Montserrat Gardó Castillo is a choreographer, dancer, and performer from Barcelona. She studied dance at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona and at Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen, and completed a degree in Journalism at URL/Barcelona. She is currently finishing a Master’s degree in Humanities and Contemporary Art at UOC/Barcelona. She has been nominated twice for the Performing Arts Award of the City of Düsseldorf and received the Ground Support Award from NRW Kultursekretariat. In the 2021–2022 season, she curated the series Politics of Invitation at FFT Düsseldorf, deepening her curatorial engagement within the Düsseldorf performance scene.
After graduating in 2009, she worked as a dancer, performer, and assistant in all productions of NEUER TANZ/VA Wölfl until 2017, including von mit nach t: No 2, CHOR(E)OGRAPHIE/JOURNALISMUS: kurze stücke, Ich sah: Das Lamm auf dem Berg Zion, Offb. 14,1, and SACRE DU PRINTEMPS+&DU. She has also performed in Everything that happened and would happen by Heiner Goebbels, New Beginnings by Alexander Giesche (Münchner Kammerspiele), Kiss and Thisyouiiyou by Tino Sehgal, Fight for Independence by Costa Compagnie, Leaking Territories and Monument to Work by Alexandra Pirici, Superversammlung by SEE!, A concert with Luisa Saraiva and Lea Letzel, and Homesick Festival by Michikazu Matsune.
Since 2017 she has been working regularly with Gintersdorfer/Klaßen and La Fleur on productions such as Das Phantom der Operette, Kiss me, Judas!, Konami, Kabuki Noir, Nana ou est-ce que tu connais le bara?, The Institute for Unforeseen Collaboration, Weimar Cabaret, Die Zerlegung der Körper, and Erniedrigung ist nicht das Ende der Welt. She is also a member of the group 1pp1.
As journalist she occasionally writes about dance, theatre, and performance for publications in Spain and Germany.
Petr Hastik is a choreographer and performer from the Czech Republic with a strong pedagogical background. He studied dance theatre and dance education at the Duncan Centre Conservatory in Prague and at Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen. From the age of four and for more than fifteen years, he was part of the Czech dance folklore ensemble Hradišťan.
In 2011, Petr became a member of Neuer Tanz/VA Wölfl in Düsseldorf, performing regularly in Germany (Mousonturm, Kampnagel, Düsseldorf) as well as in France (Théâtre de la Ville, Théâtre National de Bretagne, Pavillon Noir in Aix-en-Provence), Mexico and Portugal.
He has collaborated with numerous artists and companies in Düsseldorf and across NRW, including Ben J. Riepe, Subbotnik, Philine Velhagen, Tatraum Projekte Schmidt, Morgan Nardi, Marlin de Haan, SEE!, Reut Shemesh, Enis Turan, Julia Riera and Jan Möllmer. He has also taken part in productions by Tino Sehgal, Gintersdorfer/Klaßen, La Fleur and Alexander Giesche/Münchner Kammerspiele.
Hastik works as a choreographer, performer and dance educator within both the German and Czech contemporary dance and performance scenes.