Danja Burchard (they/them) is a creative producer, performing artist, cultural worker and researcher who has worked for interdisciplinary cultural and artistic projects in Berlin, Barcelona and Bergen. Their practice is focused on the intersection of performance, discourse, critical thinking and collective, social practices.

They hold a BA in Music, Arts, Contemporary Media – Organization and Distribution from the Philipps- University Marburg and the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and an MA in Language, Communication and European Cultures.They studied Experimental Theater and Performing Arts at the Teatro Laboratorio in Barcelona under Jessica Walker and Systemic Therapy at the Systemic Center, Hamburg.

As creative producer Burchard has worked with numerous interdisciplinary artists including: Sarah Vanhee (bodies of knowledge (BOK) in Bergen), Yohei Hamada (Push & Pull Matters), PORNOTOPIAcollective, Jingyi Wang (JUDGE ME), Daniel Mariblanca & the 71 Bodies Company (In First Person), Frans Jakobi & Gitte Saetre (Are You Ready?), Tomás Saraceno, Nahum & the KOSMICA Institute amongst others.

They founded different projects and initiatives including: NOGOODS, a moving project space dedicated to architecture, art and performance where they also develop the magazin bias in collaboration with Maike Statz, Collapse (2021), a performative research project focussing on discursive formats, the performative research collective Pornotopía (Barcelona).

Their curatorial practice includes “Dissident Publics: Future Artefacts of Queer Methodologies” hosted by ROM for Kunst og Arkitektur, co-curated with Exutoire, the living online archive NOTATIONS 43.8 with Elfie Carlie, Going Viral by Philipp Spiegel and the COSMIC CULTURE SESSIONS at ART_25, Berlin.

Burchard organized, facilitated or lead numerous workshops, seminars or lectures for different institutions including Dissident Publics, BIT Teatergarasjen, The Pirat Academy (KMD), Plattform Bergen Kunsthall, the KOSMICA Institute.
Their texts have been published by SpeakersSpeakers, BIT Teatergarasjen, WEAKmagazine, and fem tusend og fem, Exutoire. Their performances were presented at the open out festival, karmaklubb* Oslo, Prøverommet (Bergen), USF (Bergen), Rosekill (NY), Konvent 0 (Barcelona), Subscena (Zagreb), NoShit (Berlin).

Their work has been granted with the project development fund of the Norwegian Arts Council, the Establishment Grant for cultural workers by Bergen Kommune, and the Creative Business Development Grant from Vestland Fylkeskommune.

www.danjaburchard.com

Lisa Reynolds (she/her/hers) has been an artist and producer for over 20 years. She holds a BFA in theater from Cornish College of the Arts and an MFA from Brooklyn College in Performance and Interactive Media Arts.

She has performed in venues such as REDCAT, Hammer Museum, Rauschenberg Gallery, New Museum, PS 1, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Anthology Films Archives, Performa, Art in General, Cleveland Art Institute, Museum of Jurassic Technology, Brooklyn Museum and others. Her installations and visual works have been shown at 21CPW Gallery, Volta Arts Fair, Southpaw & Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and her work has been featured in Artforum, LA Times, Huffington Post as well as published in What Can a Body Do? at Haverford College’s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery.

Lisa has worked within the Norwegian performing arts scene since 2013 both independently and with FuturePerfect Creative Studios including producing the annual Norway Now week long event held in New York in collaboration with Performing Arts Hub Norway and the Royal Norwegian Consulate General New York. She has also worked extensively with Alan Lucien Øyen / winter guests, Verdensteatret and produced Teater Manu’s tour of Crying Hands in North America.

Along with producing, Lisa also works as an RID certified ASL interpreter for the Deaf- which has brought her into many different contexts and experiences through the Deaf community both locally and abroad. She is currently working as Project Manager for Accessibility/ ASL Interpreter for Bridge Multimedia. She is also studying Forensic Mental Health Counseling (MA) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

www.lcreynolds.com

After five years of Translation Studies in the two Italian leading Universities in the field, Francesco Chiaro started focusing on theater- translating and editing a collection of contemporary feminist plays from Canada, England, Australia, Mexico and the USA. Following his dissertation on the translation of Sarah Kane’s theatre in Italy, he began working for the online independent magazine Persinsala as a theatre critic.

After intense and prolific activity across Italy (covering seasonal productions, festivals, and serving as a jury member for a summer festival), he embarked on a project aimed at exploring the different languages of Performing Arts within the European framework. This led to the initiation of the international section, Staging Europa, specifically focused on the latest artistic expressions in the Old Continent (acting as editor-in-chief for Greece, Spain and, as of late, Portugal).

In addition to his continuous publications, he is currently researching inclusive theatre criticism practices in an attempt to develop a non-normative and non-hierarchical methodology capable of expanding both the reach and depth of the critical discourse on contemporary performing arts.

francesco.chiaro@studio.unibo.it

Elisabeth Carmen Gmeiner is an independent producer. Born in Austria and currently based in Oslo, she is especially interested in artistic expressions at the intersection of visual art, sound and performance. Elisabeth has been working professionally within the performing arts field since 2000 and holds an MA in Music Education from the University for Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria. She also has extensive studies in Production Management for Film, TV and Theatre from the BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo.

From concept development to production touring, Elisabeth remains closely connected with the artists throughout their artistic process, establishing an environment where the performers can take full focus on their work. She internationally promotes artists and artist collectives by fostering connections, increasing visibility and creating opportunities for their work to be shown.

Elisabeth has worked with Verdensteatret, Ursus produkjsoner and Mia Habib Productions among others; she is currently Producer for Maritea Dæhlin and Iggy Malmborg. Since 2018, Elisabeth has been a regular guest teacher and mentor in Project Management at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Since 2021 she has also run the initiative “Sprechstunde,” where artists and producers can seek mentoring and advice regarding production-related topics.

www.ecgmeiner.com

Christine Grosche (she/her) works as an art educator and curator in Hamburg.
She is interested in the diverse working methods and aesthetic means in performance art and their impact on the audience. She completed her traineeship at PACT Zollverein, where she subsequently managed communication and audience development, interfacing with dramaturgy, and devised the PACT-Paket format for students. In 2018, Grosche initiated the Tanzplattform Deutschland blog, serving as co-editor-in-chief for sound, image, and video contributions, as well as project coordination. She also produces multimedia documentation for various artistic research platforms, including 1/2/8 — URBAN FRICTIONS at PACT Zollverein Essen, explore dance — Tanz für junges Publikum (K3 / Fabrik Potsdam / Fokus Tanz München).
In the independent scene in Hamburg, she collaborates with Regina Rossi, Jacob K. Kollektiv, Henri Hüster, Meine Damen und Herren, Barbara Schmidt Rohr in roles such as artistic assistance, communications management, and/or production. From 2018 to 2020, she was the editor-in-chief of the online journal on the explore dance — Tanz für junges Publikum website. In the realm of communications, she worked with Dance in Response Festival (Hamburg), Forecast Festival (Berlin), Housing the Human (Berlin), and the Alster-Bille-Elbe PARKS project in Hamburg.
From 2020 to 2023, she, alongside Jens Dietrich, formed the artistic directing team for the Festival — HAUPTSACHE FREI for the free performing arts in Hamburg. In 2020, she joined DIE NEUE KOMPANIE, which recently received the Hamburger Kindertheaterpreis for their video performance "GRUSEL GRUSEL." In 2021, she served as a jury member in the selection process for the 2022 residencies at PACT Zollverein. Since 2022, she has been part of the project team "Eine Mittelbühne für die Freie Szene Hamburg" at the LICHTHOF Theater. Currently, she is co-founding the KONTAKT office for art, culture & diverse formats with curator Danja Burchard.