Org Team




Tamara Maksymenko. (Ukraine - Austria)

Tamara Maksymenko is a professional dancer, choreographer, and teacher of contact improvisation and contemporary dance for 17 years already. She has been teaching many workshops all over the world (Poland, Spain, Israel, Austria, Italy, Greece, Finland, Egypt, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Morocco, Bulgary, Sweden, Portugal, France, and Turkey). She is the founder of Motion Mode Dance Theatre (MMDT) and the creator of many dance projects.
28 years of dance experience (since the early age of 4). She got medical education in body therapy and sociology at Dnipropetrovsk National University and trained at the Physical Theatre in Intragna (Switzerland) with Thomas Mattler.
Now Tamara is a member of the Ukrainian Contemporary Dance Platform Association and she is a member of OFFTANZ Tirol Association (Austria). The founder of "Solo & CI Tirol Festival" and "West meets East".

Question as to participation:
Whatsapp: +4367763027506
soloandcityrolfest@gmail.com


Felix Arjona

Professional dancer and choreographer. Gestalt therapist and movement psychotherapy. Yoga teacher. Teacher of contemporary dance and contact improvisation. Creator of the online space for personal growth ‘The culture of contact’ and founder of ‘SOMA&Play. Research and creation through contact, movement and improvisation’, the Contact Improvisation Andalusian Training, and Contact Camp Andalusia together with Juan Manuel Rodriguez.

Félix Arjona is a multidisciplinary and versatile artist and creator from Seville, whose professional work occupies different facets that cover a great diversity of professional areas, where the individual and collective accompaniment of people in development processes stands out, applying different models of transmission of shared and expanded knowledge, based on contemporary dance and contact improvisation, somatic experience, sensory awareness and the liberation of the mind.


Chiara Scharler

Chiara Scharler is a young contemporary dancer and performer from Austria, passionate about exploring the transformative power of dance. Dance has always been an important part of her life and since the age of 15, se committed herself to dance and has since trained in diverse styles, including contemporary, ballet, physical theater, partnering and floorwork, at Fontys Academy of the Arts in the Netherlands. Since mid-2024, Chiara has been based in Innsbruck, Austria, where she continues to expand her artistic journey. Alongside performing, she is deeply engaged in nurturing the dance scene. Chiara co-founded the 'Tilburg in Motion' dance festival and is also part of the organizing team for the 'Solo & CI Festival' in Tirol.