In 2013 with two friends Falieri built Proyecto XIII. Later that year he created the ballet You Me Almost Us with Yoko Taira.

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1 The Colombian-Belgian Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, born in Leuven (Belgium) in 1973, completed her dance education at the Royal Ballet School of Flanders in Belgium. After a 12-year long dance career, where she danced as a soloist with the Scapino Ballet, she decided in 2003 to focus her energies solely on choreography. In that same year she was hailed rising star of the Dutch dance scene (NRC newspaper) and only 7 years later the Temecula Performing Arts Examiner wrote: Ochoa is truly a masterful choreographer with an edge for what dance can and should be in this constantly changing industry. Annabelle is a sought-after choreographer that has created works for more than 40 companies around the world such as the Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Dutch National Ballet, Djazzex, Ballet de Genève, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Gothenburg Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, BalletX, BJM-Danse Montreal, Luna Negra Dance Theater, Ballet National de Marseille, Saarbrucken Ballet, Jacoby & Pronk, Chemnitzer Ballet, Ballet Hispanico, Morphoses Wheeldon Company, Whim W Him, IncolBallet de Colombia, Finnish National Ballet, Compania Nacional de Danza Madrid, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Scottish Ballet, The Washington Ballet, Ballet Nacional Dominicano, Ballet Saarbrucken, Augsburg Ballet, Ballet Austin, Atlanta Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, Ballet Moscow, Ballet Nacional de Cuba, West Australian Ballet, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, Ballet Nacional Chileno, Ballet Staatstheater am Gartnerplatz Munchen, Ballet Manila, Daniil Simkin Intensio Project, Cincinnati Ballet, Silicon Valley Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, English National Ballet, New York City Ballet and Ballet Black. Allan Falieri was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He trained in dance at the Centro de Dança Rio in his city, led by Angela Ferreira with teachers Deborah Bastos, Diana Tomaseti, Darlene Varela, Angelica Fiorane, Emilio Martins, Tatiana Leskova and Eugenia Feodorova among others.

2 In 1996 he joined the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro directed by Jean Yves Lormeau. In 1998 he joined the Béjart Maurice Béjart Ballet Lausanne where he remained for four years. In 2002 he joined the Gulbenkian Ballet directed by Iracity Cardoso. In 2006 he joined the Nederlands Dans Theater directed by Anders Helstrom. Over the years Falieri has worked with other great choreographers including Jirí Kylián, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Marie Chouinard, Didy Veldeman, Crystal Pite, Wayne McGregor, Lar Lubovitch, Agelin Preljocaj, Rodrigo Perdeneiras, Lia Rodrigues, Mauro Bigonzetti, Johan Inger and many more. As a freelance dancer Falieri has worked on various projects in the Netherlands, Japan and Switzerland. In 2009 he was a guest teacher at the University of Rio de Janeiro (Univercidade). In September 2010 he joined the Compañía Nacional de Danza. In 2012 made part of Jóvenes Coreógrafos at Compañía Nacional de Danza with the ballet: The Secret of My Pocket Show I Share With Dr Almeida. That year he also made a special piece for the International Museum Day, How to Hide Your Hand. In 2013 with two friends Falieri built Proyecto XIII. Later that year he created the ballet You Me Almost Us with Yoko Taira. In July 2013 he was invited as a teacher on the 31st Festival de Dança de Joinville. In November 2013 he took part in the 3rd International Choreographic Competition in Milan as a jury member and guest teacher. In February 2014 he was invited to teach at Ballet da Cidade de São Paulo and Escola de Dança de São Paulo. In April 2014 he was invited as choreographer to the 1st Ateliê Internacional São Paulo Companhia de Dança were he created the ballet #cod.bh-8. From February 2015 to December 2016 as a freelancer dancer, Falieri has worked on projects with Paulo Ribeiro, Tania Carvalho and Victor Hugo Pontes. As a choreographer he has worked at Alba Estudi de Dansa (Menorca, Spain) in March 2016 and at Dance Arts Faculty (DAF) (Rome, Italy) in May Born in Israel in 1983, Aviad studied at the Bat-Dor Beer-Sheva Municipal Dance Center in Israel and later at the Royal Conservatory in The Netherlands. He danced as a soloist with KAMEA Contemporary Dance Company, Israel, the Gothenburg Opera Ballet in Sweden,

3 and also performed with Labyrinth Dance Theatre in NYC, American Pacific Ballet Company in California, and toured the world with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. As a fashion designer, Aviad has studied at the Art College in Gothenburg, Sweden and designed costumes for freelance choreographers and dance companies such as Cullberg Ballet, The Gothenburg Opera Ballet, and The Swedish National Ballet School. Aviad is a recipient of many prestigious dance scholarships and awards. In 2010, he was a finalist in Fresh Fish in Gothenburg, Sweden s annual fashion fair and contest for promising fashion designers. Eric Gauthier received his dance training in Canada and became an apprentice with the National Ballet of Canada under the direction of Reid Anderson in In 1996 Gauthier joined the Stuttgart Ballet when Anderson became Artistic Director there. In Stuttgart, Gauthier danced in a wide variety of classical and contemporary ballets and was promoted to Soloist in Since 2007 Gauthier has been the director of Gauthier Dance, resident company of the Theaterhaus Stuttgart. Gauthier Dance performs to sold out houses in Stuttgart and tours worldwide. Born in Australia, Anna Süheyla Harms received her dance education in ballet, modern dance, improvisation, tap, jazz and ethnic dances at the Maryke Dance Academy, at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School (VCASS) in Melbourne and at the École- Atelier Rudra-Béjart. Dancing in choreographies by Maurice Béjart she toured across Europe with the Béjart Ballet Lausanne and the École-Atelier Rudra. In 2008 she joined Ballet Chemnitz under the direction of Lode Devos. She danced, often as a soloist, in his choreographies as well as in pieces by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Jochen Ulrich. In March 2011 Anna Süheyla Harms became a member of the Theaterhaus Dance Company where she performs in ballets by Eric Gauthier, Mauro Bigonzetti, Alejandro Cerrudo, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen and Christian Spuck.In November 2013 she was awarded the prestigious German Theatre Prize THE FAUST in the category Best Performer Dance

4 A native of Naples, Rosario received his training in classical and contemporary dance at the Scuola del Balletto di Toscana in Florence. Straightaway after training he became a member of Junior Balletto di Toscana and danced in choreographies by Arianna Benedetti, Mauro Bigonzetti, Michele Merola, Fabrizio Monteverde, Cristina Rizzo und Eugenio Scilgliano. Between 2009 and 2010 he was a soloist with Balletto Teatro di Torino under the direction of Loredana Furno. Touring appearances in choreographies by Matteo Levaggi took him as far as New York. Rosario Guerra has been dancing at Theaterhaus Stuttgart since 2010 and he himself calls this new beginning as new life. Rosario was awarded a Premio Danza&Danza 2011 by the Italian magazine Danza&Danza as Best Italian Dancer outside Italy for his part in POPPEA//POPPEA but first of all for his virtuoso interpretation of Eric Gauthier s extremely challenging solo Ballet 101 at a charity gala in Udine. Christopher initially trained with his mother in Melbourne and then continued through to the Australia Ballet School and London Studio Centre. The experience of living in London at the age of 18 opened Christopher s eyes to a very wide world of dance that has captivated and inspired him in a great way. Beginning a professional career with the Australian Ballet, dancing in most capital cities and working with icons of the Australian dance world, eventually he could not resist the allure of Europe and moved to follow a dream of living and dancing abroad. After guest appearances with the Norwegian National Ballet in Oslo, Christopher then joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Antwerp, Belgium with Kathryn Bennetts and went on to dance prominent roles in works by many of the greatest choreographers, all while travelling the globe and dancing on some of the worlds most famous stages. Working with icons of the international dance world such as William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Marcia Haydee, Graeme Murphy, David Dawson, Wayne Mcgregor, Nicolo Fonte, Jorma Elo and Edward Klug has been particularly rewarding and also dancing in works from leading choreographers such as John Cranko, August Bournonville, Glen Tetley, Frederic Ashton, Kenneth Macmillan, Stanton Welch and George Balanchine has given him a very broad and deep appreciation of the classical and contemporary repertoire.

5 Christopher also has a keen interest in music composition, digital production, and performance. He has designed sound and created original music for several film and stage works.

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