Aleksandra Stoliarova is a choreographer, dancer, dance teacher and the artistic director of Kasa Dance. From 2015 to 2023, she was a member of the company Provincial Dances, based in Yekaterinburg (RUS), with which she regularly toured internationally. In 2025, she finished her master studies in choreographraphy at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, ZHdK. As a dancer and performer, Aleksandra recently worked with Marina Abramovic at Kunsthaus Zürich and with the choreographer Dimitri Chamblas at Zürcher Theater Spektakel.
Yang Zhao, born in China, studied contemporary dance at the PLA Academy of Art from. From 2021 to 2024, she was a member of the Jin Xing Dance Theatre ensemble in Shanghai. During that time, Yang worked with dancers and choreographers such as David Hernandez, Moya Michael, Arthur Kuggeieyn, and Emmanuel Gatt. In Switzerland, she has recently collaborated with choreographer Luca Signoretti. Now she is completing her master studies in dance education at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK in Zurich.
Inbar Elkayam, born 1991 in Israel, is a choreographer, performer, and dance educator based in Switzerland. Her creations investigate how bodies navigate between unity and individuality, how shared rhythms emerge, and dissonance can transform into dialogue. Educated at the Nadin Boomer Dancetheater Academy and the Batsheva Dance Company’s excellence program, Inbar has collaborated with companies such as Kibbutz Dance Company (IL) and LeineRoebana (NL), and has worked with choreographers such as Doron Raz, Gilad Yerushalmy, Merav Dagan, and Teresa Rotemberg.
Paul Taro Schmidt is a German-Japanese composer, arranger, producer, and conductor who is currently based in Zurich. Having had extensive training in classical and contemporary music, Paul’s music is characterised by a subtle handling of timbre and resonance, and a flair for multimedia collaborations. Through the reference of artistic languages from the New York minimalist scene and Japanese traditional music, Paul oscillates and morphs between practices and identities - as musician, composer, performer, improvisor, conductor, and programmer.
Adriana Carlota Berwert is a Swiss dancer, choreographer, and light & stage designer. Her stage and light designs are characterized by finely tuned installations that intertwine with stage events on a high artistic level. Adriana has been working as as a light designer and technician since 2022 for festivals such as Schlossmediale Werdenberg, Collegium Novum, Theaterspektakel, Bsides Festival, Tanzfest Luzern as well as collaborating with directors, choreographers and musicians.
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Leonard Lampert, born 1996 in Gießen, studied musicology and art history in Frankfurt am Main and Graz. Afterwards he finished his master in dramaturgy at Zürcher Hochschuel der Künste ZHdK. His artistic work focuses on interdisciplinary theater, opera, dance, and musically driven performance art. He has collaborated with directors such as Katharina Thoma, Caterina Panti Liberovici, Katharina Kastening, Keith Warner, Ivana Balabanov or Rebeka Mondovics.