Alexander Gottfarb is a Swedish dancer/choreographer based in Vienna. His own creations focus on repetition, transformation and duration. Together with Anna Maria Nowak, he has been running the Archipelago association since 2008 and Der Betrieb since 2022. He is a founding member of The Loose Collective and Arbeitsplatz Wien. His recent collaborators outside of Der Betrieb include Björn Säfsten, Alex Deutinger and the group toxic dreams.