Keynote Speakers

Sungsoo Ahn

Sungsoo Ahn: Choreographer and Artistic Director of Sungsoo Ahn Pick-up Group. Director of the Choreography Department at the School of Dance, Korean National University of the Arts, South Korea.
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Jason Beechey

Jason Beechey: Rector of the  Palucca Hochschüle für Tanz, Dresden, Germany.
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Irene Dowd

Irene Dowd: International anatomical and neuro-myuscular specialist working with both Canada’s National Ballet School and the Juilliard School.
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Lynda Mainwaring

Lynda Mainwaring: Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Ohad Naharin

Ohad Naharin: Choreographer and Artistic Director of the Batsheva Dance Company, Israel.
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Lawrence Rhodes

Lawrence Rhodes: Director of the Dance Division, The Juilliard School, New York, U.S.A.
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Mavis Staines

Mavis Staines: CM.,DHumL:Artistic Director, Co-CEO Canada’s National Ballet School, Toronto, Canada.
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Moderator

Lis Hellström Sveningson

Lis Hellström Sveningson: Lis is a journalist specialising in the cultural field. She writes and reviews regularly for a number of publications including Göteborgs Posten and Danstidingen (the Swedish dance journal). She also teaches on a regular basis at a number of Universities and is an experienced lecturer and moderator – especially realting to the Arts.