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Shanny is a dance anthropologist, editor, choreographer and cultural producer. Originally from Penang, Malaysia, she grounds her artistic projects in the island way of living and the celebration of cultural diversity. She brings people together through practices that bridge the body and mind, tradition and contemporary, movement and stillness. Shanny sits on the board of International Tristar Taiji Association and Operating Committee for Dance as Intangible Cultural Heritage. She continues to learn, perform and teach on the ancestral lands known as Vancouver, Canada, where she resides.

Shanny R ann Director

Pamela is a Peruvian dance artist, researcher and teacher with a background in contemporary dance and physical theatre. She is a Bachelor in Performing Arts and holds an M.A in ChoreomundusInternational Master in Dance Knowledge, Practice and Heritage. Currently, she teaches at the Performing Arts Faculty at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru. She runs the dance podcast SaberEsDanza, a platform for researching and disseminating dances that highlights the diversity of dance forms within the Peruvian context. Her research areas are the anthropological and ethnochoreological study of dances and the intersections between gender and performance in Latin American dance practices.

Pamela S antana Co-Director

Sumedha is an India-based interdisciplinary dance artist, researcher, educator, dance filmmaker and a primary caregiver, curious about expanding the potential of camera, traditional dance, mythology and gender. Her practice is thus formulated in a quest to understand what happens in the in-betweens, in the happening, unfolding of a choreographic process. She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in Spatial Arts at Jindal School of Art and Architecture, with a research focus on understanding the relationship between the woman and the machine (camera)interests including surveillance, memory, space and spectatorship. She is also the founder of her initiative of evolving research-creation lab Duet with Camera and a member of a collective space in New Delhi, Khuli Khirkee.

Temi is a culture enthusiast and creative entrepreneur (actor, voice-over artist, costume designer, and dance researcher), She is the Chief Creative Officer at Unteamed Nigeria and Creative Director at New Wine Studios. Temi is also the first Nigerian actress in history to win a prize at Africa’s most prestigious film festival, the Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) as the winner for Best Young Actor from West Africa 2021 for Eyimofe. Presently she is an Erasmus Mundus Scholar with the Choreomundus master's program and is experimenting on the role of motion capture as a tool for preserving and transmitting African intangible cultural heritage. Temi also serves as Choreomundus Programme Representative (PR) in the Erasmus Mundus Alumni Association (EMA).

María is, above everything, a nomad. Bachelor in Performing Arts and Social Sciences as well as member of Choreomundus Alumnae Board, she worked in 2018 for the programme as Communications Manager in UCA France, where she acquired a nice toolkit to deal with international and interinstitutional affairs, developing this work in 4 languages: English, French, Spanish, and Italian. Currently María is part of the coordinating team of the hispanic webinar Multílogos. She coaches dancers, art students and general public in her platform Consejería de Prácticas Corporales, besides her artistic practice characterized by the multicultural transdiscipline.

Sriradha is an India based performer specialised in Odissi dance for more than two decades, independent researcher, dance educator and curator. She has extensively performed in India and abroad (US, UK, Sri Lanka, China, Hungary, Bhutan and South Korea) in solo and group category.She holds a master degree in Geography. She has worked with the inmates at Cherlapally jail, Hyderabad and worked closely with the survivors of human trafficking under US Consulate, Kolkata. Her recent interests are in the Indian temple sculptures and the journey from freezing bodies to moving. Recently she received an Indo-Pacific grant from US Consulate and will be heading the project and working with two Indonesian artists.

Kavya I yer Marketing Director CAA Vice President

Originally from Kolkata, India, Kavya is a passionate dancer and artist, interested in the intersections of movement, culture, the body and society. She currently works as a cultural researcher at the Art X Company, an arts consultancy in Mumbai. She also freelances as a yoga teacher and choreographer in Kyoto (Japan), where she now lives. Trained primarily in the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam for 23 years, she has explored other genres such as Kathak, Bhangra, and Contemporary. Kavya actively participates, curates and organises festivals and symposiums to question the relevance of dance in our world today. She is the Vice President of the Choreomundus Alumni Association.

Maria (Masha) is a performance artist and dance researcher of Ukrainian origin whose nomad lifestyle was reinforced due to the war in Ukraine. Her artistic background is primarily in Fusion Belly Dance and includes experience in playback theater, other dance styles and different somatic practices. Her educational background is MA in Geopolitics and Political Geography and MA in Dance Anthropology. Maria’s research interests can be divided in two big topics: Fusion Belly Dance history and socio-cultural aspects, and USSR propaganda in dance and performance arts. Currently Maria is more focused on the latter topic and working on the research project “Dance Politics in Socialist Countries during Early Cold War” in the Open Society Archives in Budapest.

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Outreach Director CAA President

Natasa uses dance to approach music and she promotes intercultural dialogue through performing arts. She specialises in dance anthropology and ethnochoreology and she focuses on traditions that use the voice and the body to produce music (body music, body percussion, tap dance and more). She has participated in projects that promote inclusiveness and as a researcher of the European Network Against Racism (E.N.A.R.). Other projects towards community building and intergenerational work are: MoAM-Moving Around Music, Athens Tap Jam, Body Music Studygroup, as well as her active role at Anasa Cultural Center (GR) and International Body Music Festival (USA). Natasa collaborates with artistic groups, minority groups, schools and institutions. She is currently the Chair of the Choreomundus Alumni Association (CAA).

Beatriz is a researcher, dance artist, and writer. She lives in Guatemala City where she developed her poetry work. As a dancer, her body practices turn around ballet, modern dance contact improvisation and yoga. She has published her research about contact improvisation, dance phenomenology, multicultural performance practices, and Guatemala's contemporary dance scene. She is member of the coordinating team of the webinar "Multílogos: Danzas, cuerpos y movimientos". Beatriz is currently evaluating the methodological possibilities of participatory action research and digital anti-racist pedagogies for researching traditional games as intangible cultural heritage with Caja Lúdica in Guatemala.

Lenin is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher from Costa Rica passionate about social impact through art. Bachelor in dramatic arts from the Universidad de Costa Rica, he has had vast experience as a performer, director and producer in multiple styles of theater, dance, Butoh and has acted in commercials for television and mini series. Helped to co-curate the participation for Choreomundus cohort 10 in Multiplié dance festival in Trondheim, Norway. Has experience in modeling and hosting radio and tv programs in Costa Rica. Has experience guiding acting processes in different styles of theater. Currently is pursuing the Choreomundus master’s in Dance Knowledge Practice and Heritage and is very interested in the relations between dance/theater, gender, sexuality and sport.

Bryan is an assistant professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman and handles theatre and performance studies courses both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. A theatre practitioner, he has participated in creative projects as managing director, production and stage manager, dramaturg, and Noh performer. He has written essays and book chapters about dance ritual, cultural performance, protest theatre in the Philippines, and performance archive. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, he researches on ethnochoreology or anthropology of dance and critical heritage studies. His current research focuses on commemoration and performance of collective memories of the Filipino-American War in Marinduque island, Philippines. Viray is currently pursuing a PhD at the Australian National University.