I'd like to invite you to write the names of max 10 teachers who have inspired you, supported you, had an influence on your choices in teaching up until today. Here & now. Of course this selection of names can change tomorrow as you move along your own path, but why not have a little parenthesis right now? Just to remember... 

You are more then welcomed to link to their pages here or in other websites. And if you are a new invited teacher to idocde and would like to add your list here please contact Defne Erdur to add you as a co-author to this idoc.

Kata Kovács | Eszter Gál, Mónika László, Iván Angelus, Stephanie Maher, Scott Wells, Julyen Hamilton, Nancy Start Smith, Martin Keogh

Lerna Babikyan= Geyvan McMillan , Zeynep Tanbay, Lili Barokas, Kaya İlhan, Berrak Yedek, Uğur Seyrek, Mustafa Kaplan, Anna Green Gilbert, Loretta Livingstone

karen piewig= zena rommett, edward desoto, pierre droulers, terry notary, julyen hamilton, hooman sharifi

Berit Jentzsch = Julyen Hamilton, Jenny Coogan, Michael Diekamp, Rosaline Crips, Dieter Heitkamp, my body.

Andrea Keiz = Dieter Heitkamp, Lisa Nelson, Mark Tompkins, David Zambrano, Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Kirstie Simpson, Jonothan Borrows, Core (Stepanie Maher, Jules Beckman, Keith Hennessy, Jess Curtis), Christine Mauch

Gaia Gonnelli  =  David Zambrano, Martin Sonderkamp,Connie Heggen,Shusaku Takeuchi, Emio Greco

Defne Erdur =  Simone Forti, Julyen Hamilton, Nevin Eracar, John Britton, Şirin Duruk, Malcolm Manning, Aydın Teker, Julia Buckroyd, Tatjana Rottenberg

Louise Chardon: Franchetti, Wilfrid Piollet, Peter Goss, Marie-Therèse Foix, Jessie Leibovitchi, Vera Orlock, Dimitri Kraniotis, Christine Kono, Thomas Greil, Janet Amato, ...

Gitta Barthel: Mieke Steinke, Jean Cebron, Susanne Linke, Isabelle Dubouloz, Pièrre Doussaint, Maître André Cognard, Pina Bausch

Sandra Wieser: Peter Pleyer, Stephanie Maher, Julyen Hamilton, David Zambrano, Meg Stuart, Felix Ruckert, Hanna Hegenscheidt, Andrew Morrisch, Rosalind Crisp, …

Kerstin Kussmaul: Maud Paulissen-Kaspar (Chladek Technique), Zvi Gotheiner (Ballet), Lizz Roman (Limon), Peggy Hackney (Laban), Anita Saij (Butoh), Kurt Mosetter (Myoreflex), Somex group (i.e. Sylvia Scheidl, Maria Probst, Sibylle Starkbaum, somatic methods & dance)

Sophie Gérard: Dominique Brun, Julyen Hamilton, Michel Alibert/Regine Chopinot, Jacques Patarrozzi......

Laure Leguet: Thomas Enckell (Cechetti Classical Technique), Pierre Doussaint, Anne Marie Pascoli

Maja Delak: Lisa Nelson, Mark Tompkins, Julyen Hamilton, Julia Buckroyd, Juliette Mapp, Marko Peljhan, Eda Čufer, Iztok Kovač, Ksenija Hribar, Ann Papulis.

Gesine Daniels: Deborah Hay, Julyen Hamilton, Katie Duck, Joe Allegado, Nancy Stark Smith, Frey Faust,, Lisa (Lani Nahele) Schmidt, Howard Sonnenklar, Eva Geueke, Stephanie Maher

Esra Yurttut: Uğur Seyrek, Paul Clayden, Aydın Teker, Zeynep Tanbay, Joe Allegado, Valentina Sobtseva

Roos van Berkel: Ana Sanchez Colberg, Ellen Goldman, Amy Matthews, Val Rimmer, Ciel Werts, David Zambrano, various mime teachers.  

Andrea Bold: Friedrich Meixner, Mark Tompkins, David Zambrano, Julyen Hamilton, Barbara Mahler, Nancy Topf, Jiang Xue Ying, Howard Sonnenklar, Zvi Gotheiner

Márta Ladjánszki = P. Ács Valéria (classical ballet), Milton Myers (Horton technic), Michelangelo Davis (african dance)

Hrotkó Heléna = Éva Karczag, Atsushi Takenoushi, Sabine Parzer, Zvi Gotheiner, Ferenc Kálmán, Claude Coldy, Olive Bieringa, Eszter Gál, Nina Martin, Juss Curtis

Kaja Lorenci = Milan Kozanek, Martin Sonderkamp, David Zambrano, Lisa Nelson, Libby Farr, Susan Rethorst

Nicola Balhuizen Hepp = Tom Koch, Michael Schumacher, Daniela Graça, Katie Duck, David Zambrano, Emio Greco, Jochen Heckmann, Rolf Hepp, Susan Rethorst, Martin Sonderkamp

Laurent Ziegler = Ko Murobushi, Gabi Seeleitner, Zvi Gotheiner, Andrew Harwood, Franco Reffo, Frey Faust,  Milli Bitterli, Robyn C. Lee

Vivianne Rodrigues = David Zambrano, Howard Sonnenklar, Donald Flamming, Julyen Hamilton, Frey Faust, Nancy Stark Smith, Kirstie Simpson, Angelika Oei, Gonnie Heggen, Helga Lange, Eileen Stanley

Clint Lutes = Joy Kellmann, Debra Noble, Susan Slotnik, Eun Me Ahn, Jaclyn Villamill, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Maya Carroll, Melanie Lane, Mathieu Burner

Eva Maes= Meg Harper, Chantal Yzermans, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Friederiche Tröscher, Carol Teitelbaum, Lisa Nelson,Janet Panetta, Merce Cunningham,Gale Turner, ...

Fiona Millward = Pete Purdy, Erica Stanton, Laurie McCleod, Barbara Mahler, Giovanni Felicioni, Deborah Hay, MIranda Tufnell, Gill Clarke, Eric Franklin, Sondra Loring.

Youtci Erdos : Hubert Godard, Ruy Horta, Régine Chopinot, Miguel Lopez, Suzanne Linke, Eliane Erdos, Joanne Leighton, Jean-François Duroure...

Antoine Effroy = Enriche Pardo, Jacques Patarozzi, Pierre Doussaint, Isabelle Dubouloz, Anne Rudelbach, Jenny Beyer, Veronika Freitag, myself & the people taking my class

Jack Gallagher> Alwin Nikolais, Sara Rudner, Zvi Gottheiner, Amanda Miller, Anouk van Dijk

 Krisztina Ferencz: Eva Karczag, Steve Paxton, Eszter Gál, Éva Gálik, Peter Pleyer, Karen Nelson, Lisa Kraus, Sándor Hegedűs, Katalin Lőrinc, Endre Jeszenszky...

Laure Leguet: Clintes Lutes, Youtci Erdos, Nicolas Hubert, Annabelle Bonnery, Anne-Marie Pascoli, Nathalie Schulmann, Anne Martin,Thomas Enckell, Pierre Doussaint... 

Frey Faust: Seraphina, Nita Little, Ellen Faust, Master Berra, Pavel Rouba, Rene Bazinet, Mr. Lopzens, Janet Panetta, Lalu Simsik, Francesca Pedulla...

Sonya Stefan : Gaye Davey, Sherry Walsh, Trish Beatty, David Earle, Jean Pierre Perreault, Peter Boneham,  Dana Gingras, Majiza Philip..... 

Susanne Bentley: Andrew Morrish, Al Wunder, Douglas Wright, Shona McCullough, Ali East, Glenn Mayo, David Zambrano, Raewyn Whyte, Ruth Zaporah, Lynn Pringle, Ann Dewey, Michael Paramenter...

Marcella Moret = Eva Karczag, Tamas Moricz, Lotte Sigh, Morten Instrand, Ron Amit, Frey Faust, Baris Mihci, Kelly Keenan, Ime Essien

Laura Glaser : Marianne Forster, Andre Bernard, David Zambrano, Barbara Mahler, Gill Clarke, Kirstie Simson, Eva Karczag, Andrea Olsen, Caryn McHose, Rosalind Crisp ... & all those inquisitive students

Angie Lau = Marianne Forster, Katharina Aidecha, David Zambrano, Anouk van Dijk, K.J Holmes, Frey Faust, Julyen Hamilton, Michael Jahoda, Libby Farr, Giovanni Feliocini

Ricardo Viviani = Bessie Schoemberg, Ernie Pagnano, Rolf Gelewski, Jane Blauth, Bill Irwin, Manuel Alum, Igal Perry, Stephen Petronio

Orçun Okurgan = Aydın Teker, Tuğçe Tuna, Deniz Alp, Candaş Baş, Ani Agopyan, Alper Maral, Ayşem Sunal, Robert Denvers, Tamas Moricz, Gabby Agis

Céline Larrère : Andrew Morrish, Simone Forti, Rosalind Crisp,Thomas Hauert, Deborah Hay, Martin Sonderkamp, Helen Herbertson, Wayne Byars, Isabelle Schad, Janez Jansa

Bahar Vidinlioğlu: Martin Sonderkamp, Gaby Agis, Mary-Clare Mckenna, Aydın Teker, Aslı Bostancı, Şebnem Aksan

Maria Ines Villasmil: David Zambrano, Jeremy Nelson, Angels Margarit, Gill Clarke, Kirstie Simson, Deborah Hay

Anna Piotrowska: Witold Jurewicz, Jacek Łumiński, Nancy Stark Smith, Tamara McLorg, Tchekpo Dan Agbetou, Uri Ivgi, Kenneth Kvarnström, Ann Van den Broek, Meg Stuart, Xavier Le Roy ...

Nicolas Hubert : Julyen Hamilton, Patricia Kuypers, Andrew Harwood, David Zambrano, Wayne Byars, Dominique Duszinski, Pierre Doussaint, Kirstie Simson, Gill Clarke, Christophe Duveau

 Juliana Neves: Clarice Morales, Monica Pavão, Lia Salibi, Toshie Kobayashi,  Felipe Matsumoto, José Wilson Moura Leite, André Simard, David Zambrano, David Dorfman, Alain Platel.

Elina Ikonen: Thorvald Sandval, Malla Ilvonen, Aimo Kahlos, Reijo Kärnä, Jaana Turunen, Jaap Klevering, Howard Sonenklar, Riitta DalMaso, Dante Marchini, Roger Tolle

Tomas Danielis: Frey Faust, David Zambrano, Nitta Little, Steve Paxton, Lisa Nelson, Rafael Avnikjan, Herve Diasnas, Janete Paneta, Zlatuska Vincentova, my own body

Pavlos Kountouriotis: Dino Fanara, Vivienna Rodrigues de Brito, John Wesley Taylor, Bruno Caverna, Inaki Azpillaga, Nancy Stark-Smith, Mike Vargas, Frey Faust

Gyula Berger: Tibor Somogyi (Hungarian folk dance, ballet), Melinda Lieszkovszky (ballet), Endre Jeszenszky (jazz), Eszter Árva (Graham), Clay Taliaferro (Limon), Eva Karczag, Steve Paxton, Simone Forti (improvisation, CI, awarenes), Tony Thatcher, Gilbert Maillot, Vicky Shick (contemporary), Rachel Kaplan (composition) and many more.... Last but not least: all my collagues, students and dancers :-)