Karen Aguiar is a socially engaged artist, performer and producer who believes in the transformative power of dance to unite people and nurture collective spaces. As the founder and creative director of Go Dance For Change, a producing platform for intercultural collaboration, Karen envisions dance as a means of meaningful integration, individual growth, and collective action.

She has been building community and producing dance & performance in Ireland since 2018. She is also a recipient of the Artist in the Community Scheme Bursary Award: Collaborative Arts and Dance funded by the Irish Arts Council, managed by Create in partnership with Dance Ireland. With a postgraduate study in Art & Ecology at NCAD and a dance residency at Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre, Karen's movement practice incorporates embodied ecologies, knowledge, activism, culture, and play.

As a dancer, producer and director of the platform, Karen collaborated with many dance artists since 2018 working to establish herself as a producer in Ireland as well supporting her peers. She also worked with The Five Lamps Arts Festival, UCD Festival, South Dublin County Council, Just City Collective, Sim Simma, IMMA, Concern Worldwide, Mother Tongues, Tallaght Community Arts, MASI, Dignity Partnership, Stand Festival, Dublin City Council, NEIC, Friends of the Earth Ireland and more.

Kate McBrearty is an Irish producer working in theatre and live events. Kate attained a Master's degree in Theatre Practice & Production from the National University of Ireland, Galway in 2020 and has since been based in Galway but has worked all over Ireland and in the UK. She has worked in a number of art forms including Theatre, Music, Circus, and TV. She is interested in interdisciplinary works, bringing different art forms and mediums together.

Kate is passionate about the Irish language and welcomes opportunities to work as Gaeilge.