Avi Kaiser and Sergio Antonino are living and working in Israel since 2013, and have a rich experience in the field of dance with group works and duets performed throughout Europe, the US and Israel.

As from 2002 they have been directors of “The Roof – TanzRaum”, a dance center in Duisburg, Germany, where they are guest artists of the city and the modern sculpture museum Lehmbruck.

Kaiser worked closely with SusanneLinke as a dancer and choreographer for 15 years.
He created works in Canada, the United States, Senegal, the Paris and Zurich Opera. The French Ministry of Culture awarded him the title of Professor of Modern Dance based on his international authority in this field.
Antonino was invited to create at the Venice Biennale, won the Sakharov Prize, and created several works for the prestigious Paolo Grassi National School in Milan. He received his master’s degree in the history of art at the University of La Sapienza in Rome.

In their works there is a strong emphasis on the place, the arena in which things take place. In recent years, a large part of their pieces has been done in and for public space, in cooperation with architects and photographers. One of their leading projects since 2009 is the duet “At Your Place” which brings the dance to the people’s home, to the school class, offices, or to any other possible space where an intimacy allows a different observation of the movement.

Antonia Koluiartseva is a dancer and choreographer. Born in Russia, she is currently based in Wuppertal, Germany. She trained in Ballet and Contemporary Dance at the Tanzcentrum Praha and Tallinn University. For over a decade, Antonia has worked across institutional and freelance scenes in Russia and Europe. She was a key member of St. Petersburg’s “OKNO Dance Project” (2007-2013), co-organizing its annual festival, and later danced with the Aura Dance Theater in Lithuania. After creating independent works in Estonia and Russia, she earned her MA in Choreography from the Folkwang University of the Arts (2018-2021). Her performances have been featured at numerous international festivals. Her work has received support from funds like “Take Heart” and “Dis-Tanz Solo.” She was invited as a choreographer for productions at the Folkwang Tanzstudio in 2022 and 2024 and perform as a dancer in “Kontra Punkt» and «Grossstadt Hunger» by the company «Tanzgebiet”.
She was a key member of St. Petersburg’s “OKNO Dance Project” (2007-2013), co-organizing its annual festival, and later danced with the Aura Dance Theater in Lithuania. After creating independent works in Estonia and Russia, she earned her MA in Choreography from the Folkwang University of the Arts (2018-2021).

Her performances have been featured at numerous international festivals. Her work has received support from funds like “Take Heart” and “Dis-Tanz Solo.” She was invited as a choreographer for productions at the Folkwang Tanzstudio in 2022 and 2024 and perform as a dancer in “Kontra Punkt» and «Grossstadt Hunger» by the company «Tanzgebiet”.

Wei-Yao Chiu is a Bunun choreographer and dancer from Taiwan, currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Dance at the Taipei National University of the Arts. his artistic practice focuses on Indigenous body knowledge, land-based experiences, and contemporary choreography.
His work is grounded in the concept of return as a choreographic methodology. Through field research, community engagement, and embodied practice, he explores how cultural memory can be transformed into contemporary movement, investigating the relationships between body, land, history, mobility, and identity.
His works have received recognition including the Pulima Performing Arts Creation Award and First Prize at the Chiayi Dance Platform. His creations have been presented internationally at Dance Reflections Festival at Tate Modern (UK), Taipei Performing Arts Center, Melaka Art & Performance Festival (Malaysia), and other festivals and performance platforms.

He continues to develop intercultural collaborations and international residency projects, creating dialogues between people, places, and cultures through dance.

Efrat Valero is a Movement and Butoh dance artist, therapist and teacher. Lives in Beit Zayit with her two sons.

Her work explores the connection between body, expression, and healing. It emerges from deep listening to the body, integrating practices such as Zen, improvisation, and live art. She believes in the body’s ability to create connection and expansion. Strives for living creation that flows from the personal to the universal. Her work weaves together artistic creation, community, and therapeutic processes.

Her performances have been presented on various stages across Israel, including the Haifa Museum, Theater HaHanut Gallery, Theater HaYadit, Jaffa Theater, and more.

Idan Sharabi is a choreographer, multidisciplinary artist, and a certified Trilotherapy (Nissim Amon Method) and Rega Movement facilitator. He leads workshops focused on healing through movement and inner communication and is financially supported by the Israeli Ministry of Culture, since 2013, residing in the Israeli Choreographers Association.

As a choreographer, he has been commissioned to create works for renowned companies and international festivals, including NDT 2, the Israeli Ballet, Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, the Royal Danish Ballet, Ballet Chileno, and others. As a dancer, Sharabi trained at Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, continued his studies at The Juilliard School in New York, and joined NDT in the Netherlands and the Batsheva Dance Company in Israel.

A random meeting between Rosalie, a choreographer and dancer based in Germany, and Maayan, a choreographer based in Israel, together with co-dancer and choreographer Aron Nowak, who is based in Germany, created curiosity and a desire to collaborate.

We want to use the physical action of embracing as a metaphor for our re/action confronted with a given situation. We are concerned by the fact that some trends in the world leading in the direction of intolerance, polarization, categorization, and rigidity are on the rise. We are calling out against this narrow view of the human being, which is so harmful to humanity.

Born in the Czech Republic in 2000, Michal is a graduate of the Dance Center Prague – Conservatory and Grammar School. During his time there, he participated in school companies, Baby Ballet Prague (BBP) under the direction of Agurtzane Pérez Olóriz and Ballet Prague Junior (BPJ), led by Viktor and Linda Svidró. While a member of BPJ, Michal achieved notable recognition as a choreographer, receiving the Jury Prize at the Student Thalia Awards in 2018. Additionally, in 2017, he proudly represented the Czech Republic in the final of the Eurovision Young Dancers television broadcast. Throughout his studies, Michal also gained professional experience as a guest dancer with the Prague Chamber Ballet.

In September 2019, he was accepted into Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company 2, and subsequently joined the main company in December 2019 under the leadership of renowned director and choreographer Rami Be’er.
In December 2025, he was awarded the prestigious YAIR SHAPIRA PRIZE, an honor presented to outstanding dancers in recognition of their contribution to the world of dance in Israel.
In forging his own artistic voice, Michal successfully engages in choreography, photography, and videography while also teaching as a floor-work company teacher and leading masterclasses of Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company repertoire abroad.

Miriam Engel is an Israeli and international choreographer, dancer, actress, and entrepreneur who lives and works in Jerusalem. She has been creating and performing for the past 20 years in Israel, Europe, the USA, Africa, and the Far East, initiating international projects and collaborations around the world.

Engel’s works are characterized by a unique interpretation and design, rich virtuoso performance, and by the adaptation of the Israeli experience in its entire diversity into interactive, universal, and place-dependent work. As a Jerusalemite, she draws artistic and intellectual inspiration from the complexity and multicultural nature of the city where she also acts as a cultural entrepreneur: in addition to founding and managing the Jerusalem International Solo Dance Festival, she founded the Angela Dance Company in Jerusalem – an artistic body that serves as a home for contemporary activity that stages original dance works alongside international projects. She also developed the concept project LoveINg Your City, which documents true love stories from cities around the world through original dance and performance works in public, staged, and digital spaces.

Engel is a member of the board of directors of IUPA, a member of the Choreographers Association, and served as artistic director at Mazia. Alongside her original productions and many performances, she is invited to create, perform, and teach in various institutions around the world.

Pratibha Sharma, a Kathak exponent, is an accomplished Kathak dancer with over 22 years of experience. She is currently working at the Embassy of India in Tel Aviv. Deputed by the Ministry of External Affairs through ICCR, she teaches Indian culture in Israel.

She is also a choreographer who has composed several productions based on Indian classical dance. One of her most acclaimed works is ‘Trayambake’, an amalgamation of three different Indian classical dance forms that presents the various manifestations of Devi.

Chang-ning Chou is a Taiwanese dancer, choreographer, and dance educator. A graduate of the Taipei National University of the Arts, she performed with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre for 26 years (1993–2019), dancing leading roles in many of Lin Hwai-min’s celebrated works, including Moon Water, Cursive, and The Tale of the White Serpent.

She has appeared in more than 1,600 performances at major international festivals and venues across Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. Her performances have been praised for their exceptional artistry, with critics highlighting the unity of body, breath, and spirit in her dancing.

Since leaving Cloud Gate, Chou has continued developing her own artistic practice while teaching, choreographing, and leading workshops. Rooted in contemporary dance and inspired by traditional Eastern body practices, her work explores the relationship between breath, movement, and inner awareness.

Rina Schenfeld is a multidisciplinary artist: dancer, choreographer, artistic director, and teacher.

As a pioneer of artistic dance in Israel and a respected cultural ambassador worldwide for over 65 years, she has achieved immense success as both a performer and creator, earning international recognition and prestigious awards. Among these are the EMET Prize, the Rosenblum Prize, the Honorary Citizen of Tel Aviv award, and the IUPA Lifetime Achievement Award. She has earned distinguished accolades such as “The Queen of Israeli Dance” and “one of the most important dancers of our time” (The New York Times). Over the years, Schenfeld has created over 120 original works, many of which have become foundational classics. She developed a unique, imaginative movement language that seamlessly integrates objects, vocal sounds, song, video, painting, and sculpture.

Chen Chun-Han is an interdisciplinary artist working across theatre and dance. Through choreography, dramaturgy, and participatory performance, his practice investigates how cultural identities and forms of belonging emerge through embodied experience, memory, and discourse.
Rather than treating identity as fixed, he approaches it as an ongoing process shaped through embodied practice and collective experience. His works have been supported by the National Culture and Arts Foundation, Lai Tsui-Shuang Dance Theatre, and C-LAB, and presented at platforms including Want To Dance Festival, Asian Blue Sky Theatre Festival, and Nuit Blanche Taipei.

By creating performative situations that invite dialogue and participation, his recent work asks how bodies, memories, and discourses continually shape one another, and how these processes give rise to new understandings of culture and community.

Rosalie Wanka is a Munich-born choreographer and performer who has made her mark on the European and South American dance scenes since 2015. With over 15 stage works and interdisciplinary collaborations, her creations have been presented in more than 20 countries across four continents. Equally versatile in traditional theaters and unconventional spaces, Wanka’s signature lies in blending contemporary dance with Argentine tango and other movement languages, such as sign language, reflecting her intercultural and interdisciplinary approach.

Her solo PINK LADY (2021) earned six international awards in Italy, Spain, and South Korea. Trained at the Bavarian Ballet Academy and the Vienna State Opera, she holds a master’s in contemporary dance and pedagogy from Anton Bruckner University (Linz), with further studies at UNA Buenos Aires, Salzburg University, and FU Berlin in curating scenic arts.

Rotem Sapir is an independent circus artist and choreographer. Graduate of the three-year program at Sandciel School for Theatre, Dance and Contemporary Circus. Graduate of “Trampoline” The Train Theatre’s development program for innovative circus creation. Her work moves between contemporary circus, dance, and visual theatre, exploring the relationship between the virtuosity and repetition inherent in circus practice and the vulnerability of the human body.

Combining refined physical technique with playfulness and curiosity, she creates performances in which the encounter between body, object, and space reveals the fragility, absurdity, and beauty found in imperfection.

Danielis is a Slovakia-based choreographer, media artist, and director of the “Radical Empathy” company. His work, together with the company, focuses on developing works of art as sociological tests, with a longstanding emphasis on themes of empathy, coexistence, questions relating to the perception of freedom, and language. Danielis’s works have been presented in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. As a performer, he has collaborated with cie W. Dorner, Olivier Py, Sasha Waltz and guests, cie. F. Ruckert, Freyer Ensemble, Granhoj Dans, and others.

Yasmin Gariv is an Israeli dancer, choreographer, and aerial hoop artist. Her choreographic works have been presented at festivals and venues in Israel and internationally, including Machol Shalem Dance House, the Inbal Theater, and international festivals across Europe.

She is the founder and artistic director of Fluorescent Festival, a platform supporting emerging choreographers in collaboration with Vertigo Jerusalem.

As a performer, Yasmin has collaborated with leading Israeli choreographers, including Ofra Idel, Dana Naim-Hfuta, Erica Rintovich, and more.

She previously performed with the Italian IVONA Dance Company, appearing at festivals and venues across Europe, as well as with the Jerusalem Dance Theatre Company.

Both independent Taiwanese choreographers and TNUA graduate students, You Yi-Sian and Mo Chi-Hsiang, have been collaborating since 2024 to develop this work. You investigates human perception and philosophy, while Mo uses a raw physical vocabulary to unearth psychological truths.

Discovering a deep alignment in their artistic visions, they have continued their partnership to this day. Together, they constantly evolve different versions of the piece and create new works, expanding their physical and somatic research. They also actively engage with the global dance community, continuing to exchange ideas and showcase their collaborative practice on international platforms and art festivals.