About
Volker Eschmann
Creative Director, Strategic Advisor and Programme Developer. Working independently since 1993.
My work began on stage. In 1993 I started working independently as an actor and dancer, and over the following decades the work grew from the stage into places, festivals and communities – in Europe, India, Central America and the United States.
I helped build places that ran for many years: Ibiza Moving Arts, a house for yoga and dance, and Forgotten Land on Arambol Beach in Goa, which I directed for twelve years. Forgotten Land continues today as an international production label, and in 2024 I co-founded New Vision Festival near Leipzig.
Much of what I know about groups I learned through Contact Improvisation and Ecstatic Dance, and through my long relationship with the Senegalese griot Nago Koite, who opened the world of African dance, music and storytelling to me.
Serving a community and leading it are the same act.
Path
Over 30 years, step by step
1993–1998
Theatre. Actor and dancer in theatre productions with Einhorn / Jednorozec, Germany and the Czech Republic.
1998–2002
SPACEWALK. Communication trainer and project developer in Switzerland and Germany.
2002–2009
Ibiza Moving Arts. Director and co-founder of a house for yoga and dance on Ibiza.
2011–2023
Forgotten Land, Goa. Founding director of the cultural centre on Arambol Beach.
Since 2018
Quinta Braz. Creative director and project developer, Tavira, Portugal.
Since 2023
Forgotten Land label. International production label with aligned venues worldwide.
Since 2024
Earthdance and New Vision Festival. Creative director at Earthdance Living Dance Community, Massachusetts; co-founder and CEO of New Vision Festival near Leipzig. Contact Improv Festival Bali 2024.
2026–2027
Bali. Based in Bali, Indonesia, working with retreat places, venues and artists.
Art is woven into life. Creativity is life itself.
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