Paulina Porwollik

Paulina is originally from Hamburg, Germany and she is currently on a Masters course through Northern School of Contemporary Dance as an apprentice dancer with Candoco Dance Company in London.
In Summer 2019 Paulina graduated from Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) in Leeds.
Before she came to England she did a degree in Dance and Eduacation at Erika Klütz Schule, Hamburg and worked with artists and choreographers such as Humanhood, Antonia Grove, Tiia Ourila, Suse Tietjen, Joseph Mercier and Barnaby Horn.

Paulina will join Möbius as an apprentice in 2020.

Wilhelmina Ojanen

Wilhelmina is a Finnish-born, Chilean-raised contemporary dance artist based between London and Finland. Wilhelmina completed her training at Trinity Laban, graduating with a Distinction from her Master’s in Dance Performance - Transitions. As a performer, Wilhelmina has most recently worked with Hagit Yakira, Richard Chappell, Jarkko Partanen, Ben Wright and Stephanie Schober. Wilhelmina is an accredited Authentic Flow Yoga Teacher.

 An emerging choreographer, Wilhelmina is currently a Young Associate Artist at Sadler's Wells. She has recently made work for Sadler’s Wells Lilian Baylis Studio, The Place Theatre and the Laban Theatre, and she premiered her large-scale piece LAND at Sadler’s Wells Main Stage in July 2019. Wilhelmina’s choreographic work delves into realities of human connection; studying poetically, through movement, our relations to one another and the world around us. Her work explores the intersection of physicality and poetry, of softness and strength, and of memory and embodiment.

Wilhelmina will be taking part in Möbius Atelier - Choreographic Intensive, and then further develop her R&D into a 45 min piece. Her new work will aim to locate itself at the meeting point of research into body memory / embodied cognition and a poetic way of appreciating the beautiful, small and tender details of our bodies. Delving into the world of neuroscience, Wilhelmina has been deeply affected by Bessel Van Der Kolk’s book The body keeps the score, where he talks about how past trauma can stay stored in our bodies and have a profound and ongoing effect on our physicality. In this piece she would like to challenge performers and audience to reflect on how they see their bodies, themselves and others as part of this world, and discover how that manifests in their actions.

Photo: Helen Murray

Ana Fernández Melero

Born in Seville, Spain, Ana is a physical and dynamic dancer who enjoys challenging the depths and extremities of her versatile movement language. She is interested in exploring the boundaries between grounded and experimental movement with the more lineal and technical form.

Ana started her training at the Professional Conservatoire of Seville, and sub sequentially joined The Centro Andaluz de Danza (CAD) where she worked with artists such as; Johan Inger, Claudia de Smet, Fabrice Edelman, Olivio Sarrat and Carolina Armenta.

In 2016 Ana Joined Phoenix Dance Theatre as an apprentice through the post-graduate program at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, where she also completed an MA in Contemporary Dance and Performance graduating with Distinction. During her time with Phoenix Ana performed works by Itzik Galili, Sharon Watson and Caroline Finn. She also had the pleasure to work with choreographers such as Alleta Collins, Douglas Thorpe, Edward Lynch, and Sandrine Monin.

Ana really enjoyed being part of Mobiüs in 2018, working with Valentina Golfieri and Susanne Thomas she explored a more physical theatre work. Back in Spain Ana also worked with Michele Merola in Teatro de la Maestranza, Sevilla, being a dancer in the Opera Adriana Lecovreur. She also has created a solo for MDV Danza lead by Mikel de Valle, performed in Vitoria. She is really excited for her second project with Mobiüs Dance.

Stefania Pinato

Originally from Italy, Stefania is a dance artist based in Leeds. She trained at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance where she graduated with a First Class honours degree in 2015. She then progressed her professional training at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance by taking part in the post-graduate performing company VERVE where she received the ‘Award for Outstanding Achievement’ in 2016. 

Stefania is a versatile dancer and is known for a strong stage presence and the ability to create a unique and original embodiment. She has a wide interest within dance, particularly in improvisation, experiential anatomy and somatic practices.

As performer she has collaborated with internationally known choreographers such as Rebecca Evans, Anton Latchky, Athina Vahla, Efrosini Protopapa, Matthias Sperling, Susanne Thomas (Seven Sisters Group), Jamaal Burkmar, Douglas Thorpe, Valentina Golfieri, Micheal Keegan-Dolan and Gary Clarke amongst others.

Within Mobius, Stefania also covers the role of Social Media Manager. She creates and/or curates content for all social media channels and she is responsible for planning, implementing and monitoring all posts. Stefania also maintains and develops the company’s website and newsletters.

www.stefania-pinato.com

Photo: Danilo Moroni

Rob Anderson

Born in Newcastle Upon-Tyne, Rob began B-boying at the age of 15, quickly joining the world renowned Bad Taste Cru, with whom he battled, taught and performed with internationally, and continues to do so.

In 2015, Rob graduated from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance with a first class honours degree and the Carolyn Woolridge award for outstanding performance. He then toured with the post-graduate company Verve 16, under the artistic direction of Gianluca Vincentini, performing across the UK and Europe.

Over his performing career, Rob has worked with choreographers such as; Anton Lachky, Gary Clarke, Richard Chappell, Renaud Wiser, Robby Graham, Josh Hawkins, Avatara Ayuso, Efrosini Protopapa and Thomas Smalls.

At the beginning of 2017, Rob began creating his own work after being awarded a commission from Dance city. “Them..” a duet choreographed in collaboration with Clementine Telesfort, premiered at Dance City as part of Dance Edits in October of the same year.

Valentina Golfieri

Valentina was born in Rimini, Italy. She trained at London Contemporary Dance School where she completed her BA and MA after spending a year touring with the postgraduate company EDge.

Valentina is the Associate Director of Arthur Pita’s Open Heart Productions. She has created and performed roles in Arthur’s productions since 2010, including the Royal Ballet’s Metamorphoses, God’s Garden and The World’s Greatest Show. She is currently touring with the company’s production of The Little Match Girl. She has also been a member of Protein Dance since 2011, as performer and Assistant Director. With the Company she has toured the globe performing, teaching and leading projects with hard to reach communities. She has also performed extensively with Frauke Requardt, Will Tuckett, Clod Ensemble, David Rosenberg, Daniel Kramer, Royal Opera amongst others.

Valentina guest teaches throughout the country and designs costumes for dance, including productions for Candoco, StopGap, Sweetshop Revolution, Frauke Requardt and NSCD’s Verve.

Douglas Thorpe

Douglas began his career with Phoenix Dance Theatre, who he danced with for over twenty years before developing his own choreography. Under the banner of Mad Dogs Dance Theatre, Douglas’s work has developed an identity for being extremely explosive, powerful, physical dance theatre. Douglas has made work for ACE Dance & Music, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Staatstheater Tanz, Braunschweig in Germany and the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Phoenix Dance Theatre welcomed Douglas in Spring 2013 back to create a new work for the company tour. 

Photo: Camilla Greenwell

Susanne Thomas

Susanne is a German born choreographer and director, currently based in Leeds. Her wealth of choreographic work has been presented in both indoor and outdoor sites in the UK and worldwide, with venues ranging from theatres and museums, department stores and railway stations to the Royal Opera House and the National Theatre. Her company Seven Sisters Group has been at the vanguard of site-specific and immersive performance since the early 90s.

Susanne’s UK-based career began 26-years ago with a scholarship to study at London Contemporary Dance School, upon which she quickly became an established artist in London before moving North four years ago. She is co-artistic director of Seven Sisters Group, together with designer Sophie Jump. Their projects focus on communicating contemporary issues through new and idiosyncratic works that defy labelling. Evolving with advancements in hand-held technology, Seven Sisters Group has led the way in morphing virtual reality and site-specific performance. Recent projects incorporating these innovative approaches have drawn great acclaim, with ‘Like a Fish Out Of Water’, winning the “Gold Award for Exceptional Achievement Across All Categories” at World Stage Design 2013.

Danilo Moroni

Danilo Moroni (ITA, 1987) is a Sicilian born artist.

He earned a degree in arts and dance and as a professional dancer worked, touring internationally, for companies and choreographers such as Grand Theatre de Genève, Alias Guilherme Bothelo, Alexander Ekman, Hofesh Shechter. Danilo grew up in a photographer’s family. He first picked up a film camera at the age of eight when he started photographing around the Sicilian streets. During his trips performing around the world he continued taking pictures as a way to connect and discover new places and people. 

After starting his own photographic practice from scratch, four years ago, with no formal training, he has developed into a photographer with his own style and vision appreciated by clients around Europe. 

Danilo’s work ranges photography, film making, light designing and performance making.

His work is creative, visceral and with a unique style. In his imagery, he combines classical elements with an artistic personal touch. Danilo has a strong preference for classic subjects, such as as portraits, nudes and dance and he often combines those with influences from performing arts and cinema to create striking images with a strong storytelling element.

In 2015 he started working with Matthew’s Bourne New Adventures & Re:Bourne for whom he has been producing all imagery and campaigns of its New Adventures Choreographer Award. In 2017 Danilo starts collaborating with English National Ballet for Dance Journeys creating a series of images and short films screened at Sadler's Wells Theatre the iconic venue for dance in London. 

In April 2017 he started to co-direct a new visual dance piece about dyslexia called Mentally Zero in collaboration with Kate Mummery (funded by Arts Council of England).

In January 2018 Danilo self-published Interferencias (chapter I), a new fine-art book connecting the raw universe of the human body and movement with the concept of time and a strong anthropological element.

In 2019 Danilo joins MFAC studio in Madrid where he is now resident artist. Inside MFAC studio he establishs Danilo Moroni Studio where he creates images and videos ranging from portraits, corporate, fashion and performing arts for clients from around Europe.

www.danilomoroni.com

Ben Skinner

Born in Brighton, U.K, Ben works as a freelance artist, dancer and researcher. He holds a degree in Anthropology from Durham University in which he specialised in migration theory and the anthropology of art. He also holds a BPA in Contemporary Dance from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance where he was kindly supported by the South Square Trust and the NSCD Bursary Scheme. In 2016 he completed a masters in Creative Practice exploring the language of performance art, investigating charcoal, clay and the nature of the thinking-body within each discipline.

Current projects include puppetry for Steve Johnstone's' Folklore' tour and dancing for Vanessa Grasse's street-based choreography 'Mesh' . In October 2018 Ben will embark upon a practice led, interdisciplinary arts PhD programme facilitated by Leeds University.

www.benjaminskinner.uk

Luke Haywood

Luke trained at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance (London) graduating with BA in Lighting Design. Working in Theatre, Dance and TV, Luke is keen to explore the way in which lighting can create and control the world of the actor/dancer. He is currently the technical manager and resident lighting designer for Phoenix Dance Theatre

Recent designs include, Calyx and Beast for Phoenix Dance Theatre (UK & European Tour), Dust for AGITART Companyia (Robin Howard Theatre UK), The Wonderful World of Dissocia (Unicorn Theatre UK), Twelfth Night (Turner Auditorium TX USA) and Bright Unconquered Sons (Pleasance Theatre UK & Rozen Theater Netherlands).

Luke recently designed lights for the New Adventures Choreography Award 2016 showcase working with choreographer Jamaal Burkmar at the Platform Theatre he has also designed lights for VERVE, since 2013 working with choreographers such as James Wilton, Ben Duke, Gemma Nixon and Jonathan Goddard, Kerry Nichols, Luca Silvestrini, Anton Lachky, Renaud Wiser and Theo Clinkard.

His lighting is often highlighted by industry reviewers with Dance Europe 2014 reporting, “special praise must go to Luke Haywood’s lighting which is wonderfully atmospheric”.

Joshua Hughes-Games

Joshua Hughes-Games is a designer, videographer and printer based in Bristol, UK.

Joshua’s work is largely based around print, videography and artistic direction with a strong focus on analogue techniques and labour intensive design practices, including screen printing, Risograph and experimental filmmaking. Josh has worked closely with a wide range of artists within the fields of dance, theatre and music to create videos, installation pieces, printed matter and concept development.

In recent years Josh has worked with, and designed for, an impressive cross section of talent including projects for artists in the blossoming Tokyo grime scene and his continuing art direction and design for the internationally renowned Bandulu Records. He spent a large portion of 2016 working from a range of artist residencies around the world including time spent at the Né Na Contemporary art space (Thailand), The AIRYamanashi (Japan), 100W Corsicana (Texas, USA) and a solo show of work in Tokyo.

Charlie Hogan

Growing up in London, Charlie started dancing at the age of 15 and joined the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance CAT Scheme for 3 years, studying Contemporary and Ballet technique; before gaining a place at Northern School of Contemporary Dance to complete his Degree. Charlie graduated with a First Class Ba (Hons) and worked with choreographers such as Charlie Morrissey, Humanhood and Alleyne Dance amongst others during his time there. Whilst in his third year, Charlie became an apprentice for Möbius Dance where he got the chance to perform our previous works by Douglas Thorpe and Jamaal Burkmar in our international tour to Malaysia and Sardinia over the summer of 2019.

Since then, Charlie joined Verve in 2020, the Postgraduate Performance Company at Northern School of Contemporary Dance, where he toured works by Botis Seva, Lali Ayguadé, Mari Carrasco and Douglas Thorpe and managed to graduate the year with a Distinction level Masters Degree.

Anna Cabrè-Verdiell Bosch

Anna grew up in Barcelona, where her professional dance training began at the 'Institut del Teatre'. Alongside dance, her interest in communication expanded into academia obtaining a degree in journalism at the ’Ramón Llull University’. Following her passion for performance, she moved to England to graduate from 'The Northern School of Contemporary Dance’ with a First Class honours degree. 

An enthusiast of interdisciplinary work, Anna has co-created two collaborative dance theatre pieces, Romeo&Julien and Las 3 Marias.  Other recent professional endeavours include performing in a restaging of Joan Jonas´s early works at the Tate Modern and the creation and touring of Frankenstein, the latest piece by Cascade Dance Theatre. Additionally, Anna works as a freelance writer producing work for online dance sources such as Au-di-tions.com and ProDance Leeds amongst others. 

Tom Davis Dunn

Originally from Cornwall, Tom begun to nourish his passion for dance at a young age with Hip-hop and Break Dance classes.

In 2017 he completed a BPA degree course at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, where he particularly enjoyed working with choreographers Kerry Nicholls and Hannes Langolf. Preceding this experience Tom studied for one year at Chichester University.

Tom is an organic mover with a great understanding of the body in space and the environment he is in. Exploring the merging of the hip-hop vocabulary with the different contemporary styles, is one the main interests in Tom’s practice. Due to his previous experiences in break dancing training, versatility and an extensive dedication and commitment are at the core of his work.

Since graduating Tom has worked with Gary Clarke Company, Jamaal Burkmar Dance, performed at the TEDxBrum, and he is joining Rosie Kay Dance Company to perform in New York and Washington DC.

Amarnah Ufuoma Amuludun

Born and raised in London, Amarnah is a contemporary dancer with roots from Nigeria. Her professional training begun at the London Contemporary Dance School where she gained a First class BA (Hons), prior to that she studied at the Brit School of Performing Arts and was one of the first members of the Laban CAT scheme. Amarnah is a former company member of VERVE (2016), the post-graduate performance company at Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Here she worked with Anton Lachky, Renaud Wiser, Athina Vahla and Efrosini Protopapa, touring original works around the UK and Europe. 

Amarnah has since worked for various dance artists, theatre companies and film directors, performing in theatres, art spaces and on screen worldwide. These include Natasha Gilmore’s Barrowland Ballet touring Scotland, England and South Africa, Tara D’arquian, Igor and Moreno, Susanna Ajaye, Breach Theatre Company touring the UK and Möbius Dance. 

Amarnah is also a founding member of The Sparse Collective, an improvisation dance theatre collective. 

Asmara Cammock

Asmara was born and raised in South East London, because of her love for music and rhythm she began attending Tap lessons at the age of 7.

Her professional training begun at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance where she thoroughly enjoyed being encouraged to collaborate with artist such as Sharon Watson, director of Phoenix Dance Theatre on commission for Leeds Bid for Cultural Capital of Europe.  Prior to that she studied at The Brit School of Perfoming Arts and created a solo work with mentoring from Kerry Nichols, for a youth program in collaboration with Royal Ballet School, Wayne Mc Gregor and Youth Dance England. Asmara is a former member of Quicksilver (Rambert Youth Company).

Currently Asmara is performing on a UK tour with Tavaziva Dance as an apprentice through Northern School of Contemporary Dance where she will obtain an MA in Contemporary Dance Performance.

Nicole Victor

Originally from Gibraltar, Nicole graduated from Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) with a First Class Degree as well as receiving the ‘Overall Achievement’ Award. Before moving to England she trained and performed competitively in several dance styles such as Jazz, Modern, and Ballet. Throughout her time at NSCD she has worked with artists such as Laila Diallo, Gracefool Collective, Dam Van Huynh and Freddie Opoku-Addaie. The highlight of her time studying at NSCD was performing in her Graduation Showcase with a piece choreographed by Kerry Nicholls called ‘Skein’ as well as having been selected to present her own solo work, ‘Traces’.

Nicole is currently an apprentice dancer in Tavaziva Dance, creating and performing a new production called ‘Izindava’, recommencing with their second tour in March. She is thrilled to be working with Mobius Dance and is excited to begin the creative process and learn from two unique choreographers.