Creator　　　　　　　　　　　　Päivi AURA

Päivi Aura is a Finnish choreographer, dancer, director and teacher/educator, who has long and extensive experience in many different fields of dance and related subjects. After finishing her community dance studies in Theatre Academy in 1998, she has focused her work mainly on children’s and senior citizens’ dance creating performances, projects and other art and culture activities with and for them, often together with the professionals taking care of them. She is one of the first Finnish theatre makers for the very young audiences. After many years of freelance work, she founded Dance Theatre Auraco in 2006 and since then has worked as the artistic director of the company. They are nominated for the Children and Youth Theatre of the Year Award hosted by Association of Finnish Theatres and Finland Assitej Association. Päivi was awarded as Community Dance Artist of the Year 2010.

Creator and Performer　　　　　　　Kati LEHTOLA

Kati Lehtola is one of the founders and maintaining forces of Dance Theatre Auraco. She has a long experience in performing both on and off stage. After having studied dance in France, Kati has taken part in various kinds of workshops on dance and physical theatre. She qualified pantomime and mime studies in Berlin, Germany, 2015, and since then she has been actively working in this field creating new performances and collaborating with mime artists both in Europe and Finland. She is one of the founders of Melu Mime Collective in Berlin 2016.

Kati also works as an administrator and a secretary of Kuukulkurit ry. Her work tasks are versatile, for example, taking part in marketing and communications, updating social media, communicating with the members of the association and organizing events.

Creator and Performer　　　　　　　Alice MA

Creator and Performer　　　　　　　Mary Jane TANG

Composer and Live Music Performer　　Tim CHAN

Artistic Consultant　　　　　　　　Ronly KONG