FESTIVAL TEAM
Artistic Director & Producer: Damián Cortés Alberti
Damián Cortés Alberti is a multifaceted artist born in Argentina. He studied dance at the Universidad Nacional del Arte (UNA), at the dance school Arte XXI, and at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. In 2019 he acquired the academic degree of Master of Arts, Dance Education from the Anton Bruckner Prvaruniversität Linz. In addition, he studied Argentine Tango with renowned teachers, Theatre at the National University of Córdoba (U.N.C), and violin at the Suzuki Method Córdoba. After moving to Europe in 2008 he developed an intense career as a dancer in the companies Art Transit Dansa, Barcelona, the ensemble of the Staatstheater Darmstadt, Germany, and later the Landestheater Linz, Austria. Since 2016 Damian is a member of Cie Of(f) Verticality, Austria, also has been actively involved as freelance dancer, choreographer and dance teacher in different productions and institutions in Austria, Croatia, Germany, Belgium, Macedonia, Slovenia and South Korea. He currently teaches at the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität and works as a researcher in the project Atlas of Smooth Spaces, Notating, Communicating and Composing Spaces in Audio-Corporeal Practices funded by the Austrian Science Fund for Arts-based Research. He is a board member of RedSapata Kulturinitiative, and co-producer of A!KO Dance Festival.
Public Relation & Website: Tanja Kurz
Artistic Director & Producer: LiLi Jung In Lee
LiLi Jung In Lee is a Korean choreographer, dancer, and producer based between Austria and Korea. She is the artistic director of Lee Jung In CREATION and the founder and director of A!KO TANZ FEST, a platform fostering artistic exchange between Korea and Austria.
Her artistic practice explores the body as a site of sensory experience, cultural memory, and transformation, with a particular focus on breath, rhythm, circularity, and embodied perception. By connecting contemporary dance with interactive media and technology, she investigates how movement can emerge, transform, and generate new relationships between the body, space, and audience.
She is currently a PhD candidate in Time-based and Interactive Media Art at Kunstuniversität Linz. Her works and collaborative projects have been presented and developed in international contexts, including Ars Electronica, and through partnerships with cultural and artistic institutions in Austria and Korea. Alongside her choreographic practice, she actively works as a producer and cultural mediator, creating international platforms for collaboration, research, and exchange.
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Tanja Kurz completed her Bachelor’s degree in Communication at Paris Lodron University Salzburg in 2022. Since then, she has worked in marketing and public relations across various industries while continuing her academic path with a Master’s degree, focusing on intersectional film analysis and female representation in popular culture.
Currently, she works with the RedSapata Kulturinitiative, where she is primarily responsible for external communications and outreach to the organization’s diverse audiences. Her role includes marketing, press relations, website management, and content creation across multiple channels, as well as overseeing several social media platforms. Her work places a strong emphasis on target group-oriented communication, climate-conscious cultural practices, and socio-political issues.
In 2025, she supported additionally both the A!KO Tanz Fest and the tanzhafenFESTIVAL in the areas of public relations, marketing, social media, and website management.