Aria was born in 1996 in Athens and hails from Chania. She is a choreographer, dancer, and dance teacher, as well as a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business, where she studied Organization and Business Administration. She has been professionally involved in dance and movement since 2012, beginning with her studies at the pre-professional Greek National Opera. She later earned her Professional Dance Diploma from the Greek Ministry of Culture. She has participated as a dancer in various dance productions, including Train at Rouf, Dance Waves, My Festival, and Rokka Celebrations. She also works with individuals with disabilities, offering dance and music-movement education classes. In April 2024, she completed her master's degree in Arts and Culture Management at the Rome Business School.

Born in Sarajevo on April 24, 1993, Benjamin is a film producer and visual artist. He graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo, specializing in production and management. He has contributed to numerous Bosnian films, including Jasmila Žbanić's Quo Vadis, Aida? and produced the short film Svjedok. Benjamin is the founder and director of FASADA Festival, an international street art festival, and Manifesto, a contemporary art gallery supporting innovative artistic practices. He has worked on major cultural projects in theater and music, including Jazz Fest Sarajevo and BAM-C. Currently, he is developing the 2025 edition of FASADA Festival and several international projects and exhibitions within Gallery Manifesto.

Iva is an expert in project management with European funding and has led more than 20 international projects under Erasmus+, Creative Europe, Europe for Citizens, COSME, and Horizon 2020. She holds a Master’s in European Studies from King’s College London and a Master’s in Business Management from Institut Supérieur de Gestion – Paris. Iva has successfully led the Swinging Europe Network initiative, uniting 13 organizations from 11 European countries. She is part of the management team of Sofia Swing Dance Festival and the International Lindy Hop Championships - Europe and leads the Center for Creative and Social Practices, supporting the creative sector in Bulgaria. She also works as an external evaluator and advisor for companies in culture, education, and training.

Joaquín is a dancer self-taught in ballroom, contemporary dance and theater. Since 2017 he has been developing his own choreographic practice, through which he blurs the boundaries between the human and the animal, dance and performance, the body and its "monstrosities". Diving into metamorphic processes, Joaquín's choreography explores the grotesque with the poetic. He has been involved with dance organisations such as La Caldera, the Mercat de les Flors, the Artdanthé Festival, La Briqueterie CDCN, the Grec Festival, Dansa València, and El Graner in Barcelona (where he is currently an associate artist). In 2021, Joaquín founded the Paisaje dance festival in his hometown Villamalea (Castilla La-Mancha, Spain) which he directs.

Jovana Jevremović is a team member of the DUK festival, a dynamic cultural movement that blends street art, music and other performances. She is currently getting her master degree in Cultural Studies, with specific focus on muralism and new muralism. She has been very active in her local community of Čačak since her teenage years, making changes in many spheres throughout different NGOs, and working on many art festivals in Čačak and Belgrade.

Natasha is a New York-based producer originally from Greece. She works with artists towards multidisciplinary projects presented in theaters, museums, and public spaces internationally; and with non-profit organizations for general management, program development, festival production, and community partnerships. Natasha has collaborated with Annie Dorsen, Maria Hassabi, Jonah Bokaer, and Hamid Rahmanian, for projects presented at venues including BAM, Jacob’s Pillow, Theatre for a New Audience, New York Live Arts, Chocolate Factory, and Performance Space New York. She is currently Producer for PEN America's 2025 World Voices Festival. She previously served as Managing Director at The Center at West Park and Program Manager at Chez Bushwick.

Oleksandra is a festival programmer, film curator, and translator based in Kyiv, Ukraine. She has been the Head of Programming at the Kyiv International Short Film Festival for the past five years and has participated in several film festivals as a curator, mentor, and jury member. She has collaborated with the Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival and Sunny Bunny, Ukraine's first LGBTQIA+ film festival. Since 2016, she has worked at KyivMusicFilm, distributing films on art, music, and culture. She has programmed for 100 Films in 100 Minutes, INTRO film festival, and Kino Susidiv. In 2024, she became a Berlinale Talents alumna.

Roberta is a dance artist expanding into socially engaged and multidisciplinary formats. She obtained her BA(Hons) in Contemporary Dance from Fontys Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Tilburg, The Netherlands, and an MA in Digital Art, Design and Cultures from University of Galway, Ireland. She focuses on world building and rehearsing for the world we’re after through collective physical training, community organising, and political education.

Yulia is the program curator of the TRANSLATORIUM Literary and Translation Festival and co-founder of the eponymous NGO. She creates the festival’s theme and program each year through the prism of translation, offering a fresh perspective. She is also a translator and member of the Ukrainian translation group VERBatsiya, practicing collaborative translation of fiction, art history texts, and poetry.