Raffaella Giordano has always focused on observing the world with rawness and disarming innocence. She trained as a student and performer with Carolyn Carlson and Pina Bausch, co-founding the Sosta Palmizi collective in 1985. From 1986 she began her personal research journey, giving life to numerous choral and solo works and receiving various awards including the Ubu Special Prize with the show Quore, per un lavoro in divenire (2000). Over the years, she has worked on theater, opera, and film projects with several contemporary directors and authors: Baricco, Ronconi, Martone, Tiezzi, and Di Costanzo (L’intrusa, 2017 Nuovo Imaie Award as Best Breakthrough Actress). Strongly committed to education, she promotes and directs studio projects for raising awareness and developing body art and has supported numerous contemporary authors on multidisciplinary writing journeys over time. Since 1994, she and Giorgio Rossi have been running the Associazione Sosta Palmizi in Cortona, a reference and support organization for Italian contemporary dance.

Stefania Tansini, dancer and author, is the winner of several awards including the 2022 Ubu Award as Best Performer Under 35. Her productions explore the body’s ability to transform and modify itself, including through the use of the voice. Her works have featured in numerous festivals, such as FOG, Romaeuropa Festival, Festival di Sant’Arcangelo, Festival Gender Bender, Festival La democrazia del corpo, and Festival Interplay. A graduate of the Accademia Paolo Grassi, she has worked as a dancer for Romeo Castellucci, Cindy Van Acker, Simona Bertozzi, Luca Veggetti, Enzo Cosimi, and Ariella Vidach. She dances for Motus and with other artists. She is an associate artist with Brescia-based Fondazione Teatro Grande.