Company & Team

Our team has created pieces for renowned dance companies and performed works for the world’s leading choreographers and theaters including Mikhailovsky Theatre (Saint Petersburg, Russia), Deutsche Oper (Berlin, Germany), George Balanchine, John Neumeier, Semper Opera Ballet Company (Dresden, Germany), Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Jiri Kylian amongst others. Their knowledge and insight into what creates a captivating and visually stunning performance is key to DANCÆ’s success as a production entity.

Founder & Creative Director

Soraya Schulthess

Soraya Schulthess trained at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Russia and performed with the Boris Eifman Ballet in Saint Petersburg. She returned to Germany to pursue a second bachelor's degree in cultural studies. She has performed repertoire spanning from Marius Petipa and Mikhail Fokin to Jiri Killian and William Forsythe. In recent years, Soraya has shifted her focus towards blending dance with other art forms and breaking traditional boundaries to foster innovative creations.

Curatorial & Production Assistant

Pauline Kling

Pauline Kling works across curation, research and production at DANCÆ, supporting the development of the company’s interdisciplinary projects and their wider conceptual frameworks. Her curatorial practice is shaped by an interest in questions of power, class, gender and collective experience, and in the ways artistic spaces can challenge established social structures. These perspectives inform her work with DANCÆ across research, artistic development and production. Pauline holds a Master’s degree in Applied Cultural Studies and Cultural Semiotics from the University of Potsdam and has gained experience with institutions including Haus der Kulturen der Welt, the Goethe-Institut London and GlogauAIR. She currently also works with the Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

Production Manager

Jelena Cos

Jelena Cos is a production manager based between Berlin and London. She holds a BA from York University and a certificate from OCAD University. Raised in Toronto, she spent her earlier years in New York before relocating to Europe.

Dancer

Eoin Robinson

Eoin Robinson trained at the JKO School of the American Ballet Theatre and at The Juilliard School. He won gold at the Youth America Grand Prix, and after graduating in 2018, joined Staatsballett Berlin. In 2024, he joined Staatsballett Hannover and began working with DANCÆ in 2025.

Dancer

Mihael Beliov

Mihael Belilov is a freelance professional dancer and artist originally from Varna, Bulgaria currently based in Berlin, Germany. Previously he has danced at the Mainfranken Theatre Würzburg, Victor Ullate Ballet, Theater Dormtund, Theater Magdeburg,Tanztheater Innsbruck, Tivoli Ballet and the Royal Danish Ballet. Throughout his dance career he has worked with choreographers such as Nacho Duato,Marco Goecke,Mauro Bigonzetti,Andreas Heise,Victor Ullate,Gonzalo Galguera and Arshak Ghalumyan

Dancer

Vera Segova

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Imogen Rose Walters

At the age of 15, the Australian began her professional ballet training at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow before moving a year later to the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg. There she completed her studies under Tatiana Solomianko. As a dancer with the Mikhailovsky Theater, her repertoire included classics such as the Dance of the Wilis from "Giselle," the Snowflake Waltz from "The Nutcracker," "Swan Lake" and "Coppélia". Currently she works for Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

Dancer

Andrea Marino

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Jade Albrieux

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Gustavo Chalub

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Leroy Mokgatle

Vivian Khoonavard

Dancer

Marlena Umland

Dancer

Anna Okuneva

Dancer

Anna Okuneva

Anna Okuneva graduated from the Bolshoi ballet Academy of Moscow in 2007 and at the same year became a member of the Bolshoi Ballet Company. In 2013 was promoted as a soloist, in 2017 became a first soloist of Stanislavsky ballet company of Moscow. In her carrier she has worked with many contemporary choreographers such as Forsythe, Kylian, Ekman, Naharin, Goeke, Khan, McGregor etc.