Isabella Freilinger

She writes and directs for broadcasters such as the BBC, SWR, ARTE, funk, Swiss television SRF, and South Korean television KBS, as well as for theaters like the National Theatre Scotland, Theater Heidelberg, and Nationaltheater Mannheim. Her work has received numerous awards, including the German Prize for Online Communication, the Sky TV Award, and the Bremen Television Prize, and she has been nominated for the Grimme Prize.

Evelyne Krüger-Maitrel

She was a professor of ballet at the École Nationale in Paris, a dancer with the German television ballet, and a soloist with the Heidelberg Theatre and Orchestra. She is the originator of Afro-Ballet and developed her own dance style, Afro-Caraibes-Jazz, from her Caribbean roots. Today she works as a choreographer and directs the Académie de Ballett Heidelberg.

Katharina Geyer

She performed as a dancer in numerous theaters in Germany, Portugal, and Brazil. She danced in performances by choreographers Trisha Brown, Simone Forti, and Xavier Le Roy at venues such as Documenta 12, the Ruhrtriennale, K20 Düsseldorf, and the Kunstmuseum Bonn. Katharina studied dance, dance history and studies, and dance and art education.

Dance and art professionals

Since the topic affects everyone, we also bring together various dance styles in our dance ensemble: Modern Dance,

Dancers of the Académie de Ballet Heidelberg,

Hip hop, Brazilian zouk, tango, and Afro dance. Our film crew brings together filmmakers from Heidelberg and around the world.