Kerstin Kussmaul is dance maker and Somatic Movement Educator. Her artistic focus is on music/dance projects and the development of new formats for the mediation and investigation of movement, such as "Vexations: we call it work", a music/room/performance installation which was premiered at ImPulsTanz 2009. She studied Pedagogy of Music and Dance, Somatic Movement Education and TCM in Berkeley/USA, Myoreflex Therapy and Yoga and teaches in Europe and the US. She is founder and director of IDOCDE (International Documentation of Contemporary Dance Education) a two year long project with 12 partners which is supported by the EU.