 physical theatre, having performed in their last three stage productions- most recently, performing the leading role in their production, ‘john’. he was the creative associate for dv8 from 2014 until 2016. as a choreographer he created work for the munich dance festival, the onassis cultural center in athens and the susanne linke dance company. in 2015, hannes was nominated as one of the top 100 most influential and innovative artists working across britain’s creative industries by the hospital club in london.

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Born in Rio De Janeiro, Vittoria moved in Bruxelles in 2002. She has worked for multiple artists including Jan Fabre, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet, Quan Bui Ngnoc, Les Ballets c.de la B., Akram Khan, Romeo Castellucci, Arco Renz, Andy Deneys, Davis Freeman, Felix Rukert, Frey Faust and Virgilio Sieni. In 2013 she began her own project which led her to become a resident artist at Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai. As a resident artist she created, ‘Reborn’- a solo for the Little Victories gallery, as well as a dance video, ‘Closer’, which was projected on a loop at the Arsenal during the biennale of Venice in 2015. She served as assistant-choreographer for ‘Babel 7.16’ by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and ‘cour d’honore’ by Damien Jalet in the festival In of Avignon 2016. She is co-producer for the company DEJADONNE and created ‘In Pasto al Pubblico’ which premiered at the festival Fabbrica Europa in Florence, where she is currently developing her new work, ‘365’. Vittoria choreographed and danced in Giorgio Ferrero’s film ‘Beautiful Things’, which was nominated to show at the biennale cinema of Venice in 2017, and she is a regular teacher at SEAD, Artesis Antwerp, La Raffinerie Bruxelles, HJS Amsterdam and K3 Hamburg.

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Originally from Portugal, Helder Seabra received his training at Ginasiano and later at P.A.R.T.S. in Belgium. In the last 12 years he worked for both Ultima Vez under Wim Vandekeybus and Eastman under Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, as a performer, assistant choreographer and teacher for local and international assignments. Through the development of his own artistic practice and in order to channel his previous experiences, Helder founded HelKa Vzw in 2013; this allowed him to further explore the full potential of the body & mind and investigate different forms of dialogue through collaboration. HelKa Vzw has become a platform through which Helder creates, performs and teaches on an (inter)national scale.

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in 2010 christine gouzelis and paul blackman co-founded the company, jukstapoz. based in athens, the duo teach, perform and collaborate on works which tour international platforms and festivals. they have received accolades for their engaging work and continue to earn commissions since the company’s formation.

Christine Gouzelis is one of the directing members of Jukstapoz Company. Having worked for the Hellenic Dance Company in Athens, she has performed for choreographers such as Wim Vandekybus, Anton Lachky, Rootlessroot, Athina Vahla, Pascal Rioult and others. Christine has trained with and danced in various creations internationally alongside the renowned David Zambrano since 2004. She was also a member of the Jasmin Vardimon Company in London, where later she was appointed rehearsal director for the company. She has also been a rehearsal director for Anton Lachky and Athina Vahla's productions in Greece. Recently Christine was the Artist in Residence at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. Being nominated by the Hong Kong Dance Alliance for the ]award of 'Best Choreography' and 'Best Ensemble' for the work-Fragile Matter. Christine is also one of the senior lectures at the National Greek Academy of Dance and leads workshops and seminars with esteemed institutions across Europe, Asia and Australia.

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Francisco earned a Masters Degree in Theatre Studies and Scenic Direction at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. He also graduated with a Contemporary Dance Degree awarded to him by the Escuela Nacional De Danza Clasica Y Contemporanea of Mexico. He is currently the director of Physical Momentum, director of ATLAS Festival and the director of the training programme Técnicas de Movimiento in Mexico and Barcelona. While maintaining himself as a performer, choreographer and pedagogue, he continues to develop his methodological proposals- Body-Action, Movement-Relation and Physical Action as Scenic Construction - all of which he has taught in several workshops throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America.

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lali ayguadé attended parts in brussels for four years. after her training, she joined publik eye company in denmark, directed at that time by carmen mehnert. in 2003, lali joined the akram khan company as a full time member creating and performing in the productions: “kaash”, “ma” and “bahok”. she has worked with roberto olivan in the production “homeland” and with hofesh shechter in the productions “in your rooms”, “cult” and “the art of not looking back”. she has also worked with marcos morau from la veronal. in 2005, lali choreographed “twice read” together with the slovak dancer and choreographer anton lachky. in 2015, she created her first full-length work, “kokoro”- a quartet which was co-produced by mercat de les flors and temporada; this was the initiation of a full-evening dance-theatre trilogy. the following year, she co-created “de camino al otro” with the acrobat julian sicard. lali is currently working on the second part of the trilogy, “iu an mi” co-produced by mercat de les flors, bolzano danza festival and temporada alta. in 2010, she was nominated as “exceptional dancer” for the critics awards of london, and in 2014 as “best creator”. in 2016, she was also nominated as “best dancer” for the recomana cat critic awards in barcelona. she created the short movie “timecode”, which was awarded the ''palme d’or'' at festival de cannes, the ''goya award'', the ''gaudi award'' and was nominated at the oscars 2016 among others. lali shares her technique and the investigation linked to her creations around the world through workshops.

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An original Londoner, Kristina Alleyne trained at the BRIT School of Performing Arts and Technology from 2003-05 and later at The Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds from 2005-08. Kristina’s exposure to the culture of dance through Hip Hop led her to join such companies as, Boy Blue Entertainment and the International Company Dance2Xcess.  After receiving her postgraduate Diploma from Verve in 2009, she moved on to tour with several companies including: Tavaziva Dance, Arthur Pita, Ijad Dance & Technology Company, Frititi Traditional African Drumming & Dance Ltd., Retina Dance Company, Henri Oguike Dance Company, Helen Parlor, Micheal Thomas Voss and Chisato Minamimura. In 2011 Kristina joined Akram Khan Company to take part in the production of ‘iTMOi’, and performed ‘Abide with Me’ (Emeli Sande & Akram Khan) in the 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremony. Kristina has led various workshops internationally as part of A.K.C.T. and in 2014 she toured the re-staging of ‘Kaash’ by Akram Khan. Kristina joined forces with her twin sister, Sadé Alleyne and created Alleyne Dance Company  to educate and perform internationally. Alleyne Dance produced 'A Night's Game'- a duet which was performed at London's MOVE IT Festival in 2016. Alleyne Dance continues to perform throughout London, Leicester UK, Spain, France, Toronto, Vienna and Cahors.

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Iztok Kovač is a choreographer, teacher and dancer who established the notion of Slovene contemporary dance, virtually out of nothing in 1990. Three years later he established the international dance company EN-KNAP in Leuven, Belgium during work with the Klapstuk Festival- and in 1994 the group relocated to Ljubljana, where he further developed EN-KNAP Productions. After several years of project-based work through his production house, Kovač founded the international dance company EnKnapGroup, which became the first permanent ensemble for contemporary dance in Slovenia, and the beginnings of a repertoire-based company. EN-KNAP Productions was later entrusted as management of the Španski Borci Cultural Centre in Ljubljana, where Iztok Kovač is the artistic director and programmer of the national and international programme. Under his artistic direction and pedagogical work, his opus includes the production of over thirty projects and six dance films. For over two decades EN-KNAP has introduced and established its own aesthetics and trademark inside the European dance scene, and continues to acquire investment interests from acclaimed co-producers. Iztok Kovač continues to receive prominent national and international awards.

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Is an Irish performer and choreographer working internationally. He has performed and collaborated with Ultima Vez (2014-2018 Booty Looting, Spiritual Unity and In Spite Of Wishing and Wanting) Punchdrunk (2009-2017, Original Cast member of Sleep No More Boston, New York City, Shanghai and The Drowned Man London) Kate Weare Company (2011-2014), Pavel Zustiak Palissimo Company (2011-2013) and many others. Since 2012 he has created six evening length works for his own Attic Projects in Ireland. Creating and performing original works across Ireland, UK and USA and working across the mediums of dance, theatre, film, installation and site specific performance. He curates and directs the Catch8 Workshop Series in Ireland and is working towards the opening of a new residency centre in West Cork. www.atticprojectcs.com

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Knut Vikström Precht started his formal dance education at Balettakademien in Stockholm (2009-2010) and then went on to complete the Bachelor Programme of Dance Performance at the University of Dance and Circus, Stockholm 2010-2013. Since his graduation Knut has worked with various Swedish choreographers such as Peter Svenzon/ArtofSpectra and Anna Vnuk/Zebra Dans, but has mainly pursued an international performing career through works by RootlessRoot(GR/SK) for DOT504 Dance Company(CZ), with company Ultima Vez/ Wim Vandekeybus(BE) and Luke Murphy/Attic Projects (IRL). Knut is still a resident of Stockholm and when not away working elsewhere, this summer you might find him biking around the city, running through the forest or swimming in a nearby lake.

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rakesh began his career as a bollywood dancer in kerala, india and during this period he was featured in several films as a dancer, as well as an assistant choreographer. in 2003 he began his contemporary dance training at attakalari in Bangalore, india. since 2009 rakesh has been developing his own contemporary movement method, payatt intransit, which makes use and combines the kalarippayattu technique, contemporary-based movement, yoga and energy work. he has been invited to teach payatt intransit at various festivals and professional companies including, ultima vez, impulstanz in vienna, and deltebre danza in spain among other international institutions. in 2014 he became a certified yoga teacher from the shivananda school of yoga and continues to work on the freelance scene as a performer and choreographer, working collaboratively with many artists spanning multiple genres. he divides his personal and professional time between europe and asia.

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Tom Weksler began practicing martial arts and various acrobatic disciplines from a young age. After graduating from The Workshop for Dancers and Choreographers in Haifa Israel in 2009, Tom went on to perform with Inbal Pinto & Avshallom Pollak Dance Company. After having toured extensively and internationally, Tom later became a performer with Rootlessroot under Jozef Fruček and Lind Kapetnea in their work, ‘Collective Loss Of Memory’, which was produced by Dot504. In 2014 Tom created two duets, ‘SARU’ and ‘Heder’ in collaboration with Tokyo-based dancer and choreographer, Mayumu Minakawa, which were performed in many theatres and festivals. In 2017 Tom joined Guy Nader & Maria Campose Dance Company. While maintaining his role as a dancer, he continues to teach workshops in various dance Schools, circus Schools, dojos and professional companies in Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, Athens, London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Cologne, Bratislava, Milano, Rome, Pisa, Paris, Lyon, Antwerp, Boston, San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, Guadelajara, Kyoto, Tokyo, Nagoya and Hong Kong.

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Roser Tutusaus has graduated in B.A of Dance from Artez DansAcademie, Arnhem (Holland) as well as Journalism from, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Since then, Roser worked for different coreographers in Holland like Anouk van Dijk, Giulio d’Anna, Anouke de groot, or Erik Kaiel. She has also collaborated with several companies in Spain such as 'Transit Dansa', 'Enclave Arts del Moviment' (by Roberto Oliván), 'Ana Eulate', 'Lamajara Collective' and 'Pere Faura' in the trilogy “Sweet Suite”. Currently she is working and performing internationally with the DanceCompany "Guy Nader and Maria Campose" in the piece “Time Takes The Time Time Takes” co-produced by Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona as well as taking part in the new creation of the company “Set of Sets” to be premiered in Mercat de Las Flors in April 2018. Roser also created “Menar” a street duet with Joan Català premiered in Fira Tàrrega 2016 and on tour for the summer of 2017. In parallel, and out of curiosity, Roser is also developing her own artistic work with two solos “Simun” and “Tecnologias del yo”. Currently performing in various festivals and venues across Europe.

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born in 1974 in banska bystrica slovakia, martin received his master of arts in contemporary dance pedagogics from the department of music and dramatic arts at the comenius university in bratislava. during his studies, martin was exposed to several key figures, teachers and choreographers who greatly influenced his development as a dancer, including jan durovcik, miroslava kovarova and libor vaculik. from 1992 to 1996, he was a member of the torzo ballet company in bratislava and performed as a free-lancer in several productions at the slovak national theatre from 1995 to 1996. during the summer of 1997 he became a member of anna teresa de keersmaeker's rosas dance company in Brussels and during his time there, his horizons were made wider by the teachings of david zambrano and chrysa parkinson. between 2001 and 2004, he collaborated with choreographer roberto olivan and in 2002 he worked with the circus company, rital brocante. since 2003, he is a member of thomas hauert's company, zoo and is currently member and co-founder of les slovaks dance collective.

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named among new york’s top 20 artists by brooklyn magazine, shannon gillen has had an extensive career as a dancer and choreographer in nyc and europe. she was a member of the johannes wieland company based at staatstheater kassel in germany; she has won commissions from mainfranken theater würzburg, the international solo-tanz theater festival in Stuttgart (taking 3rd prize), the tif theater in kassel, and was selected to be the choreographer-in-residence for think big at the staatsoper hannover. upon returning to the usa, shannon founded vim vigor as the home for her collaborative choreographic and educational endeavors. the company's creative and educational work has been commissioned across the usa, canada, central america, south america and europe. notable festivals and venues where shannon’s work has been commissioned include danceworks at the lobero theatre, springboard danse festival, hubbard street 2, phelan for new york fashion week, gibney dance company, new york live arts, prisma festival, judson church, pulse art fair (art basel), bryant park presents, nyc’s river to river festival, the joyce theater, and jacob’s pillow.

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christopher roman began his formal training at the school of cleveland ballet, where he later became an apprentice, before continuing on at the school of american ballet in nyc. subsequent to his early training, roman joined the pacific northwest ballet and became a soloist and principal with several companies including, miami city ballet under edward villella directorship, les grands ballets canadiens, the pennsylvania ballet, ballet frankfurt and the forsythe company. throughout his career, he has performed in a wide array of important choreographic works, originated in over forty roles, and toured worldwide. he was also a guest artist with the complexions contemporary ballet as well as with sasha waltz in Berlin. in 2009, he was awarded germany’s highest prize in theater known as, der faust, which earned him the best performance in forsythe’s piece, ‘i don’t believe in outer space’; he was also featured in thierry de mey’s filming of forsythe’s, ‘one flat thing reproduced’. he co-founded the company 2+ with former wooster group video designer, philip bussmann and together- as well as independently- they have gained many commissions to create work. as a ballet master, choreographic assistant and administrator, he has staged forsythe repertoire for internationally renowned institutions, is a research collaborator at the ohio state university for the project, ‘synchronous objects’, and acts as the score manager and education-coordinator for the motion bank initiative in association with the forsythe company. in 2011 roman became an adjunct faculty member and choreographer in residence for butler university, the juilliard school, princeton, harvard, the goethe institute, nyu tisch school of the arts, springboard dance montreal and hollins university- where he curates and organizes the mfa in european dance studies. he continues to act as the choreographic assistant for william forsythe and in september 2013, christopher assumed the role of associate artistic director of the forsythe company, and remains on the board of trustees. In addition, christopher is also the artistic director for the berlin-based ensemble, dance on- for dancers over 40. he has created eight original works with matteo fargion, rabih mroué, william forsythe, kat valastur, deborah hay, ivo dimchev, johannes wieland and jan martens, including a creation with director ersan mondtag and the berliner ensemble.

Ildikó Tóth, dancer, teacher and dance maker, graduated from Rotterdam Dance Academy in the Netherlands. After her studies, a DAAD scholarship led her to New York City in 2005 where she worked with Bill Young/Colleen Thomas & Company, Susan Marshall & Company, Kota Yamazaki and others in the following years. From 2012 - 2015 she was a member of the Forsythe Company. Since the fall of 2015, she has been working as a freelance artist, involved in projects with Thierry de Mey, Fabrice Mazliah/MAMAZA, Sebastian Matthias, Michael Maurissens and Darko Dragičevic as well as Heiner Goebbels among others. Drawing from her experiences with the concepts of Release and Klein-Mahler technique as well as Forsythe and contact improvisation, Ildikó regularly teaches professional training classes and improvisation workshops at Mousonturm Frankfurt, La Raffinerie Brussels, K3 Hamburg, Palucca Schule Dresden, the Hungarian Ballet Academy Budapest and others.

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Romain is a performer, choreographic assistant, dance pedagogue and festival organiser. After having studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris, he danced with a multitude of companies including, Charleroi-Danses, Diversions, Dance Theatre of Ireland, John Scott's Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Gelabert-Azzopardi’s Companya de Dansa, Staatstheater Mainz and Les Ballets C de la B. Romain has worked as an assistant for Koen Augustijnen on multiple projects such as, ‘Sehnsucht’, ‘Limited Edition’ (2013-2014) and ‘Dancing Bach’ (2014-2015). He was also assistant to Eugénie Rebetez for her solo performance entitled ‘Bienvenue’(2017). In addition to his performance career, Romain teaches contemporary dance classes and workshops. Due to his interest in people whose bodies are unaffected by dance training, Romain collaborated with Director Juliette Navis on several theatrical projects. He continues to curate the Berlin-based dance festival LUCKY TRIMMER, which is fully dedicated to the concept of the ‘short format’.

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Ami Shulman is a certified Feldenkrais practitioner and her somatic approach to movement and contemporary dance technique has brought her to teach throughout Europe, Canada and the USA. Ami has taught at the Juilliard School; Jacob’s Pillow; CODARTS; Staatstheater Kassel; Hollins University; Tanzfabrik and b12 to name a few and she is an Artistic Associate of the Springboard Project NY/Montreal. Ami has choreographed for the National Theatre of London; the Shakespeare Theatre Company and Mouvement Perpetuel. She has been an Assistant Choreographer with the Cirque Du Soleil and has co-created works on the National Ballet of Canada and Ballet BC. Ami performed with Compagnie Marie Chouinard and Jose Navas before becoming Rehearsal Director to both companies. She has a long time collaboration with Butch Rovan and continues to be a guest performer with the Dance-On Ensemble, Berlin. Ami is currently Rehearsal Director with the GoteborgsOperans Danskompani.

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Erion began pursuing his dance career at The National Academy of Dance in Albania. After his schooling, he joined the National Theater of Opera and Ballet of Albania, Compagnie Linga Lausanne, Chemnitz Theatre Germany and Stadttheater Bern in Switzerland. In 2011 he became a member of the Hofesh Shechter Company. His short-choreographed trilogy, ‘tre’ was performed at the young choreographers evening in Albania, later he showed ‘Blah Blah Blah’ and ‘Nomads’ in Chemnitz and ‘Grit’ in Bern. He has also earned many commissions from the Amsterdam School of Arts to create ‘Love Made Me Do It’ and from East London Dance, Lift and the Hofesh Shechter Company for his piece ‘FOOLOW ME’. He teaches workshops, creates and makes research around the world.

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the duo has worked for alain platel, david zambrano, and the collectives- peeping tom and groupe entorse. lefeuvre & demestri now work collaboratively, creating hybrid choreographic works, which focus on bending and distorting the audiences’ perception of reality. by using disruptive narratives and intensely twisted physicality, the duo invite each spectator to surrender themselves to experience multiple and intuitive interpretations, as well as favoring sensation over the encompassed meaning.

florencia demestri

an argentinian based in brussels, florencia demestri has worked for, les ballets c. de la b., lisi estaras, michèle anne de mey, david zambrano, roberto olivan, as well as collectives, finger six and groupe entorse. she has been developing her own work since 2007; her repertoire includes, ‘spring quartet’ with peter jasko & simon thierree, ‘do you love me?’ with piergiorgio milano, and ‘the last days project’ with claudio stellato. in 2012 she began her collaborative endeavors with samuel lefeuvre, and together they created, ‘monolog’, ‘olga’, ‘l’evenement’ and ‘le terrier’- all of which have been presented in traditional venues as well as unconventional ones.

samuel lefeuvre

after receiving his training at the centre national de danse contemporaine in angers, samuel moved to brussels and found work with michele anne de mey, alain platel, lisi estaras, jérôme bel and boris charmatz. during the creation period of platel’s, ‘wolf’, he met franck chartier & gabriela carrizo, who later invited him to join ‘peeping tom’. after indeed having joined them, he became part of the processes, ‘le salon’ and ‘le sous-sol’. in 2007 samuel co-founded the collective, groupe entorse with musician, raphaëlle latini and together they have created, ‘accidens- ce qui arrive’, ‘[aùt]’, and ‘hantologie’. he began collaborating with florencia demestri in 2012 and created, ‘monolog’, ‘olga’, ‘l’evenement’ and ‘le terrier’- all of which have been presented at traditional venues as well as at unconventional ones.

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Renan Martins began his education at the Deborah Colker Movement Center in Rio de Janeiro at the young age of 16, later he was awarded a full scholarship to study at SEAD in Salzburg, Austria. In 2010 he joined P.A.R.T.S. as a participant in the ‘research cycle’ in order to focus more intensively on choreography and the development of his own work. Since then, he has toured internationally- performing his own works in Brazil, Austria, Slovenia, Germany, Holland, Portugal, Russia, Belgium, Croatia, France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Switzerland. In addition to his choreographic practice he has performed for Iztok Kovac, Marysia Stoklosa, Pierre Droulers, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Ceren Oran and Alexandra Waierstall. In 2013 he became a member of Damaged Goods under Meg Stuart and has performed in ‘Violet’, ‘Atelier III’ and ‘Projecting Space’. In 2016 he joined Hiatus Company under Daniel Linehan and performed in ‘Third Space’. Nominated by Aerowaves as one of the top 20 choreographers of the year for his first choreographic work, ‘Let Me Die in My Footsteps’, Renan continues to choreograph and tour his vast repertoire, ‘FAILBETTER’, ‘REPLAY’ and ‘GLORY’.

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tony studied contemporary dance at the new zealand school of dance and later spent the whole next decade and a half working as a dancer and choreographer in germany. tony is the founder, artistic director and choreographer of the temper-temper dance company and his repertoire consists of over forty choreographic accomplishments. after having dissolved temper-temper, he became the head lecturer of contemporary dance at the iceland academy of the arts, and was able to devise and develop his technique called, ‘release-the- beast’- which he teaches throughout europe and scandinavia. tony has
taken artistic leave from the iceland academy of the arts in order to further his independent artistic career and simultaneously reform temper-temper.

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Damien graduated from Centre National des Arts du Cirque in France where he specialized in partnering, acrobatics and dance. During his studies, Damien began to develop a personal style by fusing dance with acrobatics. In his work as a teacher, Damien conveys the technical ‘know-how’ as well as the art of sensitivity and emotionality involved in the act of performing.
In his career, Damien was engage in more than 36 productions. He has worked with Josef Nadj, Helder Seabra, Kitsou Dubois, Damien Jalet, and Alexandra Waierstall. His biggest collaboration was with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. For eight years Damien performed in the award-winning shows ‘Babel (words)’ and ‘Puz/zle’. Furthermore he has danced in ‘Myth’, ‘Sutra’, ‘Anna Karenina’ (the movie) and ‘Milonga’.

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in 2004 milan graduated from from p.a.r.t.s under the direction of anna teresa de keersmaeker. after having mesmerized audiences with his solo debut entitled, ‘within’, he went on to create and tour several other solo works including, ‘off-beat’ in 2011 and ‘solo’ in 2016. as an active member and co-founder of les slovaks dance collective, milan created several pieces including, ‘opening night’, ‘journey home’ and ‘fragments’- all of which were performed and toured throughout europe, africa, china, middle and north america. in 2014 he founded milan tomášik & co and created his pieces, ‘hunting season’ and ‘silver blue’ in 2015. his pedagogic activities include popularizing his technique, ‘happy feet’- and his workshop, ‘playful presence’ to dance academies, professional companies and festivals throughout europe, china, the democratic republic of kongo and mexico. he will become an associate artist for scenario pubblico in catania for the 2018-2020 season.

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Rainer Behr was born in Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Germany in 1964. After making an apprenticeship as gymnastics teacher, he went on to study dance at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen. Behr received the first prize at the choreographic competition in Cagliari for ‘Die Wendung der Dinge’, as well as the Claasen Dance Award. His work ‘Freudentanz’ also premiered at the Choreographic Centre in Essen. Since being a member of the Tanztheater Wuppertal, he performed in his creation ‘Der eiserne Pudel’ at the Pina Bausch Festival in Wuppertal, made a guest choreography for the Tanztheater Bielefeld and earned a diploma from the Association de la critique from France as ‘Personality of the year 2016’.

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Wendy Houstoun is a London-based artist who predominantly works in physical theater. Her own body of solo work includes, ‘haunted’, ‘Happy Hour’, ‘50 Acts’, and ‘Pact with Pointlessness’. She has had the chance to work with companies such as DV8 and Forced Entertainment. Houstoun continues to shape her theatrical identity and is currently working on an ambitious piece of theatrical text with Carriageworks in Sydney.

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After working as an actress and dancer at Theater der Klänge, Mercy pursued her dance studies at the Folkwang University of Arts in Essen, Germany. At the end of her studies she collaborated with the German choreographer, Sasha Waltz and continues to work with her as a dancer. From 2003-2015 she was a fixed company member with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch and in addition to holding a fixed position with the company, she began working as an independent choreographer and rehearsal assistant for various directors in 2009. She currently collaborates dancer and choreographer, Pascal Merighi in their co-created company, Merighi Mercy, producing works such as ‘SAMUEL’ and ‘Songs of Childhood’. Mercy teaches and leads workshops and has gained international recognition and choreographic commissions; her latest commission was the creation of ‘PARTITA’-which Mercy created for Ballet de l’Opéra National du Rhin

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the personal practice of tomislav english is informed not only by movement research under the teachings of grand master tae yong lee, moshe feldenkrais, wim hof, david zambrano, cameron shayne, fighting monkey, bruno caverna and ido portal- but he is also engaged in academic research at the university of oxford and trinity college London for further input and variation. he has worked artistically with punchdrunk, the national theatre london, ultima vez under wim vandekeybus, the english national ballet as well as with the bafta-winning film director, joe wright.

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Born in 1988, Victor Rottier studied contemporary dance at the ArtEZ Hogeschool Voor de Kunsten in Arnhem, Holland. After having graduated, Rottier became a performer for Club Guy & Roni’s ‘Poetic Disasters Club’, in Groningen, Holland. In 2013, Rottier took part of the ‘Think Big’ project based in Hannover, Germany. Afterwards, he went on to become a full time member at the Staatstheater Kassel under the direction of Johannes Wieland in 2014. While maintaining his full-time position as a performer for Johannes Wieland he has also had the opportunity to work with several other artists and choreographers such as, Guy Weizman & Roni Haver, Shumpei Nemoto, Maura Morales, Sita Ostheimer and Maxine Doyle among others. Victor has been an active teacher since 2004, and continues to teach at various schools and companies in Germany, Switzerland and Holland.

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christina mertzani graduated from the athens state school of dance in 2004 and furthered her career as a dancer, teacher and choreographer. she has performed in the works of stella zannou, kostandin mixos, kat valastur, apostolia papadamaki, maria gorgia and sofia spyratou- to name a few. she has also performed in few repertory works created by wim vandekeybus, mark morris and martha graham. christina is a founding member of the company, free fall and has presented several creations including, ‘metamorfosis’, ‘inside’, ‘mix-up’, ‘cube’, ‘alternative bodies’, ‘stheno’ and ‘run away’ throughout europe. in addition to her live work, she creates and choreographs dance video work(s) such as, ‘entanglement’, ‘reborn temptation’, ’60 pulses’ and, ‘without a trace’- which received accolades from the british council in 2014. Her choreographic commissions include work for, v.void, arthrosis, the municipal and regional theater of corfu and sozo visions in motion (a dance school). christina leads master classes and workshops at universities, professional companies and studios including, limnaios, marameo, landesbühnen sachsen, tanzbüro basel, nachschub, hjs profitraining in amsterdam, sozo visions in motion, landestheater linz, akbank sanat in Istanbul and several staatstheater(s): osnabrück, kassel, heidelberg, st. gallen, bern, bielefeld and braunschweig. she co-directs the international contemporary dance festival, one small step in corfu, greece and is currently on faculty at anton brucker university in linz, austria. christina continues to work throughout greece, italy, germany, switzerland, spain, france and the netherlands.

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SHAFIKI SSEGGAYI stole many hearts with his performance in ‘So You Think You Can Dance Netherlands’ in 2011. Originally born in a small village in Uganda, Shafiki learned to play traditional African music and at the age of 15 he moved to the big city of Kampala, where he was exposed to African contemporary dance. Contemporary dance taught him so much about himself and his character- creating in him power, energy and devotion. In Uganda he became a member of several different companies, including Mutumizi Dance Company, Keiga Dance Company and Latin Flavor Uganda where he both performed and choreographed his own pieces. Bringing aspects of himself, African culture and mentality to anyone interested in the dance world is very important to him. Shafiki later moved to the Netherlands in 2011 in order to attend the Amsterdam High School for the Arts; he graduated four years later with a degree from the Urban Contemporary Department. In 2013, he worked with Ultima Vez under Wim Vandekeybus and since 2014 he holds a fixed contract with Johannes Wieland Tanztheater at Staatstheater Kassel.

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the personal practice of tomislav english is informed not only by movement research under the teachings of grand master tae yong lee, moshe feldenkrais, wim hof, david zambrano, cameron shayne, fighting monkey, bruno caverna and ido portal- but he is also engaged in academic research at the university of oxford and trinity college London for further input and variation. he has worked artistically with punchdrunk, the national theatre london, ultima vez under wim vandekeybus, the english national ballet as well as with the bafta-winning film director, joe wright.

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Juan is a multidisciplinary dancer and engineer coming from southern Spain. At the age of eight he began with martial arts and later went on to intensively train as a b-boy in breakdance. In his early twenties, he travelled the world and studied in several countries with the desire to find a style, which would become a solid bridge between the urban and performing arts. He is one of the co-founders of Frantics dance company- the experimental dance company based in Berlin. Emerging by the end of 2013 in the underground scene movement in Berlin, frantics started exploring contemporary dance, b-boy and partner work. Nowadays they have performed their pieces and taught their workshops around Germany, Switzerland, Spain, France, Greece, Poland, Taiwan and South Korea. Their deep mission is to deliver a strong message to the public under the frame of a movement language that unifies urban and contemporary dance into one unique form.

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Tom Weksler began practicing martial arts and various acrobatic disciplines from a young age. After graduating from The Workshop for Dancers and Choreographers in Haifa Israel in 2009, Tom went on to perform with Inbal Pinto & Avshallom Pollak Dance Company. After having toured extensively and internationally, Tom later became a performer with Rootlessroot under Jozef Fruček and Lind Kapetnea in their work, ‘Collective Loss Of Memory’, which was produced by Dot504. In 2014 Tom created two duets, ‘SARU’ and ‘Heder’ in collaboration with Tokyo-based dancer and choreographer, Mayumu Minakawa, which were performed in many theatres and festivals. In 2017 Tom joined Guy Nader & Maria Campose Dance Company. While maintaining his role as a dancer, he continues to teach workshops in various dance Schools, circus Schools, dojos and professional companies in Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, Athens, London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Cologne, Bratislava, Milano, Rome, Pisa, Paris, Lyon, Antwerp, Boston, San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, Guadelajara, Kyoto, Tokyo, Nagoya and Hong Kong.

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Roser Tutusaus has graduated in B.A of Dance from Artez DansAcademie, Arnhem (Holland) as well as Journalism from, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Since then, Roser worked for different coreographers in Holland like Anouk van Dijk, Giulio d’Anna, Anouke de groot, or Erik Kaiel. She has also collaborated with several companies in Spain such as 'Transit Dansa', 'Enclave Arts del Moviment' (by Roberto Oliván), 'Ana Eulate', 'Lamajara Collective' and 'Pere Faura' in the trilogy “Sweet Suite”. Currently she is working and performing internationally with the DanceCompany "Guy Nader and Maria Campose" in the piece “Time Takes The Time Time Takes” co-produced by Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona as well as taking part in the new creation of the company “Set of Sets” to be premiered in Mercat de Las Flors in April 2018. Roser also created “Menar” a street duet with Joan Català premiered in Fira Tàrrega 2016 and on tour for the summer of 2017. In parallel, and out of curiosity, Roser is also developing her own artistic work with two solos “Simun” and “Tecnologias del yo”. Currently performing in various festivals and venues across Europe.

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alexandros anastasiadis earned his bachelor of sciences in physics from the aristotle university in thessaloniki in combination with the technische universität in berlin. after earning a secondary degree in dance from sead, he went on to create and perform various street and dance theater productions with various collectives, including the dance-and-the-mind. he is a founding member of the la-otra-familia collective, and together they performed at deltebre dansa festival, dance days chania festival and won the audience award in 2016 at the certamen coreografico de madrid. alexandros is currently a member of ultima vez under wim vandekeybus and performs in the piece entitled, ‘in spite of wishing and wanting’. in 2011 he began developing and teaching his concept of ‘organic-acrobatics’ and aims to share his passion for movement and to combine the elements of acrobatics, dance and other physical disciplines within his personal practice. he continues to teach ‘organic-acrobatic’ workshops throughout europe including, chania dance days festival and dock11 studios in berlin.

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Sebastian Zuber was born in Basel and graduated from the Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance in 2015. He later collaborated with Eyal Bromberg and performed as a dancer in the co-created works, ‘Waving to Virginia’, ‘Blood for Honey’ and ‘No more Bambies’. He became a member of the More than Naked Ensemble under Doris Uhlich’s Directorship and had the opportunity to perform at the grand opening of Impulstanz in 2015. Together with Edivaldo Ernesto (a strong influence on Sebastian’s approach to movement) Sebastian performed in the site-specific performance, ‘Micro Revolution’ created by Judith Sanchez Ruiz at ACUD in Berlin. After having joined the YUGSAMAS Movement Collective in 2015, he co-created ‘Let the bodies speak’ alongside choreographer, Julia Schwartzbach. The collective went on to premiere their first independent production entitled, ‘Collage me’ in 2015. After much exposure, Sebastian was contracted as a performer at the Opera of Zurich, where he performed in several works such as, ‘Il viaggio a Reims’ by Christoph Marthaler, ‘Hamletmaschine’ by Sebastian Baumgarten and ‘Der Freischütz’ by Herbert Fritsch.

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kai hill is an original berliner, yoga teacher and owner of yogatribe studio in berlin-mitte. he is a member of the global board of directors of ashy, the anusara school of hatha yoga. kai was introduced to anusara directly by john friend in a training in 2007, where he later made his 200hrs teacher training. Kai also has 200 hours of training in spiral dynamics (spiraldynamics.com).  he has worked intensively with his favorite teachers like sally kempton, elena brower, sianna sherman, bill mahony and tara stiles. in 2016 he co-founded of the global yoga online platform, TINTyoga.com. kai currently runs his berlin style yogastudio, 'yogatribe', his family and trainings around europe.

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mata originates from greece and earned her bfa in dance pedagogy and the performing arts from universities in both athens, and new york. after having received her degree, mata went on to dance with numerous companies, including- but not limited to, sasha waltz & guests, where she was a member since 2005. she has had the opportunity to teach cunningham, release, and improvisation throughout europe and northern america at notable institutions such as, merce cunningham in new york, danceworks, the berliner philharmonie, dock11, tanzfabrik, radial system, the duncan dance school in athens, and trinity laban in london. she is a founding member of kindertanz at radial system- a venture company of sasha waltz & guests, and is currently writing her final dissertation after having finished her studies in movement therapy at the campus naturalis in berlin. one can find her teaching yoga and qigong at lotos yoga, yoga am park and qima in berlin. since furthering her studies at the european shiatsu institute for more extensive certification, she still offers treatments in shiatsu, classic/deep tissue massage, reflexology and reiki at many berlin hot spots such as eden, die wohlfühler, qima and at campus vital in buch. by envisioning the fusing together of differing corporeal techniques in order to prevent disease and promote healthy living, mata hopes to establish a strong connection between the body, the mind and the soul.

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Evangelos Poulinas holds an MFA in dance from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, a Diploma from the Athens State School of Dance and a Bachelor from the Physical Education Department, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki. He has been credited scholarships from numerous prestigious foundations like: Alexandros S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, New York University, Greek State Scholarship Foundation and DanceWEB Europe. As a creator Evangelos has shown work in U.S.A. and Europe and as a dancer he performed in creations by: Johannes Wieland, Maxine Doyle, Katarzyna Gdaniec and Marco Cantalupo, Marcel Leemann, Constanza Macras, Konstandinos Rigos, Nigel Charnock, Jasmin Vardimon, Wim Vandekeybus among others. As a teacher Evangelos has taught contemporary technique, partnering and community dance classes in germany, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Greece, Austria, U.S.A. and Sweden.

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florian hoffmeier has been researching and practicing capoeira, martial arts and the performing arts for at least two decades. in addition to his education in culture and movement, he pursued an academic career and currently works as a physician and therapist in the field of psychosomatics & psychiatry. he studied alongside the well-regarded figures such as, rahul bharti, joseph fruzek, linda kapetanea, roberio queiroz, matthieu ricard, tania singer, and m. lua rasta or be van vark. his past and current activites with low-threshold educational projects, workshops, professional teaching and artistic work have allowed him to travel in europe, brazil, india and africa. he has worked in the cultural field for over 10 years.