Gabriele Brandstetter (Prof. Dr.) is Professor of Theater and Dance Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin and co-director of the International Research Center »Interweaving Performance Cultures«, Freie Universität Berlin.
Gabriele Klein (Dr. rer. soc.) has been a full professor of sociology with a focus on human movement science, dance and performance studies at Universität Hamburg since 2002. Since 2022 she has also been professor of ballet and dance (Hans-van-Manen Chair) at the University of Amsterdam. She is PI of the Cluster of Excellence »Understanding Written Artefacts« at Universität Hamburg. From 2022 to 2023, she was a fellow at the research center »global dis:connect«.