Since moving to Brussels from South Africa in 1997, Moya Michael has been an active contributor in the performing arts ecosystem in Belgium. She studied at P.A.R.T.S. until 2000, and then moved to London where she became a founding member of the Akram Khan Company. She returned to Belgium in 2005 to work with Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Rosas, where she performed in many original creations as well as repertoire, and she presently continues to teach repertoire for Rosas internationally. Moya has also worked with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet (Eastman) for Babel Words. Apart from making her own work, Moya continues to work with other choreographers such as Faustin Linyekula and Mårten Spångberg. Asking questions about context and what one might refer to as ‘internal systems‘ and thinking critically about one's own body in space, inspires Moya’s own work. Her research is deeply informed by collaborative and interdisciplinary methods, as well as the examination of notions of visibility and ‘blackness‘ in and out of Europe.