Ricardo de Paula / Grupo Oito
Ricardo de Paula (he/him) is a choreographer, dancer, performer and artistic director of Grupo Oito. Since 1989 he has danced with Grupo Corpo (Brazil), Zikzira Physical Theater (Brazil), Staatstheater Kassel, Sasha Waltz and Felix Ruckert, among others. Since 2005 he has been developing solo pieces, and since 2006 he has worked with the ensemble Grupo Oito, which he founded, on numerous pieces using his Get Physical Process method, which have been shown at venues including Ballhaus Naunynstraße, Gropius Bau and HAU Hebbel am Ufer.
Dr. phil. Nora Haakh (she/her) is a cultural scientist and a researching artist. She has worked as a dramaturg mostly in postmigrant and translocal scenes. Her PhD on transfer and translation from Arabic to German in theatre was awarded a special award of the Augsburg Science Award for Intercultural Studies. She teaches Critical Dramaturgy and is currently developing (amongst others) her artistic research «Tree Translator»the social/artistic laboratory «AUCH» and «Studio REALTALK»” at Theater an der Parkaue.
Caritia Abell (she/her / they/them) has 25 years of personal and professional know-how in the divergent (from the now) lifestyles, space holding, empowerment and body-based practices. These offerings are trauma-aware, intersectional, neurodivergent-aware, consenting and multidisciplinary perspective (with the understanding that consent is an active andvoluntary process). Within all of these spaces, Caritia leads with why (intention setting) and a utopic vision of collaboration and artistic creation. Japanese-inspired rope is a vital creative tool in (their) work. She has been exploring it for 12 years and derives great joy from sharing this practice with others through teaching, tying and being tied.
Martina Garbelli (she/her) studied contemporary dance in Italy and at the SEAD Salzburg. She has worked with several choreographers and toured in various European countries. She has lived in Berlin since 2012, where she works in the independent dance scene as a dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She has been a member of Grupo Oito since 2015. Dance is her medium for questioning social constructs, exploring psychological processes and provoking change.
Cintia Rangel (she/her) is a Brazilian dancer, choreographer and mother. With her movement research, she works on allowing herself to be contaminated by the “space-tempo-body” of everyday life and deals with the question of how movement can become an aesthetic-political act.
Rubén Nsue (he/him), born in Madrid of African descent, began his dance journey with jazz and modern dance in his home city. He expanded his training in Barcelona, London and New York and mastered dance theater, contemporary dance and hip-hop. Nsue has performed in musicals such as «Hair»and «The Wedding Singer». In 2007, he founded the experimental dance company Lokomamia, which made its debut in Madrid with «Paralelo». As a choreographer in Berlin, he has worked on productions such as «Human Orchestra», «Heroes» und «Planet Egalia». Nsue is currently a member of the KDV Dance Ensemble and Grupo Oito and performs in «ORI Cleanse» and «Present Body». In 2021 he received a grant to research groove decomposition.
Thiago Rosa (he/him), born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) is part of the Colectivo Bonobando (directed by Adriana Schneider and Lucas Oradovschi). He is an actor and performer and has a degree in fine arts. He studied at the Tanzfabrik in Berlin and has a Bachelor's degree in Dance, Context and Choreography at the Inter-University Center for Dance, Berlin University of the Arts (HZT/UdK Berlin). Thiago has been performing his «Porträt-Performance»at Ballhaus Naunynstraße since 2021. He was also involved in «Abdruckkörper» und «Everybody can be everybody can not be.
Dr. phil. Nora Haakh (she/her) is a cultural scientist and a researching artist. She has worked as a dramaturg mostly in postmigrant and translocal scenes. Her PhD on transfer and translation from Arabic to German in theatre was awarded a special award of the Augsburg Science Award for Intercultural Studies. She teaches Critical Dramaturgy and is currently developing (amongst others) her artistic research «Tree Translator»the social/artistic laboratory «AUCH» and «Studio REALTALK»” at Theater an der Parkaue.
Caritia Abell (she/her / they/them) has 25 years of personal and professional know-how in the divergent (from the now) lifestyles, space holding, empowerment and body-based practices. These offerings are trauma-aware, intersectional, neurodivergent-aware, consenting and multidisciplinary perspective (with the understanding that consent is an active andvoluntary process). Within all of these spaces, Caritia leads with why (intention setting) and a utopic vision of collaboration and artistic creation. Japanese-inspired rope is a vital creative tool in (their) work. She has been exploring it for 12 years and derives great joy from sharing this practice with others through teaching, tying and being tied.
Martina Garbelli (she/her) studied contemporary dance in Italy and at the SEAD Salzburg. She has worked with several choreographers and toured in various European countries. She has lived in Berlin since 2012, where she works in the independent dance scene as a dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She has been a member of Grupo Oito since 2015. Dance is her medium for questioning social constructs, exploring psychological processes and provoking change.
Cintia Rangel (she/her) is a Brazilian dancer, choreographer and mother. With her movement research, she works on allowing herself to be contaminated by the “space-tempo-body” of everyday life and deals with the question of how movement can become an aesthetic-political act.
Rubén Nsue (he/him), born in Madrid of African descent, began his dance journey with jazz and modern dance in his home city. He expanded his training in Barcelona, London and New York and mastered dance theater, contemporary dance and hip-hop. Nsue has performed in musicals such as «Hair»and «The Wedding Singer». In 2007, he founded the experimental dance company Lokomamia, which made its debut in Madrid with «Paralelo». As a choreographer in Berlin, he has worked on productions such as «Human Orchestra», «Heroes» und «Planet Egalia». Nsue is currently a member of the KDV Dance Ensemble and Grupo Oito and performs in «ORI Cleanse» and «Present Body». In 2021 he received a grant to research groove decomposition.
Thiago Rosa (he/him), born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) is part of the Colectivo Bonobando (directed by Adriana Schneider and Lucas Oradovschi). He is an actor and performer and has a degree in fine arts. He studied at the Tanzfabrik in Berlin and has a Bachelor's degree in Dance, Context and Choreography at the Inter-University Center for Dance, Berlin University of the Arts (HZT/UdK Berlin). Thiago has been performing his «Porträt-Performance»at Ballhaus Naunynstraße since 2021. He was also involved in «Abdruckkörper» und «Everybody can be everybody can not be.
