A tasteful meal is first and foremost a search for the long-lost essence, intensity, and persistency. It is an uncertain meeting between fun, being in love, a personal experience with another that explores how our vivacious metamorphosis still can touch the audience.
Jasmina Križaj graduated at SNDO - De Theaterschool, School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam in 2006. Even before her graduation, she made her mark as an important Slovenian choreographer. For her solo Zebra at Hairdresser's she received the 1st prize at the Act Festival in Bilbao (2006). She also took part in the project Sugar Rush, which was supported by the European Cultural Foundation – ECF (2009). She was chosen from among the 50 participants in the project 50 days in Costa Rica, where intensive training with David Zambrano took place, and where participants received the certificate to teach and develop the dance technique Flying-Low and Passing Through. From this project the collective (50collectiVe) was formed, with which she also performed in the USA recently. In the years 2011 and 2012, she was chosen as the modul dance artist with Plesna Izba Maribor – in the project Modul-dance by the network of 22 European dance organisations.
Cristina Planas Leitão was born in Porto, Portugal. She graduated at the Dance Performance from Artez – Arnhem Dansacademie in Netherlands in 2006. Since then, she has been working as a dancer, choreographer, and as an assistant choreographer to the Italian/Dutch choreographer Gabriella Maiorino and for the Festival Dansmakers Amsterdam. In 2008, she received the 3rd prize for her solo performance Skinned in Estonia, which was granted by Wim Vandekeybus. In 2009, she was chosen for the scholarship DanceWEB (Impulstanz Festival, Vienna). In 2010, she was chosen to be a part of the project by David Zambrano 50 days in Costa Rica, where she received the certificate to teach and develop the dance technique Flying-Low and Passing Through. Since then, she regularly teaches at Escola de Dança Ginasiano (PT), at Codarts Rotterdam (NL), Dansateliers Rotterdam (NL), Marameo Berlin (DE), Danstraining Brabant (NL), K3 Hamburg (DE), Henny Jurriens Foundation, etc.