Azzam Mohamed is a dancer, performer, and educator. He has been dancing for more than 13 years, and has trained in an array of different dance styles, from Afro-House and Kuduro to HipHop, Popping and House. In 2019 he was champion of Destructive Steps, Australia’s premiere street dance competition. He performed in Nick Power’s contemporary and street dance crossover production produced by Intimate Spectacle, commissioned by Sydney and Adelaide Festivals in 2020, Two Crews. He was a key collaborator in Jack Prest’s The Risk of Hyperbole, (2021) his first full-length work as solo performer and choreographer, and continues to collaborate with Jack, including in Intimate Spectacle’s co-production with Art Gallery of NSW & Sydney Festival, MONUMENTAL (working title), in 2022 and returning in 2023 for Sydney Festival. He curated and directed Sculptured Riddims for Sydney Festival 2024, three club nights of street dancers responding to Michael Shaw’s inflatable sculpture Hi-Vis in the Thirsty Mile festival club space, celebrating diverse communities, cultures, and music genres with various dance styles—from street to club to Afro dance. Azzam’s full length work Katma, produced by PYT Fairfield, was commissioned through the Major Festivals Initiative and premiered at Sydney Festival 2025. He is a member of the Board of Critical Path. 

Jack Prest is a mid-career arts professional working as composer, mix/master/recording engineer and interdisciplinary artist. His practice incorporates electronic, avant-garde and ambient music, sound art, new media, video and performance.  He is a senior engineer at Studios 301, Australia’s most prestigious recording facility, with engineering credits including: Sony, Future Classic, Bruce Springsteen, The Preatures, Sampa the Great, Kool Keith, Flume, Urthboy, David Campbell, Delta Goodrum, Jonti, Santpoort, Anatole, Donatachi and Godtet. The Risk of Hyperbole was his debut full-length performance work as lead artist and director, having created scores for numerous dance and theatre works previously. These include Branch Nebula’s 2013 Helpmann Award winning Whelping Box and Nick Power’s Australian Dance Award nominated Between Tiny Cities, and MFI commission Two Crews. Works for which he has composed have featured at: Sydney, Darwin, Bleach, Adelaide, Brisbane & Junction Festivals, Sydney Opera House, Dance Massive, APAM, Carriageworks, Next Wave, Festival, Queenstown Arts Festival, La Place & Compagnie par Terre (France), Freespace (Hong Kong), and over 20 venues in 10 countries visited by Between Tiny Cities. Jack also collaborated with Azzam on his full-length work Katma, which premiered at Sydney Festival 2025.