Charlotte Mathiessen
Charlotte is a performer, choreographer and dramaturge. She studied contemporary dance at the Amsterdam University of the Arts and worked as a performer and choreographer for several years after graduating. In 2020, Charlotte moved back to Zürich and completed her master's degree in dramaturgy at the Zürich University of the Arts. Since then she has started working as a dramaturge in the independent scene.
As a dramaturg, choreographer and performer, Charlotte is concerned with interweaving feminist practice, dramaturgical thinking and artistic work. Curiosity, desire and anger are driving forces in her artistic processes.
Charlotte was selected for the newcomer platform Show-Off at Tanzhaus Zürich in 2022, took part in the choreography program ATLAS during Impulstanz in 2023 with a scholarship from Pro Helvetia and was part of PREMIO in 2024. As an accomplice of Tanzhaus, Charlotte is developing her first full-length stage work night body night voice in collaboration with Marquis' Mc Gee, Lilli Unger, Jo/Joseph/Josephine Baan and other collaborators. Since 2024, she has also been co-director of the Zirkusquartier Zürich, a theater dedicated to contemporary circus.
Tejus Menon
Tejus Menon comes from a background of theatre, dance and writing. They began their journey at the Delhi University where they majored in Political Science. They have since worked within the free scene in New Delhi, including work with the Tadpole Repertory (New Delhi) and the Guild of the Goat, and have performed at festivals across the country including the Serendipity Arts Festival Goa and the India Art Fair. He worked as an in-house member of Crow for three years - India’s first participatory theatre company as an actor, writer and assistant director creating site-specific theatre in New Delhi. She began her training as a Butoh dancer in India & Europe from 2019 under the Subbody School, Shinichi Iova-Koga, Imre Thormann, and Julie Becton Gillum.
Their works have been shown at Tanzhaus Zürich, far° festival Nyon, Zürcher Theaterspektakel and Spazio 500, amongst others. Tejus is part of the Danse et Dramaturgie Programme for 2024-26, co-elected by the Tanzhaus Zürich and is a recipient of the DanceWeb Scholarship at Impulstanz Vienna 2025 supported by Prohelvetia Switzerland. They were also awarded an artist scholarship by the Fondation Caris and Stiftung Melinda Esterházy de Galantha in 2025 while finishing their Masters at the Expanded Theatre programme at the Hochschule der Kunst Bern. Her work is supported by the Culture Commission of the City and Canton of Bern.
