Simone Schulte-Aladağ studied theatre studies, political science, and German studies in Düsseldorf and Munich (Magister Artium, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München). In 2010, she completed additional training in theatre and music management at LMU Munich. From 1994 to 2006, she worked as a dramaturge and production manager for festivals, theatre artists, and film productions in Munich, New York, and Vienna. Since 2006, she has been a co-founder of FOKUS TANZ, where she has been primarily responsible for artistic development and project management. (Tanzplan München, explore dance network). She is co-curator of THINK BIG!, the international biennial festival for young audiences that she initiated together with Bettina Wagner-Bergelt and that has been presented by FOKUS TANZ in cooperation with Schauburg since 2018. She serves on advisory boards and juries, including for Dachverband Tanz and the Munich Department of Culture. Together with her colleagues Tina Meß and Miria Wurm, she founded Tanzbüro München in 2014, a team funded by the Munich Department of Culture that supports networking and provides advice for freelance dance artists.

Tina Meß studied theater studies, communication studies, and art history at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. From 2003 to 2020, she worked as a dramaturg, production manager, and tour manager for artists in Munich’s independent dance scene (including Stefan Dreher, Monica Gomis, Stephanie Felber, and Ceren Oran) as well as for festivals such as Think Big!, DANCE, and RODEO. Since 2015, she has co-directed Tanzbüro München with Simone Schulte-Aladag. She is currently working on her doctoral dissertation in dance studies (LMU Munich). Findings from her research were incorporated, among other things, into the symposium Performing the Other/Self, which she conceived and organized and which took place in January 2023 at the Muffatwerk.

Nike Schwederski discovered her passion for theatre whilst studying education for the deaf at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Since 2019, she has been involved in festivals such as SPIELART, RODEO, go drag! and the Munich Biennale, and is also involved as a production manager on various projects in the independent theatre scene. In October 2024, she began her degree in Cultural and Music Management at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts, and has been a member of the Tanzbüro team since the summer of 2024.