Born in Zürich, Switzerland, Anna Herrmann began her dance education in her home town and completed her studies at the School of The Hamburg Ballet.

Cumulating more than 25 years of experience, Anna has danced with various European dance companies, including The Hamburg Ballet, Göteborgs Operan and Nederlands Danstheater; she joined Dance On Ensemble in 2019. Throughout her career she had the privilege to create and collaborate with renowned choreographers such as John Neumeier, Jiří Kylián, Mats Ek, Marco Goecke, Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, Hofesh Schechter, Leon/Lightfoot, Stephan Thoss and Christos Papadopoulos, among others.

For the last 10 years, Anna was entrusted with teaching and staging works by Crystal Pite, Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke and Medhi Walerski for both educational institutions and prestigious dance companies such as Paris Opera Ballet.

Her choreographic practice includes solo work, interdisciplinary collaborations in the field of visual arts, as well as movement direction in the fashion industry. In parallel to her dance career, Anna has recently started studying sound design and composition.

Christine Kono was born in California in the United States in 1946. In 1955 she began to study classical ballet with Igor Schwezoff and Harriet de Rea, followed by scholarships at Ballet Companies in San Francisco and New York. From 1962 to 1971 she worked with George Balanchine, Martha Graham, Kazuko Hirabayashi, Anna Sokolow and Donald McKayle, dancing for the Pennsylvania Ballet Company and Eliot Feld’s American Ballet Company.

Christine Kono arrived in Europe in 1971 and danced at Tanzforum Köln for Kurt Jooss, Christopher Bruce, Glen Tetley and Jochen Ulrich. She graduated in 1981 with a master diploma for teaching dance at the Folkwang University in Essen. She was ballet master for Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal from 1987 to 1994 and for Joachim Schlömer’s companies in Weimar and Basel from 1995 to 1998. She regularly taught The Forsythe Company in Frankfurt and Hellerau from 2007 to 2014.

Christine also often gave classes for the Dance On Ensemble from 2015 to 2018. In 2019 and 2020, she participated as a dancer in the piece, You should have seen me dancing waltz, which was created for the Dance On Ensemble from Rabih Mroué.

Until 2020, she was a frequent guest professor at Ballet Preljocaj, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, for Hollins University Dance Master’s Summer Program and the Centre National de la Danse, Paris.

Since 1999 she and Dimitris Kraniotis dedicate themselves to researching the foundations of dance and movement, based on the teaching of Jerome Andrews. They share their research with dancers, teachers and choreographers mainly in France. Together, they have created choreographic events which have been presented in France, Germany and Greece.

Emma Lewis, born in 1968, trained at the Arts Educational School and then the Royal Ballet School in London. She began her professional dance career as a classical ballet dancer first in Zaragoza, Spain, and then in Florence, Italy. Rediscovering contemporary dance with a passion she then left classical ballet to devote herself to training in the Graham and Cunningham techniques at the London Contemporary Dance School, after which she joined Cullberg Ballet in Sweden where she stayed for over eight years.

During this time Emma Lewis had the honour of dancing many celebrated works by Mats Ek as well as other renowned choreographers such as Carolyn Carlson, Ohad Naharin, Jíří Kylián, Johan Inger and Philippe Blanchard. After the birth of her second daughter she moved to France where she continued to work with choreographers Joelle Bouvier, Kader Belarbi and most notably Eric Oberdorff of La Compagnie Humaine in Nice, with whom she has created many works over the last 15 years and continues to collaborate with to this day.

Emma Lewis is a certified teacher in classical and contemporary dance techniques as well as the Alan Herdman Pilates method since 20 years. In this area she has the privilege of working with a vast variety of people ranging from professional dancers and non-dancers of all ages enriching her knowledge and experience as a person, dancer and body professional.

Emma joined the Dance On Ensemble in 2018 at the age of 50.

Gesine Moog was born in Germany in 1976 and studied at the Frankfurt Univerity of Music and performing Arts, graduating in 1997. She performed with companies including Staatstheater Mainz, Saarländisches Staatstheater, and Gärtnerplatztheater Munich and worked with Ben van Cauwenbergh, Jiří Kylián Carolyn Carlson, Gaetano Soto, Robert Cohan, Birgit Scherzer, Philip Taylor and Antony Rizzi, among others. In 2004, tanz magazine named her a ”dancer to watch.”

In 2007, she moved to Sweden, performing in Ohad Naharins’s Kamuyot with Riksteatern, receiving the ”Dancer of the year” award. From 2008 to 2020, she was a member of Cullberg Ballet, collaborating with choreographers such as Mats Ek, Alexander Ekman, Johan Inger, Crystal Pite, Édouard Lock, Deborah Hay, Jefta Van Dinther and Ester Salamon, among others.

Now freelancer and a member of the Dance On Ensemble since 2019, she has worked with Jan Martens, Mathilde Monnier and Christos Papadopoulos, among others. Her artistic path spans diverse aesthetics and approaches, reflecting a deep engagement with contemporary dance and performance.

Alongside dance, she pursues interest in psychology and acting. She recently appeared in the XR film Blur, choreographed by Édouard Lock and directed by Craig Quintero and Phoebe Greenberg. The experimental theater premiered in Taiwan in March 2025.

Omagbitse Omagbemi received her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in dance at Montclair State University. In 2012 she was awarded a Bessie for Sustained Achievement in Performance.

She has performed nationally and internationally with the Punchdrunk productions Sleep No More in New York City and Shanghai as well as The Burnt City in London. A Member of the Dance On Ensemble since 2020, she performs in works by Lucinda Childs, Daniel Linehan, Meg Stuart and Cherish Menzo, among others.

Throughout her career, Omagbitse has collaborated with many renowned choreographers and dance artists, including Kat Válastur, Joanna Kotze, Yvonne Rainer, Neil Greenberg, Vicky Shick, Maria Hassabi, Heather Kravas, Jon Kinzel, Deborah Hay, Ralph Lemon, Wally Cardona, David Gordon, Jeremy Nelson, Keely Garfield, Irish Modern Dance Theater, Walter Dundervill, David Thomson, Anna Sperber,  Bill Young, Pearson/Widrig Dance, Urban Bush Women, Shapiro & Smith, Gerald Casel, Barbara Mahler, Christopher Williams, Sean Curran and Kevin Wynn.

Miki Orihara, born in 1960, is best known as a principal dancer in the Martha Graham Dance Company, which she joined in 1987. She received a Bessie Award in 2010 and has performed on Broadway in “The King and I”, and with Elisa Monte, PierGroupDance, Lotuslotus, Rioult Dance, Twyla Tharp, Martha Clarke, Anne Bogart (SITI Company) and Robert Wilson.

Orihara has taught globally – in Japan, Russia, the U.S., the Netherlands, and France – and is on the faculty at the Graham School and The Hartt School. She has set Graham’s works internationally, including for Diana Vashineva’s “Dialogue” and on Wendy Whelan of the New York City Ballet. She co-created Martha Graham technique DVDs (Levels 1 & 2), with a third coming in 2026.

As a choreographer, Orihara’s work has been shown in New York, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, and Japan. Her solo “Searching Dimensions” premiered in 1995, followed by “VOICE” (2001), “Stage” (2008), “Prologue” (2014), and “Shirabyoshi” (2017). Her solo series “RESONANCE-共鳴” (2014, 2017, 2019) presents works by modern dance pioneers alongside new creations.

She is Dance Director for mishmash＊Miki Orihara, movement designer for Jen Silverman’s “Crane Story” and choreographed Anne Bogart’s “Beautiful Lady” (2023). She produced the benefit concert “Dancing for JAPAN” (2014, 2017) and founded the NuVu Festival NYC in 2017.

Her film “Broken Memory” was featured at Dance on Camera Festival in New York (2017). With Stephen Pier, she created the dance films “Conversations” and “Ceci C’est Pas Un Jouet”, filmed by Gene Gort.

She performed in “Peace is…” (2017, 2018) at the United Nations as a part of the Permanent Mission of Japan.

Miki Orihara is member of the Dance On Ensemble since 2019.

Tim Persent was born in South Africa in 1964. After graduating from Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in 1986, he initially danced for Second Stride and Rambert Dance Company in London. From 1987 to 1994 he was a permanent member of the Rotterdamse Dansgroup. In the early 1990s he also worked with Ton Simons and the Brenda Daniels Dance Company in New York. In the Netherlands, he continued to perform in works by the choreographers Krisztina de Châtel, Paul Selwyn Norton, Michael Schumacher and Roland Shankula. From 1994 to 2018 he has been a dancer and artistic collaborator with the dance company LeineRoebana in Amsterdam.

Tim Persent received major Dutch arts awards for his dancing, the Silver Dance Prize in 1993, the Golden Swan in 2004 and the Merit Award from the Danish foundation Stichting Dansersfonds ’79 in 2024. To mark his 25th stage anniversary, he curated A Dance Concert at Holland Dance Festival in 2012, with works by Ton Simons, Richard Alston, LeineRoebana, Richard Alston and Ann van den Broeck.

Alongside his dance career, Tim Persent has worked for several cultural institutions in different capacities. He served as Artistic Director of the International Theaterschool Festival from 2005 to 2016 and is on the board of the KunstenDialoog Foundation. He has consulted the Dutch Arts Council and Performing Arts Fund, taught at CODARTS Dance Academy in Rotterdam and is the first certified MUNZ FLOOR and MUNZ BARRE coach in the Netherlands since 2019.

Tim Persent is member of the Dance On Ensemble since 2019 and performs in works by Merce Cunningham, Jan Martens, Christos Papadopoulos and Colette Sadler.

Jone San Martin, born in Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain, in 1966, studied dance with Mentxu Medel at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and at Mudra International in Brussels. She was a dancer at the Ballet Nacional de España, at Ulmer Theater, with Jacopo Godani in Brussels and at the Ballet Royal de Wallonie in Charleroi. She joined Ballett Frankfurt in 1992 and was a dancer at The Forsythe Company from 2005 to 2015.

Since 2000, she has choreographed many of her own works. She was a guest at the Avignon Festival in 2004 where she performed the solo “Tourlourou”, created for her by Carlotta Sagna, as part of the ‘Sujets à Vif’ series. In 2006, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asociación de Profesionales de Danza de Gipuzkoa. Since 2014, she is Associated Artist of Dantzaz Kompainia in Donostia. She curated the Performing Arts Programme for DDSS16 (Donostia/San Sebastian Cultural City in Europe 2016). Jone has been a member of the Dance On Ensemble since 2015.

Currently, her choreographic research focuses on communication, collaborating with non-hearing persons and sign language translators to reveal the powers of physical languages. Her recent works on deafness include “ADITU 1” (San Sebastián), “ADITU 2” (Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern and Palzinstitut für Hören und Kommunikation, Frankenthal), and “sORDA”, a new solo premiered at Matadero Madrid.

Jone San Martin has been a member of the Dance On Ensemble since 2015.

Originally from Michigan, USA, Dominic Santia received his B.F.A. from The Juilliard School in 2006. After his studies he joined La La La Human Steps (2006-09) under the direction of Edouard Lock for the production “Amjad”. He then spent some time as a guest with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal before joining Nederlands Dans Theater I in December of 2009. At NDT he had the opportunity to work with Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, Jiri Kylian, Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot as well as several other choreographers.

Following his time at NDT, he toured internationally with Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar as a member of their company L-E-V, and is now working as a freelance artist based in Berlin.

Marco Volta, born in Turin in Italy in 1969, studied dance at “Lo Studio” Dance School Bussoleno, Italy. Since 1994 he has performed for several theaters and independent dance groups in Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ireland, among them Balletto Teatro di Torino, Tanztheater Wien, Theater Freiburg/Heidelberg, Theater St.Gallen, CoisCéim Dance Theatre, Anna Huber.

Marco is not only a member of the Dance On Ensemble since 2019, but also works currently with Compagnie Prototype Status (Vevey) and in the Basel dance scene for MIR Compagnie, Verein Joachim Schloemer & Friends, del Rio Company, Sol Bilbaio Lucuix.

Marco has always been fascinated by the fusion of different dance styles that have led him to collaborate with flamenco and urban dance artists. As a choreographer he has created several works that have been presented in Seoul, New York, Turin and Basel, among other places.

Aside from his dancing, Marco has a teaching practice at several academies, theatres and training institutions for professional dancers. He is currently Lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts, Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Dance. He also works with children and teenagers, for example with the miniMIR Education Dance Program. In 2015 he obtained a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Dance Culture at the University Bern.