For questions or comments about this web site send mail to

Copyright © 2006 Moving Word Theatre

Cecilia Bertoni (Choreographer & overall director) is co-founder of Circle X arts and, together with Christopher Marcus, she is its artistic director. For Circle-X arts, she choreographed and co-directed “Black Earth”. In the productions, "Walk the Talk" (text by Beckett, B. Strauss and D. Fo), "70% H2O, and Don’t Forget Your Penguins" (a collage of scenes about water and in collaboration with installation artist Ivon Oates), and "If Cassandra" she worked as performer, dramaturg, deviser and choreographer. The latter three productions were directed by Saskia Mees (Netherlands) and in collaboration with music and soundtrack composer Carl Beukman (Netherlands). Recently she directed a performance for two dancers for Igemon Performances with music by Giacinto Scelsi and Philip Glass and text by Hans Fors. She is also working on a solo performance about the theme of suicide, directed by Claire Guerriere. Cecilia is training in the Feldenkrais movement method and cultivating her new passion for Aikido.

Hans Fors (Choreographer) has been working as performer and choreographer since 1977. He has long time experience as teacher in Eurythmy and more recently Living Movement He has created a number of different choreographic works through the years in many different styles. Formed Igemon Performance and choreographed "Lightpieces" (1998) and now recently "Islands" (2003). He has participated in projects like: 1999 "Black Earth" - 2001, "Four Pieces" - 2002/3 "Mimage". In June 2004 he choreographed three performers in Järna, Sweden. He has assisted a number of eurythmists in their work. He is currently writing a book about the history of Eurythmy and Dance.

Kaya Kitani (Choreographer/Performer) has worked as a performer for English Eurythmy Theatre (Moving Word Theatre), Fundevogel Eurytmie-Theater, Very Moving Festival Company, Maison des Mimages, Compagnie de Voto and most recently Theater MIXX. Since 2002, she has created solo works, 'Aria', 'Reasons' and 'Malleus Maleficarum' in collaboration with Michael de Roo, which has been performed in the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and the UK. She is currently working on a trilogy of solos and is training in Language of Dance which is a framework for looking at dance, based on movement exploration integrated with the use of Motif Description.

Philip Beaven MA, Born and brought up in the UK, he studied eurythmy with the late Marguerite Lundgren in London. He co-founded Ashdown Eurythmy in 1980 which became the world's first paid, full-time touring eurythmy company! In 1991 he co-founded and directed English Eurythmy Theatre (which later became Moving Word Theatre) to explore, in performance, how eurythmy can co-create with theatre and dance. Their productions have toured all over Europe and the US. This opened up his interest for other performance forms which he has explored through workshops, as well as studying Directing in Collaborative Theatre at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London. As well as performing and directing (eurythmy, theatre, storytelling, puppetry) he teaches movement improvisation, neutral mask, theatre/performance skills, devising and eurythmy, in workshops and at The Academy of Living Movement, Vienna.

Christof Schmidt, born 1974 in Stuttgart, attended the Waldorf-School in Stuttgart and Braunschweig. After graduation he worked as a volunteer for 11/2 years in a home for special needs in Israel, followed by more than a year of traveling and studying throught Asia. 1996- 2000 he studied eurythmy at Eurythmeum Stuttgart and went on to attend the International Stage-Training, Paris/The Hague. 2001-2003 he trained with Alexander Seeger in Kassel. In 2003, he co-founded Ajama Bewegungstheater (Project: Bach c-moll with A. Seeger, Kassel/D). Projects include “Mimages, a symphony in movement” with R. Barendsma (Maison des Mimages), “Gubaidulina” with Compagnie de Voto. He is currently working on „figure of four“ with director Hans Fors.

Ana Tsiklauri attended the Paliaschwili Music-School in Tbilissi (1982-1994), piano as a main instrument. 1996-2000 she studied at Eurythmieschule Elena Zuccoli in Dornach/CH followed by International Stage-Training, Paris/The Hague. 2001-2003 training with Alexander Seeger in Kassel/D and co-founded Ajama bewegungstheater (Project Bach c-moll with A. Seeger). Recent projects include "Mimages, a symphony in movement" with R. Barendsma (Maison des Mimages), “Erik, oder das kleine Insektenbuch” (Theater MIXX, Köln/D). She is currently working on „figure of four“ with director Hans Fors.

Carl G. Beukman was born in Sint Maartensdijk (Zeeland,The Netherlands) in 1960, and is self-taught as a musician. His fascination for the combination of music with other art forms has played an important part in his musical development, and right from the start he worked with artists from different disciplines. His main instrument is the double bass. Carl has also performed regularly with music groups and ensembles: Quartetto Nieuw Amsterdam, Van Bommel Ensemble, Analecta (with guitarist/composesr David Dramm). With Paul Termos and Arend Niks he formed the trio AF, touring India in 1998. Further Carl has played with musicians such as Johannes Bauer, Lindsay Cooper, Cor Fuhler, Vera Vingerhoeds, Joost Buis, Luc Houtkamp, Corry van Binsbergen, Fred van Hove, Ann La Berge, Tom Fryer, Steve Heather, Mary Oliver and Richard Barrett. With Analecta he brought out 2 cd’s: "What you hear is Where you are" and “Body O' Graphic" , both with the X-OR label; with Houtkamp/Beukman/ Prins he made "Metslawier" - also X-OR; he is also to be heard on the cd X-OR on tour. In 1997 Carl played for a performance of the theatre group De Appel (The Threepenny Opera) under the musical direction of the composer Yannis Kyriakides. This experience led him to composing for the theatre himself, and for the last few years he has devoted himself to giving sound and music the important place it deserves within the theatre. His motto is: Music is another character in the play with its own story, sometimes supporting the action and sometimes contradicting it, but ultimately forming part of an expressive unity.