Asmara Pelupessy is a Bay Area, California-bred and Amsterdam-based cultural worker. She contributes to the Research Group Cultural Heritage at the Reinwardt Academy (Amsterdam University of the Arts) as researcher and project lead with an interest in decolonial heritage practices. Previous to this, Asmara worked across contemporary art, photography, journalism and education. She holds an Interdisciplinary Studies BA from University of California Berkeley and a MA from Leiden University in Photographic Studies.

Kareth Schaffer is a choreographer and dance researcher who practices an expanded concept of choreography. Her connection to classical Indonesian dance began with her 2018 Pina Bausch fellowship at Mekar Bhuana Center for Music and Dance, Denpasar, and continued in the cross-cultural dance work Bee Dances, with Ninus. Schaffer is the artistic director of the Berlin-based Construction Company, and is currently pursuing a practice-based PhD at KU Leuven on Javanese dance in the diaspora.