Miriam Cheema

Miriam Cheema has been dancing hip hop (hip hop, house, locking, popping and later dancehall) since she was 8 years old and has been teaching this dance culture since she was 16. At the same time, she danced "Latin American competitive dance" (B class) for four years and was a member of the hip hop company "Juvenile Maze" (JM) for seven years, with which she took part in the 2014 Hip Hop World Championship in Las Vegas.

In 2017, Miriam won 1st place at the "Check my Electro" Allstyle Battle in Cali (Colombia).

Alesya Dobysh

Alesya Dobysh is a professional dancer from Moscow, Russia. She is a choreographer and teacher of urban dance styles with 10 years experience. During this time she mastered styles such as house, jazz-fusion, hip-hop, breaking and other urban styles, as well as contemporary modern basic techniques. Alesya skilfully combines house and jazz-fusion dance, and became well known for her unique style based on precision, musicality, subtlety and aesthetic forms. She won a number of international festivals, amongst others: “House Dance Forever” Amsterdam, Holland 2015; “BCN Top Styles” Barcelona, Spain, 2014; “Street Star” Stockholm, Sweden 2014; “Funkin’ Stylez” Finland Qualification 2013; “Juste Debout” Italy Qualification 2013; and “Cercle Underground” Paris, France 2012. Alesya is also co-founder of the crew “Matryoshki in Jazz”, the only all-female crew in Europe representing UK Jazz Dance. Matryoshki in Jazz make different shows and theatre performances, collaborate with dancers from Europe and Asia, and organise events in Moscow. They keep the culture alive, always inspiring the scene to create and develop.

Belinda Winkelmann

Belinda Winkelmann is a freelance choreographer, dancer, performer and educator. Her artistic work is characterized by her need for a deep engagement with essential questions of life. In her movement language, she creates forms for what cannot be illustrated with words - pure, poetic, contemplative. She creates an aesthetic that is radically reduced to the essence of the artistic statement and at the same time opens up space for the viewer's imagination.

Trained in dance, improvisation & performance at bewegungs-art Freiburg DE and in social science (M.A. Freiburg CH), Belinda Winkelmann combines her skills in choreography, dance, performance, improvisation, somatic practice, communication and mediation with creativity.

Nature, people and movement are the basis of her life and her artistic work. She draws life force from nature. Its beauty, roughness, honesty and transformative power are the source of creative work for Belinda Winkelmann. People in their uniqueness inspire a change of perspective, confront fundamental questions about humanity and community, and teach respect and appreciation for every existence. Growing up on a farm, movement was always inseparably linked to life. Whether in the forest or in the dance studio, for Belinda Winkelmann movement is pure vitality and an expression of creative and transformative power. Her artistic work begins where the passion for movement and dance meets the depth of being.

Edan Gorlicki

Hi, my name is Edan. I am the choreographer and artistic director of INTER-ACTIONS in Heidelberg, Germany. At INTER-ACTIONS – More than a Dance Company, we develop practices in cultural sustainability with a focus on new working models for the independent dance community. Additionally, I work as a freelance choreographer, mentor, mediator, feedback facilitator, movement researcher and dance-activist. I am a member of TanzSzene BW and FLUX e.V.

The philosophy of my artistic practice is based on searching the self within its surroundings. Layered, complex and thought provoking, my work aims to explore social, psychological and emotional realms. My most recent work includes stage productions inspired by numerous subjects such as conflict, trauma, identity, privilege, democracy, capitalism, communication, soft skills, power and control.

In my previous life as a dancer I worked with the dance companies Batsheva Ensemble Dance Company, Inbal Pinto Dance Company, NND/Galilidance and Club Guy & Roni. I performed the works of many choreographers including: Ohad Naharin, Inbal Pinto, Sharon Eyal, Itzik Galili, Paul Selwyn Norton, Emmanuel Gat, Guy Weizman & Roni Haver and more.

My choreographic works THE PLAYERS and LUCKY BASTARDS were awarded the Baden-Württemberg Dance and Theater prize for 2017 & 2019. At the festival 6TageFrei in Stuttgart, THE PLAYERS received both the critics’ prize and the public prize for best production in 2017 and LUCKY BASTARDS received the guest performance award in 2019. My work OUT_CRY, was nominated for a Silesian Golden Mask award for most unique production in 2016. Besides creating for my own company INTER-ACTIONS, I choreographed works on numerous companies including: Ballett Pforzheim, Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, 420PEOPLE Prague, NND/Galilidance, Tanzhaus Zürich, Noord Nederlandse Dans, Club Guy & Roni, OpenFLR, Random Collision and a production (in cooperation with the dancer Florencia Lamarca) supported by Sasha Waltz & Guests .

Since 2024, I facilitate movement workshops on conflict and negotiation for anyone struggling with daily conflicts, open to all people, with and without experience with dance, ages 16 – 100. The workshops are especially effective for dance companies, schools, groups, collectives, work teams and colleagues, families, partners and individuals. My public PUSH & PULL workshops were developed at INTER-ACTIONS in Heidelberg and invited to Theater Rampe and TanzKarlsruhe Festival.