Sjaan Flikweert is an interdisciplinary performing artist. She makes spoken word poetry, music, dance, theatre and film. For her, stories have the magical power to connect people and to imagine something new or different. It takes us by the hand across the boundaries of our own limitations. She has been an active performing artist at home and abroad for over fourteen years. She was featured in the anthology HARD OP and has been published in Tirade. She is the founder of Poetry Circle and has worked for AYA, de Gasten, Bühnenbiest, Rover company, Silbersee, Nanoek and Dox, among others. She created the audiovisual poetry collections ergens thuis en de ruimte ertussen (Nomination Lonely Wolf Festival and NPF) and De ervaring heeft mij niet nodig (selected for NFF and NPF) and won a Musical Award for Best script and dialogues for her contribution to the musical MELK. She organises BYMEKAAR, an improvisation concert with music, spoken word and dance.