Teachers & Artists

Meet the teachers, performers, facilitators and dance companies shaping the festival program.

Teaching & facilitation

Moldova Teacher / Performer

Alexandra Soshnicova

Choreographer, dancer, performer, international teacher, Contact+ co-leader and performance lab facilitator.

1 festival event · facilitating

Sweden / Netherlands Teacher / Performer

Benno Voorham

Performance lab teacher.

1 festival event · teaching

Colombia Teacher / Performer

Daniel Rojasanta

CI & performance teacher and performer.

2 festival events · teaching / performing

Ukraine Teacher

Marina Baranova

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1 festival event · teaching

Romania / Spain Teacher / Performer

Laura Vlad

Family & Youth facilitator and performer.

4 festival events · teaching / facilitating / performing

Finland Teacher

Mirva Mäkinen

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1 festival event · teaching

Poland / Spain Teacher / Performer

Olek Wójcik

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4 festival events · teaching / performing

Latvia Teacher

Olga Žitluhina

Performance lab teacher.

1 festival event · teaching

Poland Teacher

Sebastian Flegiel

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1 festival event · teaching

Moldova Teacher / Performer

Sergey Golovnea

Choreographer, dancer, performer, international teacher, Contact+ co-leader and performance lab facilitator.

1 festival event · facilitating

Germany / Ukraine Teacher / Facilitator

Sergey Semichev

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2 festival events · teaching / facilitating

Austria / Ukraine Teacher

Tamara Maksymenko

Performance lab teacher.

1 festival event · teaching

Romania Teacher

Virginia Negru

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1 festival event · teaching

Performance & artistic work

UK / Bulgaria Performer / Artist

Daniel Kearns

Performer of Descent and FIELD.

2 festival events · performing

Bulgaria Dance company

DUNE Dance Company

Contemporary dance company presenting FIELD.

1 festival event · company work

Moldova Dance company

Fantezia Dance Theatre

Company presenting Voice Under the Skin.

1 festival event · company work

Norway Artist / Discussion guest

Nikolay Shchetnev

Samovarteateret artist in the film / presentation Outside/Inside (Norway).

1 festival event · discussion

Moldova Dance company

Voices Dance Company

Moldovan dance company presenting Light from the Shadow.

1 festival event · company work

Companies & production context

Norway Production company

Samovarteateret

Production company behind Outside/Inside (Norway).

1 festival event · production