Anna Chiedza Spörri is a movement artist and creative activist based in Switzerland. She choreographs for theaters, artist and film, performs, teaches and creates between London and Switzerland. She creates her own movement by fusing different dance styles and experiments with spoken word. Her art is informed by her own lived experiences and the environment in which she moves as well as the stories she wishes to tell.

Anna has trained in different areas of the world such as École des Sables (Senegal), Peri Dance Studio (USA) and Motivating Excellence Program by Rhapsody James (USA) and in London. Through her work, she aims to create representation & access for BiPoC artists.

In 2022, her production «PERSPECTIVES» was a finalist of Premio - Nachwuchspreis and is since touring nationally and internationally. Currently, she is working on a new production "PERCEPTIONS", which will premiere in January 2026 at the Dampfzentrale in Bern, Switzerland.

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Cédric is a multidisciplinary dancer, choreographer, and teacher inspired by diverse dance styles. Beginning with breakdance, he later explored hip hop improvisation and contemporary dance, training with the Ballet Junior de Genève and La Manufacture in Lausanne. Founder of Cie Synergie, he creates works blending contemporary and hip hop dance, often enriched by live music and circus influences, touring in Switzerland and abroad.
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Soraya Leila Emery is a Swiss-Moroccan choreographer and dancer based in Zurich. She graduated in contemporary dance from CFPArts Geneva in 2014 and from SEAD Salzburg in 2017, and obtained her Master's in choreography from ZHdK Zurich in June 2024. She works around the theme of female pleasure, seeking to define what pleasure is and to translate it into a choreographic score to redefine the narrative around female sexuality, bodily autonomy, and empowerment. She explores pleasure from a feminist perspective, and her research questions the preservation and transmission of cultural identity as well as the representation of the Arab female body. In 2023/2024, she was an associated artist with TanzPlan Ost and created the piece TURN ON. In 2025/2026, she is an associated artist at Tanzhaus Zurich where she will create the solo Coming Soon.

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Sami (1999, Bern) is a dancer, choreographer and part of the music label Forcefield Records. She completed a Bachelor's degree in contemporary dance at La Manufacture. In her work, Sami draws on her fascination with rhythm, her interest in history and her physical memories. Sami’s practice explores the permeability and relevance of empirical knowledge passed down through generations, specifically questioning Swiss traditions. Sami is also part of hearhere collective, with whom they have been researching around reclaiming and expanding the lying position, resulting in their last piece.

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