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ABOUT THE AUTHORS DALUAACIN studied classical ballet from 1985-1993. in Belgrade. Training for contemporay dance she was geting trough many workshops in Belgarde and Europe. She collaborated as a dancer with several choreographers in Belgrade she stared her own choreographic work from 1997. After creating several short works she crated "Peep sorrow" which was presented, among other festivals, in Tanz im August Festival, Berlin, Mladi Levi, Ljubljana. She created "Echoes of silence" which was in the oficial program of BITEF Festival 2002. followed by creations produced or co-produced by BELEF Festival and Belgrade Drama Theatre: "Glory Hole", "Ultimate Illusion". She collaborated with Thomas Lehmen in "Funktionen". In 2006 she created "Gameplay" in Belgrade Drama Theatre and as an artistic collaboration with Isabelle Schad (Berlin), the preformace "There is no exception to the rule because I am never what I have". She has also collaborated with theatre directors, such as Nebojsa Bradic and Goran Markovic. She was the artist in residence in Tanzquartier Wienn. Currently, she is the artistic director of the Festival of the Choreographic Miniatures. Freelancer. One of the co-founders of STATION Service for contemporary dance, Belgrade www.dalijaacin.raketa.org

ISABELLE SCHAD studied classical dance 1981 - 90 in Stuttgart. 1990 - 96, she danced in various ballet companies. In this period, she began creating her own choreographies and extended her dance education through workshops and scholarships. She was a member of Ultima Vez /Wim Vandekeybus in Brussels and has worked a.o. with Olga Mesa, Angela Guerreiro, Felix Ruckert, Eszter Salamon. Since 1999, she has developed numerous own projects and performances in close collaboration with choreographers, performers, musicians and visual artists, which have been presented internationally. Recently she conceived the Good Work-Project together with Ben Anderson and Bruno Pocheron.Together with artists, such as Martin Bélanger (Montreal), Nuno Bizarro (Portugal/Paris), Hanna Hedman (Sweden/Paris), Benoit Lachambre (Montreal) and Manuel Pelmus (Bucharest), Good Work aims to establish a forum for reflecting on the presentation, representation and perception of the body on stage äs well as its status and exposure in society. Since 2003, Isabelle Schad has been artist in residence in Podewil/TanzWerkstatt Berlin and De Monty in Antwerp.