Auður Ragnars is a dance teacher and contemporary dance artist. She started dancing at the age of five and continued to study dance alongside her formal education. She completed a diploma in modern dance 2009. She then went on to take a BFA in contemporary dance with a focus on choreography and creation from Concordia University in Montreal and a Masters in Art Education from the Iceland University of the Arts. Her thesis project was focused on the connection between health and dance: in what ways dance training can improve one’s health and how dance pedagogy can be improved to enhance health benefits.

Auður has taught dance at several schools in Reykjavik and led various independent dance projects. She has shown original work at two festivals in Canada for emerging choreographers. She has also sought many international workshops relating to dance. From 2013 to 2018, Auður taught choreography, dance history and repertoire at Klassíski listdansskólinn at the secondary education level. During her time at the school, Auður led a youth exchange where she travelled with 10 dance students to Portugal to work on a performance with 6 music students. Currently, Auður is teaching dance at Óskandi, Listdansskóli Hafnarfjarðar and Pole Sport. She won first place at the Iceland Aerial Arts Championship in 2018 in the Pole Fabric Category.

I’m a graphic designer, actor, drag queen, artist and aspiring singer.

After being introduced to theatre in college I went to the UK to study European Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College of speech and drama, there I learned about collaborative theatre and a plethora of different theatre practices based in Europe throughout the decades. During this time I also did an exchange program to DAMU in Prague where the focus was on puppetry but also did stage fencing, acrobatics, music and more. This has given me a firm foundation of theatrical experiences to build upon. I started a regular Drag show along with a good group of other performers called “Drag-Súgur”, this show brought on a resurgence in Drag in Reykjavík Iceland, where before there had been only a few known drag performers who rarely performed there is now a whole new generation of Drag Royalty, dozens of new performers that are currently shaping the landscape of Drag in Iceland. I recently finished my studies to become a graphic designer and am now a proud graduate with a BA in graphic design. I like to experiment with any new medium that I can get my hands on, so I like to see myself as a bit of a crafter as well as a designer. In my spare time I enjoy singing, preferably classic rock ballads, but have no specific training beyond a singing course during my studies as a graphic designer.

Heather Ragnars is an Icelandic-Canadian singer-songwriter, composer and performer. With a vintage voice reminiscent of Amy Winehouse and Lana Del Rey, she regularly performs at Montreal cabaret club “The Wiggle Room” with a full band, featuring Burlesque Artists. This is where she discovered her passion for fusing music and visual media.

Having played piano since a young age, Heather composes instrumental pieces for piano, orchestra and electronic instruments. Whether scoring to picture, to script or drawing inspiration from personal experience, she enjoys collaborating on projects, as this brings ideas and challenges that raise the music to new heights. Recent projects include original songs for the indie web-series “My Nineties”, an orchestral score for the short film “The Lament” and a neo-classical sonata inspired by the life of American composer Amy Beach.