team & partners
Core Team
Kristin Guttenberg, Germany
Founder, Director
Kristin is facilitator, trainer and coach, as well as movement artist and university lecturer. Specialized on embodiment, somatics and contemplative practices in culture, learning and transition contexts, she is a pioneer for holistic learning approaches and integrates her professional backgrounds of social health pedagogy, leadership and organisational development, body therapy, movement arts and performing arts to research and act at the interfaces of learning and education, presence and future, artistic practice and transformative practice, individual and society.
Her special interest and driving force is the sense-making of (vocational) lifes and the value of the ‚individual in society‘. For her it is crucial to participate in the socio-ecological transformation and educational reformation in local and global contexts. She burns for the co-creation of presence and futures of individuals and communities in its direct political dimension.
In that, the relevance of the integration of the multiple human intelligence and body-mind connection in educational and vocational fields and in transition contexts is a main approach in her work. Enhancing the level of presence and awareness, of inner authority, performance competence and personal mastery. For her it is relevant to contribute to independent scenes as well as to institutional levels of social, educational and artistic fields.
Kristin holds an honorary professorship in Berlin. Since over 25 years she contributes to the development of study programs in art universities, state and free organizations of culture and education and the independent art scene. As international lecturer and individual and team trainer for students, university staff and professional artists, she integrates body-mind practices, mental training and stage presence, as well as defining and leading professional trainings and learning labs. Contents are movement arts, communication skills, reflection and feedback methods and team teachings. One of her interdiciplinary developments is the 'artistic leadership' approach.
Esther Bermúdez, Venezuela / Germany
Researcher and Project Coordinator
Esther is a sociologist. Her aim is to bring forward the work of collectives, individuals, as well as urban and rural tribes who encourage social change through contemporary, creative expressions in new forms of critical-constructive education. In 2014, Esther joined The Moving Academy with the interest to continue contributing to the development of educational practices and programs, based on communitarian participation and plurality. As part of the core team she supports the section of research, funding and administration with her expertise and experience.
Aleksandar Acev, Germany / Croatia
Aleksandar is contemporary mime, pedagogue, choreographer and director for physical theatre. His special focus: the body as a stage, a platform and meeting point where connection with other disciplines and sensibilities is possible. He acts as pedagogue and facilitator in various art universities and fields of social arts.
Ingo Reulecke, Germany
Ingo is dancer performer, choreographer, program creator and pedagogue in the field of artistic and contemplative practice, working and cooperating in university as well as free artistic contexts.
Assistance
Cécile Tacier, Schweiz
Project Coordinatior
Veronika Risnovska, Slovakia / Germany
Voluntary
Veronika studies performance and society at Bart College Berlin. She joined TMA 2015 and is present with great engagement in the fore- and background. As an alumni of United World College Mostar, she is assisting coordinator of TMA projects and trainings for international and vocational schools.
Clara-Luna Donoso, Germany / Peru
Voluntary
Clara-Luna is a young dancer-choreographer studying in Berlin. Starting her life in Berlin she spend most of her years in Chile and Peru. With her multi-cultural background she carries influences from south-american arts. For the assistance of the summer program she joined TMA in 2019. For the coming semester she is in process for an internship at TMA with her actual research-work.
Jakub Crcha, Slovakia / USA
Intern
Jakub joined TMA in the winter semester for his internship and supported the reflection and documentation period of TRAFO Projects. When he is not present in Europe, he studies theatre directing, politics and language at Bennington College, Vermont/USA.
Marco Krämer-Eis, Germany
Media Consultant
Marco is a director, dramaturg, translator and voice actor. He studied "Theatre-, Media- and Filmstudies" and "German" at Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University Frankfurt/Main.
supporters
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