Paul Damiano
Paul Damiano, born in Kenya, is a dancer and dance teacher with a focus on African dances such as Kuduro/Afro-House. For many years he taught traditional and modern dance forms at international schools in Nairobi, Kenya. Paul Damiano has a wide range of experience in working with children and young people, such as choreographic and scenic work. He currently teaches at various dance schools in Germany, such as Urban Art Complex Wuppertal, Tanzfabrik Wuppertal and JC Academy in Düsseldorf.
Catherine Richter
Katharina Richter is active as an urban dancer, dance mediator and performance artist in North Rhine-Westphalia and internationally. The focus of her work is on dance education and artistic work with adolescents and young adults, using elements from the hip-hop and afro-house styles. In doing so, she researches, among other things, in countries like Kenya to what extent participation in dance projects strengthens self-confidence.
Duo:
It was the energy and power of dance that brought the duo together in 2016 when they first met in Nairobi, Kenya. Since then they have overcome the constant struggles and obstacles of structural violence, racism and inequality to follow their passion and path of dancing together. The deep and long friendship is the basis for their trust and their motivation to keep moving forward. Damiano and Richter represent that differences are a necessity for complementarity. Together they managed to meet in the middle and balance two opposing worldviews.
