Paula is active as a choreographer, dancer and dance teacher. As a choreographer she constantly seeks to experiment and expand her movement vocabulary in order to express herself honestly and fully without being limited by genres or styles. To the trained eye the Brazilian influences are obvious and characters from Afro-Brazilian mythology are often the inspiration for Paula's works. Feelings and behavior common to all people often recur as themes in Paula's choreographies and here archetypes from mythology play a part.

Paula was educated at Escola de Dança da Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia, in Brazil. In parallel with her studies in choreography and dance Paula delved into traditional and contemporary Brazilian dances. As a choreographer and dancer, it is important for Paula to master techniques fully in order for her to be able to experiment with content and forms. She also dances in works by other contemporary choreographers.

Paula has worked with Brazilian dance in Sweden and around the world since the beginning of the 90s. She teaches various Brazilian dances and dances in performance groups whose repertoires include Brazilian dance, especially samba, but also samba-reggae and maracatu.

Marika Hedemyr is a Swedish choreographer and dancer in contemporary dance, educated at Laban Centre London (1999). In spring 2000 she returned to Sweden and started Crowd Company.

She finds inspiration in pedestrian movements, non-verbal communication and challenges the borders as well as places for dance performances. She currently shares her time between freelance engagements and her own productions and projects with Crowd Company.

For her work she has been awarded the CORD Award for Graduate Research 1999, Region of Västra Götaland Cultural Award 2001, Gothenburg City Cultural Award in 2002, and yearly working grants from the Swedish Arts Grant Committee in 2004, 2007 and 2008.

In February of 2009 her piece "Just In Time" was selected for the final of the international choreography competition of Yokohama Dance Collection R in Japan. Marika was the artistic director of Choreosound 09, an artistic lab on composition of contemporary dance and music which took place in September 2009. Marika is currently touring with "Minutes 2.0” and has also started the research phase for "I denna ljuva", a solo performance premiering spring 2010

Moa Matilda Sahlin is classically trained and, after studying at the University of Dance in Stockholm, Sweden, she chose to dedicate herself to contemporary dance. Thanks to a Carina Ari scholarship she was able to continue focused studies in contemporary dance at Dance Space Inc./ Dance New Amsterdam New York, USA.

Moa was quickly engaged as a teacher by several schools and has continued to further educate herself, as well as participating in joint projects, nationally and internationally. In 2005, Moa received an MA in choreography from Laban, London, after which she started her freelance career. She joined Dansbyrån as a production platform and helped to start the Sagolikt club.

As a choreographer, Moa works with contemporary dance in a determined and artistic manner and always focuses on the audience. She dares to be both pretentious and playful in her expression. At the moment she is working on the “Förmödrar” project, with the artist Annika Erixån, planned premiere in 2011.

A selection of artistic productions and projects:

MOA Kompani
Nyfiken på gränsen (Curious about the border) 2005
A texas chick made compassion fashion 2007

Stig, Västra Götalands regionens undomskompani (VGR youth company) 2005-2007
Bredvid stigen finns (Alongside the path) 2006
Se å hör (See and hear) 2007
Time travel tribe 2008

Educational projects:

"The sketchbook as compass in the choreographic process"
"Improvisation, composition and choreography"
"Cultural history, specialising in dance"