Mieke Maria Weckesser  (BE-1979)  is a performer, teacher and passionate bodyworker. Between 2008 and 2013, her artistic collaboration with writer and theatre director Hazim Kamaledin (IQ) led to various performances in London, Novi Sad and Antwerp. In 2013, Mieke took part in a dance research LAB at CarWash Theatre, led by Louise Chardon (FR). In 2015, Mieke graduated with distinction at the University of Antwerp where she studied philosophy and film-, theatre-, and literature sciences. The same year she finished her practicum massage therapy at the institute for Ayurveda, Freiburg. In 2017, Mieke gratuated at TIP, Schule fur Tanz, Improvisation und Performance (DE). In 2018 and together with Agnes Schneidewind (AT), she founded 'Aliens Connected', a horizontal and trans-disciplinary space, crossing boundaries between poetry, drawing and performing arts. In 2019, Mieke and Agnes were Artists in Residence at Arteventura (ES) where they published Dead Day Dog, a SF documentation of a cosmic cleaning performance. In community with the Freie Tanzszene Freiburg (2017-2019) and supported by Kulturamt Freiburg, Mieke worked nationally and internationally with choreographer Andrea Lagos (CL) and created and directed performances in cooperation with Südufer Freiburg and ZKM Karlsruhe. Mieke is currently living in Portugal where she works as a Massage Therapist and guides Movement Classes, Sensory Walks and Instant Composition in collaboration with Aorca and La Casa del Corpo, Lagos.