Run Time Anomaly

Simon Steen-Andersen (b. 1976, Denmark) is a Berlin-based composer and stage director working with a transdisciplinary approach to musical performance and theatre, resulting in works situated between the categories of music, performance, theatre, choreography and film. He studied composition with Rasmussen, Spahlinger, Valverde, and Sørensen in Aarhus, Freiburg, Buenos Aires, and Copenhagen between 1998 and 2006. He has been a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts since 2016.

Steen-Andersen received numerous awards, including the Reumert Award (2024), the Carl Prize (2024, 2020, 2015), the SWR Orchestra Prize (2019, 2014), the Mauricio Kagel Music Prize and the Siemens Composer’s‘ Prize (2017), the Nordic Council Music Prize (2014), the Carl Nielsen Honorary Award and the Kunstpreis from Berlin Academy of the Arts (2013), the 1st Prize of International Rostrum of Composers (2010) and the Kranichsteiner Music Award (2008) as well as the DAAD Berlin Artist Residency (2010).

The dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests was founded in Berlin in 1993 by Sasha Waltz and Jochen Sandig. In 2005, Sasha Waltz launched the children's and youth dance company. It focuses not only on teaching dance but also on exploring individual physicality, creativity, mutual interaction, and empathy. In regular training sessions led by experienced dancers from Sasha Waltz & Guests, the young dancers are individually supported in four age-based groups, explore their own movement repertoire and dance interaction with others, and develop their own dance pieces, which they perform regularly. In "Run Time Anomaly" 14 members of the oldest group are involved, ranging from 14-21 years of age.

László Sandig (*1997) is an improviser, freelance dancer, and choreographer based in Berlin. He is part of several productions with Sasha Waltz & Guests, including "Dido & Aeneas", "Sacre", "rauschen", and "In C", and has collaborated with artists such as David Zambrano, Konrad Amrhein, and Wibke Storkan. His artistic focus lies in improvisation and instant composition, exploring the spontaneous playfulness within the specificity of the present moment.

In 2024, he joined "Spiegelneuronen", a collaboration between Sasha Waltz & Guests and the theater collective Rimini Protokoll, directed by Stefan Kaegi. Since 2024, he curates participatory formats such as Open Studio, CoinciDance, and Open Studio:Stage for Sasha Waltz & Guests. He also works as a trainer for the company’s youth dance programme and leads the regular In C Jams.

László Sandig holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Social Sciences from Humboldt University of Berlin, with a focus on integrating intersectional political philosophy and critical theory into dance practice.

Wibke Storkan (*1994) is a dancer, choreographer, dance educator, and dance/movement therapist in Berlin. She studied contemporary dance at the Royal Conservatory Artesis in Antwerp (BE) and completed her master's degree in dance/movement therapy at SRH Heidelberg (D). In their work, Wibke weaves together various methods of bodywork with artistic and therapeutic practices, focusing on the body as a powerful medium, its expression, potential for healing, and socio-political aspects.

Wibke Storkan works as a freelance dancer and performer in numerous projects with a.o. Sasha Waltz & Guests, Rimini Protokoll / Stefan Kaegi, Sophia Seiss, Saskia Oidtmann, Yotam Peled, Theater Strahl Berlin, Florian Bilbao, and Judith Sánchez Ruíz. Wibke is also involved in various community and educational projects and works with young people in different contexts. After several years as an active member of the TanzZeit artist pool, Wibke has been leading the oldest group of Sasha Waltz & Guests' youth dance company since 2023 and developed the piece “NEXUS” with them, which premiered in June 2024 at Radialsystem. In addition, her choreographic work for “Mein Herz dein Bunker –290 BPM” (directed by Paula Thielecke) has been on display at the Kammerspiele des Deutschen Theaters/DT jung* since 2023.