Lisa Reinheimer
Lisa Reinheimer is currently the Director of Dansateliers, Rotterdam/The Netherlands. Dansateliers is an independent house for dance development and a home for dance artists. They invest in dance-, talent-, and network development. Dansateliers explores new ideas about what dance is and what role it can play in today’s world. They offer dance makers space to research and develop, to experiment and to create. Meeting, research, and exchange – nationally and internationally – are at the core of Dansateliers.
Previously Lisa worked as an independent dance critic, context programmer and teacher, and she was the artistic coordinator of DansBrabant.
Roberto Casarotto
Co-director of Aerowaves, the European Platform for Dance promoting cross-border mobility of the work of emerging dance artists.
In Bassano del Grappa he develops international projects, supported by the EU Creative Europe and Erasmus + Programmes, aimed at supporting artistic research, mobility and artistic development in the field of dance. Prior to working for dance organizations, Roberto was a professional contemporary dancer.
Thorsten Teubl
Dance dramaturge and artistic director for the dance devision at Staatstheater Kassel. He studied music and theater at the University of Bayreuth and completed studies in musical theater directing at the HfMT Hamburg with Götz Friedrich. In addition to working as a stage manager, director, and artistic director at various German theaters, For the German Dance Congress, he curates together with Honne Dorhmann the interface between institution and independent dance scene: New Friendships?! – Free Scene and Cultural Institutions. He is also a member of the jury for the German Dance Award.
Anastasija Kaminske
Manager and Projects coordinator at Lithuanian Dance Information Centre, a nongovernmental organization in Lithuania entirely dedicated to contemporary dance. She is one of the chief coordinators of Baltic Dance Platform, in collaboration with Latvian Dance Information Centre and Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava, also she manages the International contemporary dance festival New Baltic Dance (NBD).
Roma Janus
Artistic Director of TANZ LINZ at the Landestheater in Linz (Austria). She studied theatre studies, film and media studies and journalism at the University of Vienna and cultural management at the Institute for Cultural Concepts in Vienna. Director, playwright, curator and manager of contemporary dance.
Canan Erek
She is freelance choreographer and festival curator based in Berlin. She is also the founder and artistic director of PURPLE – International dance festival for young audience. Additionally, she is involved in cultural education projects and cultural debates about dance.
Laurie Uprichard
Currently Executive Artistic Director of Dance Cork Firkin Crane (IE), she previously served as Director and Curator of Performing Arts at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans (US) and was Director of the Dublin Dance Festival (IE) and Danspace Project in New York. She is also an independent curator, producer, and consultant in performing arts and contemporary dance.
Wanda Puvogel
Wanda Puvogel is the Dance Director of Luzerner Theater and Artistic Director of the company TanzLuzern. After completing her studies in violin, she has been involved in the field of dance more than thirty years. She works as a dramaturg, director, curator, and manager, actively advocating for better working conditions and structures in the field of dance.