Aurélien Mancino

Psychology by training, Aurélien Mancino has been working for more than fifteen years with Deaf people. His mastery of sign language and his involvement in the deaf community have allowed him to be active in the promotion of sign language, in particular for the well-being of deaf children, their education and their development.

He consults and shares his knowledge in this field through training, conferences and courses. Engaged in various projects, he is involved in activism that advocates equity and inclusion in the citizenship of deaf people.

Passionate about dance, he trained very young in different choreographic disciplines. First the couple dances that he practices in competition then to classical dance and contemporary dance within a French school. He completes his training with two years of training at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Lyon.

Co-founder of the Cie ON OFF in 2008 with Anthony Guyon, a theater company in sign language, he participated in the development of various shows combining visual art, theatre, dance and sign language ("Metroworld", "Fleur et Knife”) that will have national and international reach. 

His bilingual mastery allows him to create bridges between Deaf and hearing artists with regard to staging, adaptation of texts and scenographic research. He is also involved in the creation of bilingual shows created by the company Trois Huit du NTH8 (Lyon).

He collaborates with various artists for creations in sign language and is at the origin of the creation of the "PUZZLE" laboratory, an artistic research laboratory around the expression of the poetic in sign language, voice and dance.

At the origin of the creation of a network of theater directors with Ludovic Rogeau, director of the National Stage of Dunkirk, he carries out actions to promote the LSF and Deaf artists on theater stages.

Now based in Copenhagen, Aurélien Mancino collaborates with the Danish company Teater5005 directed by Bo Hårdell. With the adaptation of "Constellations" by Nick Payne, he participates in the creations and the influence of the company. 

Sophie Scheidt

Sophie Scheidt is an actress, director, playwrighter, translator and manager of the interpreter company Vice & Versa.

She began to practice theater when she was a teenager as an amateur in a theater workshop where she discovered her desire to go further in the experience of working as an artist.

In 2003, she was hired as an actress in a creation by Bruno Moncelle, "1880" which retraces the History of the Deaf and the Congress of Milan, an unfortunate event which marked the banning of sign language in 1880.

She then get into various artistic projects as an actress and enriched her career by assisting in directing with professionals and amateurs. At the same time, she took theater training, particularly in directing, with trainers Alexandre Bernhardt and Martin Cros.

Subsequently, she began to write and produced the play "Le tabou" in 2018 with the theater company Act's. She also won for this show the prize for best theatrical artist when she presented it at Festival "Mains de Cristal" in Geneva (Switzerland).

During this period, she is also the author of texts that she stages visually thanks to the Visual Vernacular (VV) and the « chansigne » (song signing). She also won, as a songwriter, the 1st prize for the song and her video clip “The 5 elements” during the contest “You took... your tie” organized by the company On/Off in 2013. She also created and sang “Ô Toulouse” in 2017 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of IVT (International Visual Theatre) and won the 1st prize.

In 2023, she obtained a role in the short film "19:24" co-directed by Audrey Sangla and Aurélien Mancino and won the best actress award at the Toulouse international short film festival "Film'Ô". 

Sophie Scheidt has also been a professional interpreter for more than 17 years. She translates texts and/or videos for all audiences to meet accessibility needs. She co-founded the company Vice & Versa and co-manage it since 8 years. 

Bo Hårdell

Bo Hårdell is a Deaf actor with Danish Sign Language as his mother tongue. He has several educations background behind him. With his linguistic background, he is an actor committed to working in sign language. He was involved in the dictionary development work on Danish Sign Language, was part of the Danish Sign Language Council under the Danish Language Council and carried out various policy work on sign language. 

He recently received training as a sign language interpreter and works in the field of sign language interpreting both nationally and internationally. He is an International Signs interpreter accredited by WFD and WASLI. 

He is an actor who graduated from Glad Teater's after training for 3 years. Today, he directs the 5005 company, which offers interpretation, teaching and theater services and directs various artistic projects.

Over time he has also co-founded various theater groups such as handOrama, HåndKraft and more recently Gestik Gestak. He initiated several acting courses for the Deaf in Denmark and Scandinavia. With regard to theatrical performances, since 2006, he has participated in various artistic projects in Denmark and Norway, including "I was Fritz Moen" produced by the RiksTeatret and directed by Kjersti Horn; an award-winning show in Norway and nominated for the famous Norwegian "Hedda" award (2012). He also acted in the great Norwegian film "Rosemari" (2015) and got a major role in the Icelandic film "Kári" awarded as best film for the Clin d'Oeil Festival in 2017.

Recently, he was hired as a specialist for his expertise in International Signs for a European project (2020-2021) in collaboration with Riksteatern (Sweden), Teater Manu (Norway), International Visual Theater (France) and others.