Born in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, Deise grew up in the small village of Jaguarão, by the border between Brazil and Uruguay, where she early became a part of the great public performances during carnival. This experience was her earliest reference of artistic expression, and it was during those childhood years that she discovered a passion for dance and performance.

 In the 2000’s she started freelancing as a performer, while pursuing studies in literature, and theatre at the University of Oslo. From 2006 to 2011 she engaged in apprenticeship at Odin teatret in Denmark.

 In 2010 she co-founded the artist collective ACTS laboratory for performance practices, alongside performers Fernanda Branco and Luanda Carneiro Jacoel. In 2011 she graduated as a Master of Philosophy in Aesthetic Studies and has since worked in the arts field as a performer, producer, dramaturge, concept developer and essayist. Her essays have been published in Norway, Brazil and UK. In 2017 she founded Golden Mirrors Arts Norway, a practical-theoretical hub focusing on Black women in the arts.

Sébastien is a French mime, actor and director. He’s trained at the Conservatoire Georges Bizet in Paris and at the International School of Corporeal Mime under Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum in London. He’s perfectioned his practice studying  Commedia with Antonio Fava in Italy, Visual Theatre with Complicité in London, physical theatre with Odin Teatret, in Norway and with corporeal mime master Thomas Leabhart, at Pomona College, California.  He is co-artistic director of PLATFORM 88 company since 2009. He has  created and directed the company’s shows, touring Europe and Latin America. As a performer he has collaborated with Spanish dancer  and choreographer Margaritta Zafrilla in  the piece ” Itinerarium”, performing at The Place in London. He has also collaborated with French company La Bourlingue playing as an actor in many of their shows, touring around France. He was a member of Théâtre de l’Ange Fou playing in the shows “Orpheus Complex”, “Penelope Complex” and “ L’Homme qui voulait rester debout”. As a pedagogue he has taught  at Essex University (UK), East 15 Acting School(UK), Hippocampe Centre de Formation (FR), SP Escola de Teatro (BR), amongst others. He’s a teacher at University Paul Valery in Montpellier since 2018. He also directs the contemporary mime festival MIME IN MOTION in Montpellier and co-directs MIMESIS  FESTIVAL in Paris.

Janaina is a Brazilian actress, mime and director. She’s trained dance in Brazil and was a professional member of Dançarte Dance Company, touring all over the country. She’s trained as an actor at Indac Escola de Atores in Sao Paulo and worked as an actress in various productions under many  theatre directors : Macbeth/ Maucir Campanholi, The Stronger / Olayr Coan, The girl and the clown /  Kiko Marques (best playwriter SHELL prize), amongst others. She’s trained corporeal mime and physical  theatre in London at the International School of Corporeal Mime under Steven Wasson and Corinne Soum. She’s perfectioned her practice studying also with Thomas Leabhart (Pomonna College, California), Odin Teatret (Norway), Cie à Fleur de Peau (France) and  Claire Heggen, France). She is co-artistic director of PLATFORM 88 company since 2009, creating and playing as an actress  in all the company’s shows, touring Europe and Latin America.  As a pedagogue she was a corporeal mime teacher and projects director for Essex University – East 15 from 2007 to 2011. She has also taught at SP Escola de Teatro (BR), Hippocampe Centre de Formation (FR), amongst others. She is a member of the Chantier  Pedagogique in the Collectif des Arts du Mime et du Geste, organising many differents pedagogical activities, such as seminars, workshops and conferences. She is a teacher at University Paul Valery in Montpellier  since 2018. She is also director of the contemporary mime festival MIME IN MOTION in Montpellier  and co-director of MIMESIS FESTIVAL in Paris.

Brazilian born actress, physical theatre performer, and director. She has a BA in Performing Arts from the University of Campinas (Brazil); a MA of Arts from Drama Centre, University of the Arts London; and a PGDip in Arts Management from Birkbeck College, University of London. Nicole has trained in corporeal mime with the Theatre de L’Ange Fou, and was part of the company from 2006-2007. She performed in The List, awarded best short film by the Welsh BAFTA (2010). After several collaborations in Portugal, Italy and Sweden, she founded with Antonio Blanco Energinmotion Physical Theatre (2010-2013). Their projects included: La Ola; BE LONELY WITH ME; Where the Nights Are Blue and Electric. Since 2015 she has been working with the physical theatre and multimedia company Poulpe Électrique. Their productions include Feminine, but Elastic and As I watched the clouds float by, the night came.

Maria Gil (Lisbon, 1978): Graduated in Theatre Directing and Drama from ESTC – Theatre and Cinema Superior School of Lisbon and completed her MPhil in Autobiographical Performances and Intimacy from the University of Glasgow. She is the co-director of Teatro do Silêncio, a Portuguese theatre company based in Carnide in the outskirts of Lisbon, Portugal. She develops projects which crosses different areas of human knowledge, collaborating with artists from different fields, from cinema to dance, to theatre, visual arts and music. Her work is experimental, and she likes to destabilize the relationship between audience and performers, creating experiences that are not completely planned but emerge from the interactions between performers, audience and space.

Miguel Bonneville (Portugal, 1985) introduces us to autobiographical works focused on the deconstruction and reconstruction of identity. He presents his work in a variety of formats, such as performances, drawings, photographs, films, music or artist’s books. His work is presented in art galleries, theaters and festivals, namely the serial projects ‘Family Project’, ‘Miguel Bonneville’, and ‘The Importance of Being’. He studied Drama at the Academia Contemporânea do Espectáculo (2000-2003) and Visual Arts at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2006). In 2015 he won the Ex Aequo Award for the performances ‘Medo e Feminismos’ (in collaboration with Maria Gil), and ‘The Importance of Being Simone de Beauvoir’.

Sanna is a Finnish actress based in Barcelona. She has studied theatre and performing arts in Finland in the upper secondary school of performing arts “Kallion lukio” and in Lahden Kansanopisto. Furthermore, she has completed physical theatre and corporeal mime studies in MOVEO, Barcelona. She has also directed and interpreted shows with different theatre companies in Barcelona.

In addition, Sanna also has experience acting in a TV-show in Finland, for which she was nominated for the Outstanding Actress award in the Monte Carlo TV- festival in 2011 for her role in the series “Helppo Elämä” (“Easy Living”). Sanna has also participated as an actress in various films, commercials, music videos and in dance and video art.

Currently Sanna is performing with La Fura dels Baus theatre company and participates in Make a Move project as a member of ToTum TeaTre.

Performer and creator in the world of physical theater. Originally from Lebanon.

I work from artistic multi disciplines such as theater, corporeal mime, dance, acrobatics, music and audiovisual, but principally and especially with the body as a research and creation engine. Currently an actor and director of a new show in collaboration with the artist Neilor Moreno Dias, and actor in the show “Sommes-nous?” with ‘CIA Si tu t’imagines’. Currently as well assisting in workshops of dance and acrobatics.

Diploma and specialised in Dramatic corporeal Mime and Physical Theater by MOVEO-Barcelona.

One year of English theater workshop in A film Actor’s Studio, Sitges-Barcelona.

During his career he has participated in different productions in different cities of Estonia, Lebanon and Spain, highlighting his work in the shows «Lingua Franca» with ‘Moon Productions’, «Tarannà» with María Campos,«Anclas» with ‘La fusta’ company, “Hilos” with “El Asombro” company, and “Entre los 2” in collaboration with Helena Yung.

Played in several independent short films in Sitges and in Lebanon, as «Tanjara», for the “48hourfilm project 2011” (directed by Roody Khalil).

Johannes was born in Graz in 1980, where he lives as a freelance author, translator and theatre maker. He was a founding member of the author group “eigenbau” of theater im bahhof (1997 – 2004) and of “zweite liga für kunst und kultur”(2007 – current: (http://zweiteliga.weblog.mur.at). As writer he worked with companies and theatres such as Theater im Bahnhof, Burgtheater Wien, Wiener Festwochen, steirischer Herbst and others. As a translator from spanish he worked with theatres such as Schauspielhaus Graz, Theaterhaus Jena, Konzertteater Bern and others. As a performing artist, he founded the collective “workinglifebalance limited” with his wife and colleague Christina Lederhaas in 2016.

Since 1993 theatre maker in the Theater im Bahnhof/ Graz. She was born in Tyrol, visited a HBLA in Salzburg, works in the hospitality industry in Tyrol and Vienna. She completed a partial study of theatre studies and ethnology in Vienna, worked as assistant director and dramaturge in independent groups in Vienna, St. Pölten and at the Landestheater Salzburg. She has lived in Graz since 1994 and works at the TiB as an actress, dramaturge, author, speaker and improviser. In addition, she is in charge of the press for the TiB and acts as webmaster. As an author and director she also works with other groups, most recently for the group Dagmar. She also appears as a presenter and at readings.