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Marten Flegel, possibly known as Marty Damour, wurde in Jena geboren, ist Teil der Theatergruppe Die Soziale Fiktion und arbeitet als Performer*in und Theatermacher*in in Leipzig.  Mathias Becker aka Becky is a director, puppeteer, drag performer, musician and co-founder of the theatre collective MANUFAKTOR. They share an interest in queer East German history and its connection to the present day. 

Felix Chang is a contemporary dance artist and choreographer exploring the  intersection of tradition, spirituality, and modernity. Rooted in Taiwanese temple heritage and Taoist philosophy, his dance-theatre bridges Chinese classical aesthetics and contemporary sensibilities, investigating ritual, the contemporary body, and the transformative power of cultural continuity. 

Ildikó Tóth lives in Leipzig and works as a freelance choreographer and performer. She studied at Codarts University Rotterdam and with a DAAD scholarship in New York, and was a member of The Forsythe Company in Frankfurt from 2012 to 2015. Since then, she has been developing international works at the intersection of improvisation, perception, and performative presence. Collaborations with artists from the fields of visual arts, sound/video, and neuroscience, among others, shape her practice. Her works have been shown at LOFFT Leipzig, Schaubühne Lindenfels, and the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, among others.

Australian-born choreographer Jack Bannerman worked as a dancer in Australia and Europe for eight years. His works have been shown at the Tanzplattform Rhein-Main, the Florence Dance Festival, and the Tanzzentrale Nürnberg, among others. In 2023, his group work at the Landestheater Eisenach was nominated for the Tanzplattform Bern Prize. In 2024, he created works for the Stadttheater Pforzheim. International residencies have taken him to Hellerau, Lucy Guerin Inc, Dance Italia, and Tanzhaus Basel, among others. His duet “Soft Animals” was a finalist at MASDANZA 30. He holds a master's degree in choreography from the Palucca University of Dance Dresden.

Kevin Albancando Tuntaquimba is a dancer, choreographer and dance educator born in Freiburg who now lives in Leipzig. Self-taught in popping and breaking, he began his work as a performer in 2011 with the dance and action theatre Pan.Optikum. Since 2019, he has been involved as a performer in numerous projects in Baden-Württemberg and, since 2024, also in Saxony. His most recent choreographic work, ‘Soft War’, premiered at the Schauspiel Leipzig in 2024.  

Rika Yotsumoto is a dancer and choreographer born in Munich. She studied contemporary dance at Reed College in Portland (USA) and also completed training at the Gibney Dance Centre in New York and at IWANSON in Munich. She danced for the Oriantheatre Dance Company under the direction of Mehdi Farajpour in France and Germany. Today she lives in Dresden and works freelance in stage productions, video projects and site-specific performances. 

Svea Duwe is a freelance visual artist living in Dresden. She studied sculpture in Alfter/Bonn and fine art in Dresden and Oslo, developing an interdisciplinary practice early on. In her work, she explores connections between sculpture and performance, statics and process, with a philosophical focus. Her starting points are place, material, and their history, from which she develops space-defining works on socially relevant topics. She stages productions and works as a visual artist in stage productions at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden, the Societätstheater, the villa\wigman, and HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts, among others.

Jana Schmück and Anne Dietrich have been working together as tanzART.company since 2013 and are the artistic directors of TanzART – an important centre for contemporary dance in rural eastern Saxony. Their work aims to bring contemporary dance to rural areas, create meeting places and actively involve the audience.