Andreas Lepper is a passionate percussive musician and teacher, playing in various bands with a passion for Balkan music. Andrea facilitates percussion sessions for the public, working with hugely diverse groups from school kids and people with disabilities to corporate clients. Andreas has been an accompanist for contemporary dance since 1986 and works regularly with the NZ School of Dance.

Yovana Lienqueo is a New Zealand based Dancer, Capoeira Practitioner and Clinical Psychologist. Born in Santiago de Chile. She considers the dance as an expression of the soul and a therapeutic method that facilitates self-knowledge, personal development, emotional transformation, empowerment, and self-care. Yovana has trained in Ballet, Contemporary, Silvestre Dance Technique & Afro-Brazilian dances, Afro-contemporary, African dances & Afro-Cuban. Yovi studied at the School of Dance and Dance Academies in Santiago de Chile and continued to train in Afro-Brazilian dances and culture in Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Australia. Yovana has experience with Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) and Yoga practice, complimenting her job as a Psychologist. Yovana is a choreographer, artistic collaborator and performer in “Wellington Batucada”

Mona Williams is a Guyanan storyteller, children's writer and educator. She has written numerous books, and has performed her work at various storytelling festivals and schools. The titles of her books give an idea of the vast, magical world they present, from The ant who refused titles (1975), to How we made a colour television show (1973). She also published her autobiography, Bishops: My Turbulent Colonial Youth in 1995.