Tsoi Huen Wong is a physical performer and a dance/theatre maker. Her practice centres around movement, as she believes that bodies are the most authentic and earnest medium. She enjoys moving with other people, and to explore how choreography can expand and compose a range of creativity and imagination. She draws practices from contact improvisation, Gaga Movement language, the Frantic Method and other improvisation/devising techniques into her dance/theatre making practice. Tsoi aspires to develop her movement practice to encompass a wide spectrum of performing arts, spanning from theatre and dance to social and participatory context.

Tsoi Huen was trained at Tang Shu-Wing Theatre Studio’s Physical Theatre Institute programme in 2020/21. At the same time, she had performed with a few Hong Kong-based physical and devising theatre companies, including Alice Theatre Laboratory, iStage, Riceballershk, Thoughtful Theatre and Joint School Drama Production. Upon relocating to the UK, Tsoi Huen had pursued a BA in Contemporary Performance Practice at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She has also performed with Frantic Assembly, Curious Seed, Vamos Theatre, Tmesis Theatre, Scottish Youth Theatre and Journey to the East.

Tsoi Huen is also passionate about collaborating with fellow artists and creating original physical work. So far, her work included flux (2024), Let the Body Speak (2024) and Small Talk (2023).

Georgia Green (more commonly known as ‘Ggia’ online) is a choreographer and dancer based in Edinburgh, Scotland, recently graduating with a BA (Hons) in Dance and Drama from Performing Arts Studio Scotland. Georgia enjoys creating and exploring choreography for both stage and film, experimenting with a range of different movement styles and techniques. Her work always returns to an overarching theme of human expression and communication, creating work that not only explores her own perceptions but those of the dancers she works alongside.

Georgia’s sharp and jarring movement style pulls the viewer into a tense and often unsettling atmosphere, aiming to push the boundary of what dance is and can be. Her aim is to create work that speaks to a young adult audience and inspires them to reflect upon themselves and the relationships that are most important to them.

Taine McKinstray is a dance and physical theatre artist from Fife. She graduated from Northern School of Contemporary Dance with a First Class BA Degree and has recently completed her Masters as part of the inaugural class for NSCD’s Interdisciplinary Dance Performance course. Before moving to Leeds, Taine studied at the Scottish School of Contemporary Dance and was a member of National Youth Dance Company of Scotland. Now moving into a Freelance career, Taine hopes to establish a base back home in Scotland, continuing to develop her physical theatre practice and share the work she has been creating with new audiences.

As a creator, her interest lies in exploring the tragedies and comedies of real life and fiction, and her research revolves around working with characters and narratives from various forms of existing media. Her enjoyment comes from exploring stories that she is personally drawn to, specifically investigating mythologies, morally complex figures and archetypal images. She likes to make work that is rooted in absurdism, wanting to keep the audience questioning the true intentions behind the work. She looks forward to continuing to explore this practice and is excited to be inspired by Rob and the other DEBS participants.

Jo is a queer, non-binary dance artist currently working between Dundee and Glasgow. They are interested in experimenting with varied practices such as: screendance, site-specific and outdoor performance, interdisciplinary/multi-media collaborations, dance theatre, and community and participatory dance. Her latest project involved collaboration with new media artist, Lyra Sands, to investigate methods of facilitating accessible movement practice using sensory props and technology, with plans to continue this research further in the future. Having returned to dance training later in life, Jo has a firm belief that dance can be for everyone and is keen to encourage people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to get involved in creative movement practice.

Jo recently graduated with a first-class BA (hons) from The Scottish School of Contemporary Dance, prior to which she trained for three years at Dance Studio Scotland in Glasgow.

Additionally, with a previous BSc in Zoology and a background working in wildlife conservation, Jo maintains their keen interest in nature and the environment, with a desire to incorporate influences from these areas into their practice. In particular, she is keen to explore human relationships with and connections to nature from varying societal, cultural and individual perspectives.