TEAM
Carlos Ema, Musician
(Composer)
Carlos Ema (piano, composition, electronics, Spain) has a Jazz background, yet his versatility, curiosity and willing of interaction always bring him to diverse fields and projects. Since 2012 he is accompanying Ballet Class, Modern and Creative Dance at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Dance companies Nederlands Dans Theater, and De Dutch Don’t Dance Division. He also Compose, Improvise and perform for several Contemporary Dance and Flamenco projects (Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Lora Juodkaité, Kenzo Kusuda, Yiannis Tsirikoglou, Iván Pérez, Fernando Troya, Manel Salas, Mariëtte Redel, Joan van der Mast, Erminia Fernández Córdoba, María Marín, Cristina Soler, Expeditie Flamenco, Jorinde Cielen, Irene Álvarez, Iris Victoria Dekker, Tiempos Nuevos, Johan Frauenfelder, Francisco López, Korzo Theater, Bimhuis, Tivoli-Vredenburg, Nieuwe Regentes, Flamenco Bienale …)
(dancer and assistant)
Quentin Roger did the main part of his education at the international school for dance Rosella Hightower (in Cannes) and at Paris Opera school. After finishing his mix education of Ballet, Modern and more, he repeatedly joined already established companies abroad like the Grand Theatre de Genève (Switzerland), Compañia Nacional de Danza (Madrid) and The Nederlands Dans Theatre (The Hague) before to start his freelancing carrier. Now Quentin is based in The Hague and enjoys exploring choreographing at the same time he keeps dancing for choreographers like Saburo Teshigawara, Samir Calixto, Joeri Dubbe or Arno Schuitemaker.
He also holds dear sharing his knowledge with teaching amateurs, students or professional dancers. His latest work with Saburo Teshigawara’s own company (KARAS) greatly influenced his improvisation skills. Quentin recently assisted Fernando Troya during his creation for the summer course OpenFLR and was part of the creation of Essential Rights.
(actor/dancer)
Actor Graduated in Textual Interpretation by the High school of Dramatic Art of Malaga. Also complementary formation studies ” Commedia dell’Arte ” with the director of the company ” Theatre dell lazzi ” Javier Oliva, Physical theater with Jose Piris the director of the “Nouveau Colombier”, of the Cía “Mimox” and disciple of Marcel Marceau, Lecoq’s discipline with Arturo Bernal, teacher in the “Nouveau Colombier” and formed in the “École de Lassaad”, contemporary Dance with Thome Araújo the director and choreographer of the company “MDT”. Member and co-founder of the Cía ” Mimetic Teatro Gestual ” with the one that obtains the prize to the best direction for the work “El Sueño de Galielo ” in the Festival MálagaCrea 2012. He is scenic director and actor of the company NTM productions with the one that produce “Tick, Tick…Boom!” Musical writted by Jonathan Larson, goal In the 33ºFestival of Theatre of Malaga 2016. Actor in the company NokoTeatro, in the company MDT direct by Thomé Araújo, and independent artist.
COLLABORATORS
Alberto Sellés
(Flamenco Dancer)
San Fernando, Cádiz, 1991
He learned the foundations of flamenco at the Virginia Academy and Verónica Vélez. Subsequently, he obtains a training scholarship at the Cristina Heeren Foundation in Seville. In 2010 he presents his show ‘In freedom’ at the Royal Theater of the Cortes of San Fernando.
In 2012, he won the first prize of the XIII Young Flamenco Contest of the Peñas de Sevilla Federation; in June of that same year he obtained the maximum award of the XXIV National Contest of Flamenco Art of Ubrique and in 2014 the Prize of Revelation Artist of the XVIII Festival de Jerez, together with Sara Calero.
She is currently part of the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía, directed by Rafaela Carrasco.
(Maker)
With Kristina Found in Translation
Kristina Aleksova is a dancer, choreographer and performer born in Ljubljana. She started off as a classical ballerina. After graduation she joined Slovenian National Ballet Company. In 2013 she created her first performance “Children form the edge of reality” for ballet company of Slovenian National Theatre Ljubljana. Her latest work “How deep in your (w)hole” a dance installation was a collaboration with visual artist Živa Petrič that premiered in 2016 on the stage of -3 in Slovenian National Theatre Ljubljana. Kristina is currently a freelance artist engaged mostly in the research of new methods of dance and performance. Therefore she is talking about intimate topics that are sometimes not easy to talk about meanwhile observing the reactions that the body creates and interpretations that our minds are making.
(Maker)
Tomer Zirkilevich is an Israeli Choreographer, director, performer and teacher, based in Berlin. Graduate of The School of Dance Arts of Kibbutzim College, Tel-Aviv; Studied theatre, dance and composition at Studio Play and at the preparatory course at the Nisan Native Drama Studio. Choreographer of the Piece “Infidelity: A love story”; Choreographer and dancer in the pieces: “Like Father Likes Son (part 2),”LOVERS1” together with Shlomo Lieberman, “What have i got?”; Co-creator of the piece “Un/Known” with Sharon Hilleli-Assa; Choreographer and director of the piece “Auf Wiedersehn”; Co-creator and performer of the piece “Tigers” by Sharon Reshef Armony; Creator and dancer of the piece “Like Father Likes Son” (part 1); Artistic director and choreographer of the educational theater project: “Lechaim das Leben” together with Sveta Azriel. Dancer in “Fons Amoris” by Niv Sheinfeld. Received a study scholarship from the Caesarea Fund for outstanding dance-theatre students. Was awarded the Oded Kotler Prize for young artists in Ashdod.
(photographer/film maker)
Paul Sixta (Netherlands, 1979) graduated in 2003 from the Audio-Visual department at St. Joost Breda. Sixta works as a filmmaker and photographer. His films and video-installations were shown on festivals and museums worldwide and won several prizes. Sixta often collaborates with other artists and his work ranges from visual anthropology to performance videos. Sixta’s work deals with sensitive subjects, emphasizes the story telling, and delicately explores relationships.
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