Author: Michaela Weinhauser

Isaac Spencer is director and professor for ballet techniques in the BAdance department of the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. He worked as a professional dancer with Cullberg Ballet, Gothenburg Opera Dance Company, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Since 2011, he has been active in the free scene throughout Germany and Sweden as dancer, choreographer, rehearsal director, and mentor. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Juilliard School in 2004 and was recipient of the Princess Grace Award. Since 2013 he serves on the board of directors for Milvus Artistic Research Center (MARC) in Sweden.

Michaela Weinhauser studied Elementary Music and Movement Education and Piano at the University of Music and Theatre Munich (HMTM) and completed an MA in Dance: Research, Mediation and Artistic Practice at the German Sport University Cologne. She is a state-certified choir and ensemble conductor and an Orff Schulwerk Instructor (Level 3). She teaches Music and Movement on the MA in Music Mediation at the HMTM, and also teaches at the Institute of Music Pedagogy at LMU Munich and at the International Piano and Violin School Munich. She is the Artistic and Coordinating Director of Tanzprojekt München and has served as Organisational Director of the Biennale Tanzausbildung since 2023.