Pepa Sanz is a versatile dancer and choreographer. She has an extensive background as a performer of flamenco and Spanish dance and has been collaborating for over two decades in pioneering, daring, and innovative projects with important choreographers such as Mariemma, Antonio Ruiz, Pedro Azorín, Mario Maya, Alberto Lorca, Carmen Cortés, and Lola Greco. Sanz has also coordinated several pedagogic projects related to the scene, collaborating with Rubén Olmo, Daniel Doña, and Javier Latorre. Sanz received awards from the Unesco Aschberg Programme for Artists and the Certamen Coreográfico de Madrid, and has been awarded for Best Direction at INDIFEST 2022. Since 2011 Sanz is co-director of the “Caminantes Danza” company together with José Merino. The company produces dance-theater focused on contemporary flamenco and presents works in China, Thailand, Argentina, Ecuador, Portugal, Italy, and Bulgaria.
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Giovanni Insaudo is a choreographer and founder of “I Vespri” - a dance collective he established in order to provide his creative impulse to begin a journey through his own language and to search for his own artistic identity and movement. Within the "I Vespri" collective he created works such as “Keller”, “Acamante e Fillide”, “Crisalide”, and “AriK/KirA”, in addition to choreographies he created for the companies in which he danced, amongst them Dantzaz Konpainia, Balletto dell'Esperia, Gärtnerplatz Theater, and the Luzerner Theater. Insaudo performed at choreographic festivals and competitions in Spain, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Denmark, and his accomplishments have been recognized at the Certamen Coreografico Internacional Burgos New York; the International Choreographic Competition in Copenhagen; the Hannover International Choreography Competition; and the Rotterdam International Choreography Competition for Duets.
Ilanit Tadmor is an independent choreographer, dancer, performer, social artist, and movement improvisation teacher. She is a member of the Israeli Culture and Art Council, and was director of the Ministry of Culture and Sport’s "Dancer in the Community" project. Tadmor presents the podcast "It Starts with a Movement" which connects dance with everyday life, and held a lecture at TEDx, “A body under Eyebrows: Improvisation as a Way of Life", which was watched by tens of thousands of people. She also leads, together with the Palestinian choreographer Rabea Morcus, a dance group of Arab and Jewish youth, and since 2005 is head of the PLAY improvisation studio which offers classes, workshops, and professional training. Throughout her career Tadmor has created thirty-four dance performances with ensembles and artists in Israel and around the world.
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