Canadian-born Erika Lemay has become a beautifully disruptive icon in the world of live performance, using her body in ways that defy both gravity and human possibilities. Her journey has taken her from her first ballet class at the age of four to worldwide success and accolades. As the creator of Physical Poetry, Erika believes that ‘Poetry doesn’t have to be expressed with words’. Her TV performances have been seen by more than 400 million viewers worldwide, and her talent has been featured in international media, including Vanity Fair, Glamour Magazine, Hello Magazine, Le Figaro and La Repubblica. She has performed extensively as a soloist guest star with Cirque du Soleil whilst developing the unique artistic language for which she is famous today. Her first book Almost Perfect has recently been published worldwide.
Gosia Mielech is a versatile artist, excelling as a dancer, choreographer, educator, movement director, and Gaga teacher. With a background from the Ballet School in Poznan, Poland, and as a former soloist of the Polish Dance Theatre, she brings a wealth of experience to her work.
In her independent career, Gosia has collaborated with esteemed figures like Ohad Naharin, Ivgi & Greben, and Isabelle Schad, earning recognition such as an artistic scholarship from the Ministry of Art and Cultural Heritage and the Emerging Artist Award in Poland.
Her influence on the international dance scene was evident during her representation as an ambassador for Polish independent dance at the Internationale Tanzmesse nrw in Düsseldorf.
She founded DanceLab – an independent dance company. She has choreographed and produced performances like «Miss Liberty,» «FearLess,» «Sababa,» «Anonymous,» and «I’mperfect,» showcased worldwide. «FearLess,» one of her choreographic pieces, received acclaim and was selected for the Polish Dance Platform in 2024, touring with the Polish Dance Network in 2020/2021. Gosia’s creative portfolio includes choreographing performances for Emergence Dance Company in Manchester, UK, and for Olsztyn Dance Theatre in Poland.
Her collaborations extend to drama and film, working with directors like Per-Olav Sørensen, Agnieszka Glińska, and Jan Komasa.
With a reach that spans Poland, Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Brussels, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Israel, India, and Austria, Gosia is not only an artist but a cultural bridge. Her guest teaching roles at renowned institutions worldwide underscore her commitment to sharing her expertise.
Izabell (AKA Benedicte Izabell Ekeland) is a Norwegian rapper and songwriter. Since 2009, she has run the Stavanger-based hip-hop festival Xplosif together with festival manager Tore Pang. Where artists such as MOP, Clipse, Jadakiss, Saigon, RA the Rugged man, Yelawolf, Talib Kweli, Fat Joe, Masta Ace, Karpe Diem, Kriminell Kunst, Ken Ring, LoopTroop, Lars Vaular, A-laget and Kamelen have played. Benedicte Izabell Ekeland studied dramaturgy and masquerading at Oslo and Akershus University College, Drama and theater communication at the University of Stavanger and Latin American history and literature in Mexico. She has an interdisciplinary bachelor in drama and theater with Spanish. In 2014, she signed with Universal Music and released an EP and eight singles. In 2018, she left the label and started the record company «STVG Kartell». She released her debut album «Skyt meg» the same year with «Gå med meg» and the title track «Skyt meg» as singles. In 2018, she got her first job as an actress at Rogaland Theater in the play Cabaret.
Fredrik Høyer is a Norwegian poet, writer and stage artist from Drammen, living in Oslo, best known for performing his own texts on various stages and on television and radio. Among other things, he is a regular contributor to the program Salongen i P2. With a fascination for rap and hip-hop and jazz lyrics, he often mixes punchlines and inventive rhymes with humor and playfulness, in oral street poems that mix performance and literature. In addition to working with literature and drama, Fredrik Høyer also works with sound installations and art in public spaces. He often works across different art fields and genres, but always with text and the language-focused in the centre, on different platforms and in different expressions.
For the last few years Fredrik has teamed up with the director/writer/actor Mattis Herman Nyquist, and together they have created theatre hits like «Grønlandsutraen», «Uten navn», «Jordopphimlesang» and «Cassandra».
Anetta Aleksandra Anisimova is a Ukrainian actress, mime, dancer and model. Graduated from the Academy Of Circus And Performance Arts in Kyiv and got a Master degree with qualification Mime and gesture theater artist, teacher of higher educational institution (2012-2020).
She was a co-founder and a participant of mime theater ILINASTROE (2018 – 2021) in Ukraine. Currently she is a solo performer and creator of her performances, where she combines mime technique, dance and gymnastics.
In 2022 she moved to Norway and now collaborates with the Katma production in Hålogaland teater, art hub Tvibit, Rådart group, Forum for Nordnorske Dansekunstnere (in Tromsø) and The Global Ensemble Theater (in Oslo). She is also a participant of Frikar X (2023 – 2026). Anetta conducts pantomime workshops based on mime corporeal technique for actors and dancers.
Her main goal is to continue as a freelance performer, promote her art, develop skills, and search for new art collaborations. She is interested in a mix of different arts on a stage and sharing knowledge with other creative people.
Terje Strømdahl works as an actor, instructor and pedagogue at the Theatre Academy in Oslo. In the winter of 2023, he is director at Teater Innlandet. Terje is educated at the Statens Teaterhøgskole and works as an instructor and pedagogue at the same school. He has been employed at many theatres, including Torshovteateret and Oslo Nye Teater and he is an actor at the Nationaltheatret. He is also known from radio and TV, and has had film roles in Sigurd Drakeslayer (1989), Over stork og stein (1994) and De Usynlige (2010). Over the years, Terje has received several awards, including the Critics’ Award for his role in The 25th Time. Strømdahl was nominated for the Hedda prize 2012 for best director (The Orphans, Torshovteatret).