Catherine Caraker, San Francisco. dance artist, performer, teacher. Certified practitioner of Body-Mind Centering®, MFA in Dance from Bennington College. Former faculty member of the School for New Dance Development Amsterdam. Performances across Europe, North and South America. Publications on dance and somatics in the Belgian dance journal Nouvelles de Danse. www.caraker.com 

21.7. 15:30 Teaching and Performance Practice Catherine Caraker, Carol Swann, Sharon Hilleli-Assa

Carol Swann (USA) is a teacher, private practitioner, facilitator, performer and activist. She has been teaching Voice, Somatics, Alexander Technique, Authentic Movement, Contact and Improvisation for over 35 years in the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Israel and Russia. She is Co-founder/Co-Director of "Moving On Center, School Of Participatory Arts and Somatic Research" (1994-2015) and was Director of Movement Research (83’-86’). Her work is informed by her extensive studies in Body-Mind Centering, Process Work, Roy Hart Theatre, Release Technique, Action Theater, Theater of the Oppressed and Social Somatics.

21.7. 15:30 Teaching and Performance Practice Catherine Caraker, Carol Swann, Sharon Hilleli-Assa

Sharon Hilleli-Assa Dance artist, performer, teacher. B.Ed,( Dance - Performing Arts), kibbutzim Collage Tel- Aviv, MA in arts education, University of Leeds, UK. Head of the dance department the dialogue school "Ramot-Yam". Former dancer at "Tamar" company  (founder by Zvi Gotheiner) Since 1995 creating her own works for stage and videodance in collaboration with artist from Israel, N.Y, Europe . Among the founder of Oktet – artists investigation improvisation. Teaching contemporary  and improvisation (Wingate collage a.o). Developing her own approach to movement based on Feldenkrais studies. Taught in Berlin at Tanzfabrik, Dock11, Sasha Waltz  & Guests. Nowadays she lives, creates and teaches mainly in Israel. www.sharonhilleli.com