Caroline Chia

Caroline Chia

Caroline Chia completed her doctorate at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne in 2016. Feeling a strong urgency to sustain her hometown heritage of traditional Chinese puppetry in Singapore, Caroline has published several papers on the topic, and organized...
René Reith

René Reith

René Reith works as a choreographer, performer and dance scientist in North Germany. He is holding a masterdegree in Staging of the Arts and Media from the University of Hildesheim. As a co-fonder of the artist group systemrhizoma he is working on performances in the...
Robin Ruizendaal

Robin Ruizendaal

Robin Ruizendaal was the director of the Taiyuan Asian Puppet Theatre Museum in Taipei from 2000 to 2020, with a collection of over 10.000 Asian theatre puppets and related artifacts. He is currently working on the Asian theatre puppet research project of the Paul Lin...
Jessica Nupen

Jessica Nupen

Jessica Nupen is a dancer, choreographer and director based in Germany. Born in Johannesburg to anti- apartheid activist parents, Nupen’s work is heavily inspired by her South African background and she has been named one of the top 100 most influential...