Marilisa Gallicchio has worked daily with the Marcat Dance company, with which she was a finalist for the award “Best Female Performer of Contemporary Dance” (Lorca Awards, 2022 and 2023). At a very young age, she moved to Madrid to attend the María de Ávila Conservatory, where she met and collaborated with choreographer Mario Bermúdez on the creation of Prelude. Soon after, he began collaborating with the Marcat Dance company, with which he has maintained a close and lasting relationship to this day. Her collaboration with the company began in 2019, when Marilisa participated in the original creation of the show Anhelo, produced by the Festival Itálica. Thanks to this show, he had the opportunity to perform in theaters such as the Roman Amphitheater of Itálica in Seville, the Auditorium in Tenerife, the Falla Theater in Cadiz and the Pérez Galdós Theater in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Since then he has been involved in all creative processes and has toured with the company’s renowned productions, such as The Fall of Orpheus, Adama, Wooden Bones, The Forest and Averno.

Collettivo Lattea. The collective was formed when dancers and performers Chiara Cardona, Francesca Massaioli and Ornella Trespidi came together; they share a solid background in the performing arts and bring distinct individual perspectives to their collaborative work. The collective’s work explores contemporary social issues, examining the present through the body. Moving between conventional theatre spaces and site-specific contexts, the performance stems from a relationship with the local area and everyday life, positioning the body as a tool for listening, connection and transformation. The collective has received significant recognition, including Incubatore 2025 (BASE Milano) and DiDstudio_NAOpf25, curated by Ariella Vidach. For the two-year period 2025–2027, it is also the winner of the Starter call for proposals by the Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, with the project to create the show Moraine. In 2026, it is scheduled to feature in the Palcoscenico Danza season at the TPE – Teatro Piemonte Europa in Turin and is included in the international programme of the Quinzena de Dança de Almada – International Dance Festival (Portugal).

Companhia de Dança de Almada. Founded by Maria Franco, Ca.DA began its operations as a professional contemporary dance company in 1990. Since then he has produced over one hundred works by national and international choreographers, presented in Portugal and abroad, particularly in Europe (Germany, Belgium, Croatia, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland), Africa (Cape Verde), America (Brazil) and Asia (China). Since 1992, Ca.DA has organized the annual Quinzena de Dança de Almada – International Dance Festival, promoting exchange between Portuguese creators and dancers and the international community.

Hugo Marmelada, a young Portuguese, graduated from the Academia de Dança Contemporânea de Setúbal. He has worked as a freelance dancer with choreographers such as Guilherme Botelho, Ohad Naharin, Itamar Serussi, Jo Strømgren and Amanda Miller, and has been a member of international companies such as It Dansa, Carte Blanche and the Batsheva Dance Company. In parallel with his performance activity, he carries out training and coaching activities in various international institutions. Since 2010 he has developed his own choreographic work, which includes the duet II and the solo Stepping Over Stones, presented at the 16° International Solo-Dance-Theatre Festival in Stuttgart, where he won the 2° Award for Best Performance and the Audience Award, with subsequent tours in Germany and Brazil. Other works include Connect, Still, you can’t smile with me and collaborations with Jens Trinidad.

Daniele Ninarello is an internationally renowned artist, dancer and choreographer, founder of the CodedUomo Association, and has been active in the field of contemporary dance and the performing arts since 2007. Trained at the Rotterdam Dance Academy, he has collaborated with world-renowned choreographers such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Virgilio Sieni and Bruno Listopad, and with musicians such as Ezio Bosso and Adriano De Micco. His works have been presented at national and international festivals and theatres, including the Venice Dance Biennale, AEROWAVES, NID Platform and Rencontres Chorégraphiques (France). He has received major awards, including the Prospettiva Danza Prize, the ORA! contemporary languages call for proposals, innovative productions by the Compagnia di San Paolo, the Teatri del Tempo Presente call for proposals by Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo and MiBAC, and numerous residencies selected within the Anticorpi XL network and at leading European festivals. His most significant productions, such as Kudoku, STILL and Nobody Nobody Nobody, have cemented his international reputation, whilst his teaching and research activities include collaborations with the Accademia Nazionale di Danza, Balletto Teatro Torino and the University of the Arts Amsterdam. In 2025, he was appointed first associate artist of Gender Bender, in recognition of his contribution to the dissemination of innovative and interdisciplinary choreographic practices.

Stefania Tansini. Winner of numerous awards, including the 2022 UBU Award for Best Performer Under 35, she develops her choreographic research through a material and sensorial investigation of the body, exploring concepts such as transfiguration, tension, balance between form and decay, control and abandonment. His works have been presented at important national and international festivals, including Romaeuropa Festival, FOG Festival (Milan), Santarcangelo Festival, Gender Bender (Bologna), La Democrazia del Corpo (Florence), Interplay Festival (Turin), Bolzano Danza and Emergentia Festival (Geneva). It is supported by the Teatro Grande Foundation of Brescia (2022-2024) and by Mosaico Danza/Interplay (2024-2026). She collaborates with Motus, Silvia Rampelli, Cindy Van Acker and Raffaella Giordano in the reinterpretation of the iconic solo Tu non mi perderai mai, nominated as a finalist for the UBU Award for Best Dance Performance 2025.

RIART Dance Company is an emerging collective from Pamplona with an innovative and multidisciplinary approach, blending urban dance, contemporary dance and parkour. The company has developed its own unique style, integrating cinematic dance, artistic research and stage performance. Rafa Arenas, a choreographer and performer with international experience, has danced with companies such as ERTZA and was nominated for the 2022 Max Awards; Idoia Rodríguez, a talented urban freestyle dancer with a background in contemporary dance, has created an original and innovative choreographic language. RIART stands out for its focus on the younger generation and for the contemporary nature of its work, which builds bridges between the artistic and human dimensions.

Daniele Ninarello is an internationally renowned artist, dancer and choreographer, founder of the CodedUomo Association, and has been active in the field of contemporary dance and the performing arts since 2007. Trained at the Rotterdam Dance Academy, he has collaborated with world-renowned choreographers such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Virgilio Sieni and Bruno Listopad, and with musicians such as Ezio Bosso and Adriano De Micco. His works have been presented at national and international festivals and theatres, including the Venice Dance Biennale, AEROWAVES, NID Platform and Rencontres Chorégraphiques (France). He has received major awards, including the Prospettiva Danza Prize, the ORA! contemporary languages call for proposals, innovative productions by the Compagnia di San Paolo, the Teatri del Tempo Presente call for proposals by Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo and MiBAC, and numerous residencies selected within the Anticorpi XL network and at leading European festivals. His most significant productions, such as Kudoku, STILL and Nobody Nobody Nobody, have cemented his international reputation, whilst his teaching and research activities include collaborations with the Accademia Nazionale di Danza, Balletto Teatro Torino and the University of the Arts Amsterdam. In 2025, he was appointed first associate artist of Gender Bender, in recognition of his contribution to the dissemination of innovative and interdisciplinary choreographic practices.

Noa Van Tichel. A very young dancer and choreographer, she trained in Modern Dance Theatre at the Amsterdam University of the Arts. She has collaborated with international choreographers and companies including Joshua Monten, Ivgi & Greben, Bellanda and Conny Janssen Danst, performing in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy, where she also presents her own works. She has been a member of BTT since September 2023.

Jye-Hwei Lin. Of Taiwanese origin, she is a dancer, choreographer and teacher; following her training in the United States (BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), she has developed an artistic practice centred on movement, live performance and interdisciplinary collaborations, working across theatrical contexts and experimental formats. She has collaborated with international artists and companies and presented her work in major museum and performance venues, including the MMCA Performing Arts in Seoul and Art Hub Copenhagen.