Photo: Johan Westin

Other Guest Speakers

Other guest speakers who have confirmed to attend the conference

* Gaby Allard: Director of the ArtEZ School of Dance in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

* Jan Åström: Rector and Artistic Director of the Balettakademien in Stockholm, Sweden.

* Annemari Autere: Freelance artist, choreographer and teacher. She has developed her own specific method of teaching called Balletbodylogic.

* Maaike Bleeker

* Anand Bolder: Student at the ArtEZ school of Dance, Arnhem, The Netherlands

* Elise Boom: Dance teacher and co-founder of Boys Action in Arnhem, The Netherlands.

* Will Boom: Founder of Boys Action and developer of a specific method that aims to engage, train and enlarge the enthusiasm of boys for Theatre Dance.

* Derrick Brown: Former dancer and now M.Sc. in Dance Science from the University of Wolverhampton U.K.

* Suzanne Börneboe: Dean of the Academy of Dance at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

* Cristina Caprioli: Dancer and Choreographer and founder of the independent dance company, CCAP. Professor of Choreography at the University of Dance and Circus, Stockholm.

* Stijn Celis: Ballet and contemporary dancer before he started choreographing – amongst other things at the request of Mats Ek for the Holland Dance Festival and various companies in Europe, Australia and Northern America.

* Kevin Cregan: Guest Ballet Teacher and Feldenkrais Practitioner.

* Jefta van Dinther: International Choreographer.

* Eric Franklin: Dancer, Movement Educator, Lecturer and Author: Creator of the Franklin Method

* Julia Giertz: Performance Artist.

* Shobana Jeyasingh: Choreographer and Artistic Director of the Jeyasingh Dance Company.

* Emelie Johansson: Freelance dancer and dance representative at the Swedish Union for Theatre, Artists and Media.

* Eva Karczag: Independant dance artist and educator.

* Ana Laguna

* Susanne Leinonen: Choreographer.

* Margareta Lidström: Artistic Director, Classical Ballet, the Royal Swedish Ballet School. International teacher and rehearsal director; former Artistic Director of the Cullberg Ballet and first soloist with the Royal Swedish Ballet.

* Madeleine Lindh: Free-lance dancer working in Sweden and internationally.

* Merete Lingjaerde: Professor and Head of Jazz Dance BA at the Oslo Academy of the Arts.

* Rennie Mirro

* Sanna Nordin-Bates: PhD, CPsychol. Psychologist specialising in dance.

* Stina Nyberg: Free lance dancer and choreographer.

* Johannes Öhman: Ballet Director at the Royal Swedish Ballet and formerly in the same position for the Gothenburg Ballet.

* Elisabeth Platel: étoile of the Paris Opéra Ballet. Elisabeth has been Director of the École de Danse of the Opéra Nationale de Paris since 2004.

* Amy Raymond: Free-lance Choreographer and Teacher

* Joao da Silva: Joao da Silva has over the years choreographed a number of works. Since 1995 he has been a lecturer at ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnhem and since 2002 the head of its Master of Choreography Program as well. He is now a PhD candidate at the University of Utrecht.

* Eytan Sivak: International free-lance teacher and dancer; formerly with the Cullberg Ballet, soloist with the Bat-Dor and Scapino Companies.

* Lára Stefánsdóttir: Director  of National Ballet School of Iceland since 2009;  takes over as Artistic Director  of The Icelandic Dance Company in Autumn 2012. Pilates  instructor, dancer and choreographer.

* Matthew Wyon: Professor in Dance Science at the University of Wolverhampton, Associate professor at the ArtEZ school of Dance, Arnhem, the Netherlands and Chair of Research Committee at the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science in the UK.

This information will be regularly updated.