Michaela Kessler is independent manager, consultant, publicist and co-director of BPART. She graduated from a dance conservatory and holds a degree in marketing and media studies. She is currently studying anthropology in the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University. Her experience includes leadership of an audiobook publisher and an advertising agency. In both companies, she served as statutory director, with conceptual, financial and HR responsibilities. She has long collaborated with Centre for Choreographic Development SE.S.TA, KoresponDance Festival, Orfeus Theatre, Art Club 4 People and other organisations. She has worked in marketing since 2011. Her experience includes managing projects for multinational companies such as Nestlé, Möet-Hennessy, PPG Deco Czech, Asseco Solutions and Stada Pharma CZ. In the non-profit field, she has worked as a performing artist and, since 2015, as a manager and consultant. She also writes for the website Opera PLUS.