Celine Barreau

Céline HyunJin Barreau (she/her) is an independent dance artist specialising in contemporary improvisation methods. She collaborates regularly with artists of different disciplines to create versatile and alternative projects for films, fashion shows, gallery installations and more. She is a certified Gaga Teacher since 2021 and is invited to teach across Europe, Asia & North America to professional dance companies, dance conservatoires, and dance lovers alike. Her practice revolves around making dance and performance accessible to every body and the ongoing research of the sensing body in the creation of real time compositional scores.

Tanja Saban

Tanja Saban is a dancer, choreographer, certified Gaga teacher and somatic movement coach. Born and raised in Switzerland, she graduated from the SEAD training program in 2007. She is a recipient of the conveyor scholarship from the Tanzquartier in Vienna, where she started her career as a freelance dancer and teacher. She collaborates with artists of other disciplines on projects as well as creating her own work in Germany, Austria, Spain,Switzerland, Israel and New York City. The heart of her artistic solo practice

 g e s c h oe p f  is an ongoing research of the body in motion - a space of expression, expansion and radical imagination in the unfolding of sensory intelligence. She is a founding member of DFRAC, a platform for co-creative, immersive dance experiences that oscillate between clubculture, performance and somatics. She is part of DOCK11_Digital conducting a collaborative research series on spatial sound and dance, theThird Space Lab. 

Her teaching practice spans over a decade, working with professional dancers and amateurs. She teaches classes, workshops and intensives for Tanzhaus Zurich, Buehnen Bern, Staatsballett Berlin, Marameo, Dock 11 among others. Since 2024 she is offering somatic movement coaching, Sensory Soulbody, a process that lands and orients the practitioner in the vast terrain of one's inner self experience and creates fluency in the language of sensation and feeling.

Inbar Elkayam

Inbar Elkayam is a choreographer, performer, and dance educator, originally from Israel and now based in Switzerland. With a rich background in dance, including training at the Animato Dance and Theater Program and collaborations with prestigious companies like Leineroebana Dance Company and Kibbutz Dance Company, Inbar brings deep expertise and innovative approaches to her work. Currently active in Zurich, she teaches contemporary dance and improvisation while passionately pursuing her choreographic projects, which resonate with diverse audiences and explore themes of identity, resilience, and human connection.

Emeric Rabot

Emeric Rabot is a French performer and teacher with a diverse background in dance, from hip-hop and ballroom to freestyle and tap. After refining his skills at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels, he has led dynamic dance exchanges across Switzerland, Cuba, and Mozambique. His sessions focus on expressivity, power, and improvisation, inspiring a full artistic engagement. Currently, Emeric leads Dance for Health sessions for older adults in Bern and at the Federal Asylum Centre in Zurich, seeking to make dance accessible to all.

Alex Ferro

Alex (*1994, based in Zurich) started dancing at the age of 17 as a self-taught artist, specializing in the urban dance style Electro Dance. At 22, he began formal training in modern dance and ballet at "Arké" and "Nuova Officina della Danza," receiving a scholarship in Turin. In 2020, he completed his Bachelor's degree in Contemporary Dance at Zurich University of the Arts. Following this, he joined the dance company of Theater Pforzheim in Germany until 2021. Since then, he has been working in Switzerland as a freelance dancer on various projects, such as the "Poems from Inner Space" trilogy by PR·SMA Collective at Kurtheater Baden, and the dance film "Shell Shock O'K'" directed by Dmytro Grynov in Berlin. He took part in projects such as "Dance and Resilience" by Lucas del Rio and "Träum schö schlimm!" by Teresa Rotenberg. He also was selected with his first solo dance project "Jasper and his last bits" at Show-Off 2024 platform organised by Tanzhaus Zurich.

Benjamin Pogonatos 

Benjamin Pogonato is a Sound artist, Res(ear)cher, Musician, Performer, Composer, Improviser. He lives and works in Zurich. As the son of a musician, Benjamin also decided to pursue a career in music. He trained as a guitarist, completed further training in sound engineering and sound arts. He has already contributed to several short films, podcasts, radio plays, dance, and theater productions. Since 2019 he runs the Imaginary Dancescape Sessions, foundet at the Théâtre Maison de Métallos in Paris. The Sessions explores the spectrum of danceable live music and are open for people interested in dance, regardless of age or ability.