Rui Moreira has been a dance artist since 1981. Researcher of expressive languages, his main focus is the dialogue involving bodies, cultures and memories as a device for his research in creation. He works as a dancer, creative performer, creator, choreographer, project manager and curator. He is currently director of Funarte’s Performing Arts Department (DACEN).

Gregory Maqoma is an internationally renowned dancer, choreographer, teacher, director and screenwriter. Born in Soweto, South Africa, he began his formal dance training in 1990 at Moving into Dance, where in 2002 he became associate artistic director. Founder of Vuyani Dance Theatre (VDT) in 1999, he was awarded with the FNB Vita Choreographer of the Year (1999, 2001 and 2002), the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Dance (2002) and the Tunkie Award for Leadership in Dance (2012).

Thuthuka Sibisi is a composer, musician and music director. He started his studies in music at the Drakensberg Boys Choir School in South Africa, where his passion for performance begun. He has toured with his work in South Africa, Asia, South America and Europe, and has received awards such as the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans (2017) and the Ampersand Foundation Fellow (2018).