Roberto Zappalà founded Compagnia Zappalà Danza in 1990 as a home for his ideas of dance that are naturally humanistic and philosophical. He has since created more than 80 works that have been staged all over Europe, in Latin and South America, China, Korea, the Middle East as well as North and South Africa. Zappalà has also collaborated with many companies including Balletto di Toscana, La Scala Theatre Ballet School, Norrdans, ArtEZ, Goteborg Ballet and the Theater am Gaertnerplatz of Munich. He created his signature choreographic language, MoDem (his short form of ‘democratic movement’) and has devoted himself to sharing this language through seminars held in Europe and beyond. Zappalà has written essays on his methodology of work, recently published in Omnia Corpora, and is also responsible for the conception and restoration of Scenario Pubblico, a unique European choreographic centre launched in 2002. This allowed his company to extend and deepen their choreographic research through MoDem. In November 2013, Zappalà received the Italian Association of Theatre Critics Award.

Kwon Hyuk trained at Hansung University in dance and choreography before establishing Company SIGA as one of its members. He distinguished himself as an exemplary dancer when he won gold in the contemporary dance category at the 44th Dong-A Dance Competition in 2014 and the first place at International Dance Competition Hellas in Greece in the same year. Armed with exceptional technique and great physicality, he started his career as a choreographer through MODAFE (International Modern Dance Festival) Spark Place.

His first creation, Empty, is a solo dance performance of which he has since created a trilogy. In 2017, he presented a new dance piece, Cittaslow, as part of First Art Support Program that was very favourably reviewed by critics. Cittaslow exposed Hyuk’s style, that focuses on being interesting within a slow tempo. Company SIGA’s Rush also won the Best Choreography Work Award 2017 at Incheon International Contemporary Dance Festival. He now participates in various kinds of shows both as a dancer and choreographer.

Ruby Jayaseelan is an inter-disciplinary movement artist from Singapore. Her formal training in Bharathanatyam was with Cultural Medallion recipient, the late Srimathi Neila Sathyalingam of Apsaras Arts (Singapore) and Kalakshetra Foundation (Chennai, India) and her Ashtanga Yoga practice is certified by Samyak Yoga (Mysore, India). These trainings, along with her roots in Eastern techniques and intense exposure to Western techniques of somatic and experimental movement, have informed her movement pedagogy and practices. She performs, teaches and collaborates on world stages and streets, focusing on the holistic understanding and practice of art, movement and its philosophy. She is currently an Associate Artist with Teater Ekamatra and has worked with local theatre and dance companies in prominent works like Ghost Writer, The Necessary Stage and Hungry Stones, Chowk, as well as her own creations, Flowers, Birds and Guns, Sakhi and Purushi for festivals such as PinkFest.

Irfan Kasban is an interdisciplinary artist, who has been involved in theatre-making since 2006. Through writing, directing, performing, and production design, he hopes to celebrate the collision of space and time - constructing intricate universes as a shared experience. He is interested in performance as ritual healing.