Nathaniel Moore
Nathaniel (he/they) is a dance artist based in Brussels originally from the usa. Their practice spans collective artistic research, choreography, performance, curation, and community organising. Nathaniel's artistic and political impetus is a drive towards a more ecological consciousness, connecting with ghosts, listening to bones, making bridges with future and past ancestors, as well as disrupting normative theatrical formats to create life/art events. Nathaniel's work has been supported by wpZimmer, deSingel, Needcompany, SoAP, Zinnema, de Kriekelaar, artist-Commons, and a.pass post-graduate artistic research program.
Magdalena Öttl
Dancer/Collaborator
Magdalena Öttl studied at Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen (Germany) and at Performact in Torres Vedras (Portugal). They work as a freelance dancer in Germany and Belgium and dance in creations by Mark Sieczkarek, Jelena Ivanovic, Rainer Behr, Untamed Productions, Ultima Vez/Wim Vandekeybus (TRACES '2019 and Scattered Memories '2022) and Oona Doherty Works (NAVY BLUE '2022). As a choreographer, they created in collaboration with dance-physical theater collectives and collected various experiences within interdisciplinary products in research formats. In 2020/2021 they was artist in residence at #KREATIVCAMPUSRUHR with the research It's not my responsibility to get famous. In collaboration with Parini Secondo (IT) and Bienoise (IT), the project resulted in the choreographic template >be me, which premiered in 2021 and led to further editing and workshops with professional and non-professional participants in Germany, Italy, Portugal and Belgium. In 2022 they will be seeing the arrival of Atelier Quartier/Atelier Kids on Ultima Vez.
We all have a passion. This is mine! From an early age, I decided to master my craft. And I’ve been learning ever since.
Federico Protto
Costume Designer/ Outside Eye
Federico Protto (DE/URG) encompasses performance, sound, installation, and research, bringing together diverse disciplines in “dynamic installations.” Fascinated by migration narratives and global movements, he weaves together myths, ancestral ideas, and fiction to create a hybrid network that fosters decolonial and intercontinental kinship. In “Dress-Rehearsals” (2022), a proto-esoteric performance, he collectively explores heritage, activating texts, songs, dances, and more through instinct and spontaneity. By embracing ethnoecological, queer, and subcultural influences, my multidisciplinary approach challenges the conventions of the Global North. In collaboration with partners such as Stefan Cantante and Anna Lugmeier, his work finds international resonance at institutions such as DeSingel and the MOMU Fashion Museum (BE), Red Dawns Festival (LSV), Centro Cultural de España (UY), Hošek Contemporary Gallery (DE), ModaLisboa (PT), Weltmuseum Wien (AT), wpZimmer and the BUDA arts centre (BE).
Olivia Ardui
Dramaturg
She is a curator and art historian interested in the intersection of visual and performative arts, the conventions of image and scene representation, as well as their behind-the-scenes aspects in institutional circuits and spaces. After completing a master’s degree on the work of Belgian artist David Claerbout at UCLouvain (2012), Olivia moved to Brazil, where she worked as a curator at MASP (2017–2020), in the Research and Curatorial Department of Instituto Tomie Ohtake (2013–2016), and as part of the curatorial team for the 12th Cuenca Biennial in Ecuador (2013–2014). She is currently working as an independent curator in Brussels, as well as an assistant professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at UCLouvain (Belgium), teaching courses such as Introduction to Scientific Practice and General Methodology, Iconography and Iconology, and the Seminar on Avant-Gardes to Contemporary Art.
Charlie Usher
Sound Artist and Composer
Charlie Usher (1987, UK) is a composer based in Brussels working with long duration, writing for live instruments, field recordings, static and rotary speaker installations. He is the founder and former director of Dedans / dehors / inside out, a regular series of experimental music in Paris.
In 2009, he completed his principal studies with David Horne at the RNCM, Manchester and then continued with mentorships by Antoine Beuger, Tom Johnson, Hanna Hartman and Howard Skempton. Over the years, he has had residencies and workshops with Xavier Le Roy (In Vivo Dance) (2016), Festival Sirga – Musiques de Recerca, Flix, Catalonia (2016), the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada (2011) and the Soundings Festival at the Austrian Cultural Forum (2013). His pieces have been presented at Bâtard Festival, Q-O2 Workspace for Experimental Music, Lincoln Center NYC, South Bank Centre, London, and during multiple US and UK tours.
