Eszter Gál, Budapest. Dancer, teacher, performer, currently teaches at the University of Theater and Film Arts in Budapest, co-directs the program of the Kontakt Budapest Studio and has been organizing the annual International Improvisation Festival in Budapest since 2002. She is a certified Skinner Releasing Technique and a member of the mixed ability Company, called Tánceánia in Budapest. She has been part of EU funded International projects on documenting Contemporary Dance Education (IDOCDE / LEAP).The core of her interest is somatic-based movement research (PhD studies), improvisation performance and community work for dance education.