Gál Eszter

is a dancer, teacher, choreographer and organizer. She is a teacher at the Hungaria Dance Academy where she teaches improvisation, Limón technique, Contact Improvisation and Repertoire. She is the artistic coach of the program called “Research into the Unknown” curated by Michaela Hargitay and the Hungarian Workshop Foundation.  She is a certified Skinner Releasing Teacher (SRT). Currently she is a Ph.D. student at the Budapest Semmelweis University faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences. She graduated at the Hungarian University of Physical Education in Budapest in 1989 as a physical education teacher and a physiotherapist. She studied at EDDC (European Dance Development Center) – Arnhem, The Netherlands for 3 years. During and after her studies she had worked with Yoshiko Chuma (New York), Mark Tompkins (France) and Stephanie Skura (Seattle). She has studied with great teachers/thinkers like: Steve Paxton, Joan Skinner, Lisa Nelson, Danny Lepkoff, Mary O’Donell Fulkerson, Martin Keogh, Eva Karczag, Jennifer Monson, Julyen Hamilton, Stephanie Skura, Benoi Lachambre, Jess Curtis, Nina Martin

amongst many others. Her teaching is very much influenced by the research of improvisation, traditional modern dance techniques, releasing and body awareness works. She has been creating and performing her work since 1993 and founded her Company in 2003.

She has been travelling, teaching and performing improvisation throughout Europe, Russia and in the USA. She has been working with Company Tánceánia (a mixed ability company) since 2003. In 2005 she was the founding member of ArtMan Movement Therapy and Art Workshop.She is the artistic director of Kontakt Budapest International Improvisation Festival since 2002, and organizing workshops, classes and events on the field of Contact Improvisation, Awareness and Release works and Improvisation. In 2000 she was the chief organizer of the 15th ECITE in Budapest.