BOARD MEMBERS
Monika Požek – Founder, Artistic Director
Miguel Cabrera – president, co-founder
Mikel Martínez Gonzalez – financial, co-founder
Monika Požek (Artistic director – choreographer)
She got her first dance training in Slovenia. Starting with ballroom and show dance, but dedicated 12 years to hip hop, performing and competing. After obtaining a degree (Adult and continuing education) she began training contemporary techniques and dance improv in Argentina. At the same time she started to study Dance therapy (at AADT and Maria Fux method) and inclusive dance at IUNA. She continued with Danceability teacher training and workshops with Adam Benjamin, CandoCo, Stopgap and collaborating with a wheelchair dance group Zebra (Slovenia).
In 2012 she founds MeetShareDance association in Madrid for inclusive dance and in 2018 creates a dance company MSD. Since 2012 together with international partners runs an annual international MeetShareDance workshop festival that changes the country every year.
Monika is the recipient of the 2014 Fulbright Schuman Award (researcher on inclusive dance, working with Full Radius Dance). In 2017 her project MeetShareDance festival received a BeInclusive EU Sport Award, recipient of 2021 CEC ArtsLink fellowship. She regularly collaborates with University in Slovenia.
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