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Robin Dekkers (Flutter) is the founding Artistic Director of Post:Ballet and was recently named ’25 To Watch’ by DANCE Magazine. They danced with ODC/Dance, Ballet Arizona and Company C Contemporary Ballet, and are currently performing with Diablo Ballet. Robin is on faculty at Berkeley Ballet Theater and Contra Costa Ballet, and regularly teaches company classes for Smuin Ballet, Company C Contemporary Ballet and Diablo Ballet. Katy Dymoke (Sense 8) is a dancer, filmmaker, and the director of Touchdown since 1994. She works as a Dance Movement Psychotherapist and Somatic Movement Therapist. Katy has danced since the age of 3 and continues to dance and teach in community, education, health, and arts contexts. https://touchdowndance.co.uk Karina Epperlein (Phoenix Dance) is an independent filmmaker with 36 years of experience as a theater artist, teacher and filmmaker. A native of Germany, she came to the United States in 1981 as a dancer, choreographer and actress with the avant-garde theater company SOON 3. The past eighteen years she has been a “dependent” documentary filmmaker who has been very fortunate to follow the lead of her fiercely independent spirit, often defying conventions and the notion of art as commercial enterprise. Her award-winning documentaries give face and voice to the unseen in society, highlighting their unique stories and the universal issues that link them to history. Stephen Featherstone (Stopgap in Stop Motion) is a filmmaker and animator based in the UK. His practice merges his background in Fine Art and his experience in the animation industry to develop an approach to filmmaking that allows him to work independently, and to use moving image media as means of personal expression, while making films that retain a clear relationship to mainstream cinema. Recent films include a series of live action productions with Nunkie Theatre based on the ghost stories of M. R. James and a dance film, utilizing live action and animation techniques, commissioned by Stopgap Dance Company. Simon Fildes (1962-2021) (Uath Lochans) was an award-winning filmmaker, artist, curator, and teacher who worked in a range of organizations as a researcher, creative producer, project manager and lecturer. Simon was a respected editor and director of documentaries, promos and short films, as well as an interactive installation artist. KEY CREATOR BIOS - 24

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