Katja Cheraneva is a freelance dancer and choreographer based in Frankfurt. She holds a diploma from HfMDK Frankfurt and an MA from CuP, ATW Giessen. Her work explores themes such as rehearsal, learning/unlearning, and memory. A former member of The Forsythe Company (2010–2015), she has collaborated with choreographers like Fabrice Mazliah and visual artists such as Anne Imhof. She co-founded HOOD collective which held an artistic fellowship at PACT Zollverein (2016–2019), and managed the Werkstatt project space (2021–2023) in Frankfurt.

Viktorija Ilioska is a choreographer, performer, and artist who explores choreography through various mediums, including movement, text, voice, and sound. She studied at the Faculty of Music Arts in Skopje (BA in Dance Pedagogy and Repertory) and at the Institute for Applied Theater Studies in Gießen (MA in Choreography and Performance).

Viktorija is one of the Creative Crossroads artists in 2025–2026. Read more about her here.