A creative artist since 1984. Following long stays in Paris and Turin and after serving as an occasional assistant for Jean Tinguely from 1987 to 1990, he has tenaciously been pursuing his own artistic path with a range of national and international exhibition activities. In his works he overcomes the separation between painting, sculpture, photography and installation.
Behind the “keys” of E.L.F. is Abdullah Benabdallah, who has a degree in Computer Science and Ethnomusicology. At the age of 16 he played string instruments in an Andalusian orchestra in Algeria. A juerga (an improvised flamenco performance) in Barcelona proved to be a defining moment for him musically, and it induced him to study flamenco guitar: at Merengue de Córdoba and with Antonio Flores in Andalusia. Numerous live and TV performances followed in Spain and Switzerland, in which he accompanied such renowned dance troupes as Antonio Alcazar and Marivi Palacios. Visits to various rave parties awakened his interest for electronic music (Goa trance, progressive house, minimal). He decided to process music with the computer and gradually switched to the electronic production of music. www.electroflamenco.com
Stephan Haller has been active as a freelance lighting designer and stage engineer in the areas of dance, theater, performance and exhibitions since 1993. He has supported numerous Swiss productions, for which he was responsible for lighting design and/or stage design as well as the technical realization of the tour. Since 2002 he increasingly has been engaged internationally as well with the company Labor GRAS (Hamburg/Berlin), David Hernandez (Brussels) and the company Felix Ruckert (Berlin), for which he was responsible for the tours in South American and North America, among other things. Since 2004 he has been in charge of lighting design and engineering for el contrabando.
After studies at the Instituto Statale d’Arte for fine arts and at the ballet school of theTeatro Bellini in Catania C. Enrico Musmeci completed his education in classical and modern dance at the Centre de Dance International Rosella Hightower in Cannes, France. His first engagement took him to the Opéra de Nice, followed by the Opéra d’Avignon. With the Ballet de France-Paris he afterwards toured Europe and America. He was further engaged with the Teatro Regio in Turin and with BTF Nancy, before he was called to the Opernhaus Zürich by Uwe Scholz. Four years later he changed to the Stadttheater Luzern, where he remained for two seasons.. Since 1994 C. Enrico Musmeci has been working free-lance and created his own full-length works. He dances as a guest soloist with the Balletto di Sicilia and other ensembles.
Dance-Education in Classical Spanish Dance and Flamenco.
Touring the USA with the Flamenco Boston Ballet. Touring Spain with the TEATRO ATENEO and «Platero y Yo» as prima ballerina. Tour with the Modern dance company «Blanca Li», performances among others at the Expo 92 in Sevilla and at the Transeuropa Berlin Festival as well as at the Festival of Avignon, where the company was awarded the title «Coup de Coeur». Antonia Moya worked as a flamenco dancer in the following Flamenco-Tablaos: Cafe de Chinitas, El corral de la moreria, Las Brujas, La Alcazaba, El Corral de la Pacheca. 2004 she opens in Madrid „Las tablas“, a little theatre for Flamenco dance and music.
