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https://www.din-a13.de

Ilona Pászthy studied illustration and painting in Hildesheim, Bielefeld, and Münster, as well as classical ballet in Hanover and contemporary dance at the Dansacademie Rotterdam. As a dancer, she worked with various theaters and independent companies, including Irina Pauls’ company at Schauspielhaus Leipzig, the Kammerspiele Mainz under Nancy Seitz McIntyre, Mind the gap, and Maja Lex in Cologne.
Since founding IPtanz in 2000 together with visual artist and life partner miegL, Ilona has developed stage productions, walk-in dance installations, site-specific works, and public-space projects — often in international collaborations. These works have been presented nationally and internationally and have received numerous nominations and awards.
Ilona’s work seeks to break down the boundaries between audience and performers. Her productions explore new modes of accessibility and provide insight into creative processes, constantly seeking new encounters and ways to reduce barriers.
As a founding member of Barnes Crossing, Ilona is also part of the artistic leadership team of the SoloDuoFestival nrw + friends.

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www.ip-tanz.com

Theresa Hupp works as a freelance performing artist, primarily at the intersections of dance theater, music theater, and physical theatre. In these contexts, Theresa is a shapeshifter, appearing as performer, choreographer, outside eye, director, writer — or in combinations of these roles.
Theresa is the founder and artistic director of the company SONDER:SAMMLUNG. Through a reflective lens on performative behaviors, the SONDER:SAMMLUNG projects examine social norms, relationships, and concepts, transforming them into tragically comic stage works.
Member of Barnes Crossing since 2019, Theresa co-leads projects within the Mittelzentrenförderung, including the advisory group Avengers, which focuses on accessibility.

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https://www.instagram.com/sondersammlung/

Sonia Franken (DEU / UK) is a producer, choreographer, dance facilitator and scholar. Sonia is artistic director of El Cuco Projekt, as well as artistic member of the performance collective Polar Publik. She possesses extensive experience in teaching, facilitating creative processes, and serving as a cultural policy spokesperson. Additionally, she contributes as a jury member for the nationwide Youth Dance Meeting of the Berliner Festspiele and co-leads “Tandem Tanz” of the Federal Association Aktion Tanz. She studied dance education at CODARTS Rotterdam as well as dance studies at ZZT Cologne and is a certified IOKAI Meridian Shiatsu® Practitioner.

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https://choreographie.org

Saskia Rudat is a Gemini with Taurus rising, born in 1991 in Dresden and has lived in Thuringia, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Berlin. After finishing school and a voluntary social year in culture (FSJ Kultur), Saskia initially studied Psychology at the University of Jena, focusing on how humans think, experience, and act. This was followed by professional training in performance, directing, choreography, and writing at the Physical Theatre program of Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen.
Saskia co-directs the performance groups SÄCHSISCHE SCHWEIZ kollektiv and Saskia Rudat & das (i)dentityteam, as well as the Physical Theatre Network and the Mittelzentrenförderung program at Barnes Crossing — including the group AVENGERS, which works to improve accessibility in the independent performing arts. Saskia also works as a freelance performer in dance and theater, as well as a mentor and outside eye. In addition, Saskia is a musician and writer, and enjoys skating along the Rhine in free time.

Member since 2020
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https://saskiarudat.com

Gitta Roser works nationally and internationally as a freelance choreographer, dancer/performer, and dance educator. A central focus of Gitta’s work is collaboration with dancers with and without disabilities.Gitta is the artistic director of both companies: Gitta Roser Produktion (www.gittaroser.de) and cie.nomoreless (www.nomoreless.eu).
Accessibility measures — particularly audio description — are essential components of Gitta’s artistic practice and are integrated from the start through an Aesthetics of Access approach.
Since 2000, Gitta has been a core member of DIN A 13 tanzcompany, touring extensively as choreographer and dancer across South and North America, Africa, and Europe. Together with Gerda König, Gitta initiated and co-directs the M.A.D.E. Program (Mixed-Abled Dance Education) and the research project UNIque@dance.
As a performer, Gitta has collaborated with Angie Hiesl & Roland Kaiser Produktion, Silke Z./resistdance, mouvoir/Stephanie Thiersch, Yoshie Shibahara, theater monteure, and Wolkenstein Theater.
Member of Barnes Crossing since 2014 and part of the Avengers team for accessibility in the performing arts.

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www.gittaroser.de
www.nomoreless.eu
www.din-a13.de

Andrea Lucas has been a member of Barnes Crossing since 2018, served several years on the board, and co-directed the SoloDuo Festival in 2022. Andrea has been producing and performing for nearly 40 years, primarily for very young audiences, and has been the artistic director of Wolkenstein Theater für Kinder since 2018.
With genre-crossing productions, Andrea performs family theatre on weekends and tours with a mobile ensemble to kindergartens during the week, performing for all children. Aesthetic delight and thematic relevance for young children go hand in hand in Andrea’s work — a combination that informs every production. Andrea considers this the best job in the world.

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https://www.wolkenstein-theater.de

barnescrossing@web.de