Roberta Ferrara, born in 1988, is the founder, artistic director, and choreographer of Equilibrio Dinamico Repertoire Dance Company, active since 2011 and recognized as a Production Organization by the Ministry of Culture and the Region of Puglia. The company, with its European profile, fosters annual synergies among artists. Roberta served as the associate artistic director for the Odyssey Dance Theatre in Singapore and has been coordinating three international pedagogical programs, named Ensemble & Inspiring, for over ten years. These programs involve more than 30 internationally renowned artists each year to promote cultural exchange and the development of young talents. Her creations and pedagogical approach have been presented in over 25 countries, including Italy, Mexico, the United States, Albania, Vietnam, Belgium, Germany, Croatia, Singapore, Japan, Korea, India, Portugal, Turkey, Brazil, Lebanon, Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and Denmark.

Born in 1995 in Naples, Adriano Bolognino is a freelance choreographer who collaborates with both dance companies and freelance dancers. Over the years, Bolognino has won numerous awards and participated in several prestigious festivals and platforms, including Belgrade Dance Festival, Biennale di Venezia, Torinodanza Festival, Festival Aperto Reggio Emilia, Triennale Milano, Bolzano Danza, MilanOltre Festival, Prisma Festival Panama, Interplay Festival, Danza in Rete, DanzaEstate Bergamo, DAP Festival, Cross Festival Verbania, LDIF Leicester, Visavi Dance Festival, Fabbrica Europa, Gender Bender Festival, Dance Days Chania Greece, Kilowatt Festival, OperaEstate Festival, Moving Colors Festival Athens, Danzattack Tenerife, FIDCDMX Mexico, Artissima Festival and many others. His latest creation, ‘Ravel / Into Us - Burn’ was recently selected for the prestigious international Fedora Dance Prize 2025.

Pompea Santoro was born in San Vito dei Normanni, in the province of Brindisi (Apulia). As soon as she was sixteen, she accepted the contract offered by Birgitt Cullberg to be part of his Cullberg Ballet, directed by Mats Ek since 1980. She worked with him for twenty-five years as a dancer and for fifteen as an assistant. She played leading roles in Birgit Cullberg's choreographies, including Clara in ‘La Signorina Giulia’ with Rudolf Nureyev. She danced in all of Mats Ek's ballets created between 1978 and 1998, playing leading roles such as Giselle, Carmen and Aurora in ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Mats Ek created the role of M in Carmen for her, which won an Emmy Award in the TV version. She has danced on five continents and thirty-six countries and taught at the most prestigious dance academies. In 2002, Pompea returned to Turin and became artistic consultant of the Teatro Nuovo di Torino until 2005. In 2012, she founded the Eko Dance Project, a professional program now recognised by the Piedmont Region and the Italian Ministry of Culture with the aim of training and helping young dancers who have not yet found their artistic identity.