Anika Barkan is a Danish performancemaker, with more than 25 years of experience. She has lived and worked in Japan, New York, South Africa and Palestine, and is now based in Copenhagen. Among others she has studied/worked with Min Tanaka at Body Weather Farm in Japan, Anna Halprin, the SITI Company/Ann Bogart, the Woostergroup in the US and Sibikwa Art Center in Johannesburg/South Africa. She is the co-founder of CoreAct, an innovative inter-disciplinary performance/art ensemble that focuses on social issues with global prospective. She also works as a teacher and facilitator.